Grade 07S Salary: £28,839 to £35,469 per annum
The Postdoctoral Research Assistant will be invited to work under the supervision of Prof Stuart West to study social evolution theory. The post is funded by the European Research Council, and is available for three years, extendable up to five.The main part of the proposal will be to develop models which can explain the evolution and maintenance of cooperative social behaviours in bacteria.The other part of the proposal is to develop models which can explain the evolution and maintenance of cooperative social behaviours in humans and cooperative breeding vertebrates.
Some related papers on this can be found at http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/group/west/social.html.
Depending upon the applicant, the work could be taken in a number of directions, ranging from issues such as cultural evolution to sex allocation, to the development of general methodology.
Further particulars and application forms: can be downloaded from http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/jobs/adverts/at09020.pdf or are available from the Personnel Office, Department of Zoology, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, e-mail: recruit@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Applications, together with CV and contact details of three referees: should be sent to the above address, quoting reference number AT09020.
The closing date for applications: on 19 June 2009.