Hiring Organization:
German Primate Center / Research Training Group Understanding Social Relationships
German Primate Center / Research Training Group Understanding Social Relationships
Date Posted:
2019-12-15
2019-12-15
Position Description:
The DFG Research Training Group RTG 2070 'Understanding Social Relationships' (Speaker: Prof. Julia Fischer) at the Georg‐August-University Goettingen and the German Primate Center Goettingen is looking for a highly motivated
Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d). The RTG brings together behavioral and cognitive biologists, psychologists and linguists with a joint interest in the interdisciplinary investigation of human and nonhuman primate social relationships. PhD students and a associated postdoctoral researchers investigate social signaling, social monitoring, and social coordination in humans and nonhuman primates. The position holder is expected to contribute to this research by developing and refining analytical approaches in the analysis of social relationship data, including long‐term data from free‐ranging nonhuman primates, as well as short term interaction data from humans and nonhuman primates. The candidate will be affiliated with the Cognitive Ethology Laboratory at the German Primate Center, Goettingen.
We offer a stimulating intellectual environment, the opportunity to develop one's scientific profile, the possibility to gain teaching experience, to establish collaborations with researchers from different areas, a small independent research budget
Travel budget including support for conference visits, Mentoring and career support, including the possibility to acquire teaching certificates
The DFG Research Training Group RTG 2070 'Understanding Social Relationships' (Speaker: Prof. Julia Fischer) at the Georg‐August-University Goettingen and the German Primate Center Goettingen is looking for a highly motivated
Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d). The RTG brings together behavioral and cognitive biologists, psychologists and linguists with a joint interest in the interdisciplinary investigation of human and nonhuman primate social relationships. PhD students and a associated postdoctoral researchers investigate social signaling, social monitoring, and social coordination in humans and nonhuman primates. The position holder is expected to contribute to this research by developing and refining analytical approaches in the analysis of social relationship data, including long‐term data from free‐ranging nonhuman primates, as well as short term interaction data from humans and nonhuman primates. The candidate will be affiliated with the Cognitive Ethology Laboratory at the German Primate Center, Goettingen.
We offer a stimulating intellectual environment, the opportunity to develop one's scientific profile, the possibility to gain teaching experience, to establish collaborations with researchers from different areas, a small independent research budget
Travel budget including support for conference visits, Mentoring and career support, including the possibility to acquire teaching certificates
Qualifications/Experience:
- A PhD in a relevant academic field (biology, psychology, linguistics, data science, statistics, bioinformatics, or related subjects)
- A strong academic track record
- Proficiency in R, programming skills
- Experience in the quantitative analyses of behavioral data with expertise in (at least some of) these techniques: Elo-rating, dynamic social network analyses, stochastic actor-oriented models (SOAMs), and Bayesian modeling
- Good writing and communication skills (English)
- Teaching and supervision skills of Master and PhD fellows is an advantage
- A PhD in a relevant academic field (biology, psychology, linguistics, data science, statistics, bioinformatics, or related subjects)
- A strong academic track record
- Proficiency in R, programming skills
- Experience in the quantitative analyses of behavioral data with expertise in (at least some of) these techniques: Elo-rating, dynamic social network analyses, stochastic actor-oriented models (SOAMs), and Bayesian modeling
- Good writing and communication skills (English)
- Teaching and supervision skills of Master and PhD fellows is an advantage
Salary/funding:
According to E13 salary scale
According to E13 salary scale
Term of Appointment:
4.5 years (2 + 2.5 years) max.
4.5 years (2 + 2.5 years) max.
Application Deadline:
January 15, 2020
January 15, 2020
Comments:
Further information about the application process can be found here https://www.dpz.eu/de/karriere/stellenangebote/einzelansicht-stellen/news/postdoctoral-researcher-fmd-development-of-quantitative-analyses-of-interactionsocial-relations.html
Further information about the application process can be found here https://www.dpz.eu/de/karriere/stellenangebote/einzelansicht-stellen/news/postdoctoral-researcher-fmd-development-of-quantitative-analyses-of-interactionsocial-relations.html
Contact Information:
Julia Fischer
Kellnerweg 4
Goettingen, none 37077
Germany
Julia Fischer
Kellnerweg 4
Goettingen, none 37077
Germany
E-mail Address:
jfischer@dpz.eu
jfischer@dpz.eu