Phd position in the Choice Blindness lab

Published 20 September 2018

The Choice Blindness lab at Lund University Cognitive Science, Sweden, is advertising a 4-year Phd position focusing on self-knowledge and decision making.

We are looking to fill a Phd position located within the project "What Can We Know About Ourselves? A Large Scale Effort to Investigate Introspection and Confabulation" funded by the Swedish Research Council. The focus of the project and the Phd position is choice blindness, self-knowledge and preference formation in decision making.
 
The research would take place in collaboration with the members of the Choice Blindness Lab, led by Petter Johansson and Lars Hall. <link https: www.lucs.lu.se choice-blindness-group external-link-new-window external link in new>Information about the research group.
 
The position requires strong documented competence in experimental psychology: designing, programming and running experiments, statistical analysis and modelling, as well as writing and presenting empirical research. In addition, previous work experimentally studying self-knowledge, confabulation or preference formation is an advantage.

Admission requirements

<link http: www.ht.lu.se fileadmin user_upload ht filserver doktorand studieplaner-engelska cognitive_science.pdf external-link-new-window external link in new>Admission requirements for doctoral studies in Cognitive Science is specified here.
 
<link https: lu.mynetworkglobal.com en what:job jobid:226807 type:job where:4 apply:1 external-link-new-window external link in new>To upload your application, follow the instructions here (in English) <link https: lu.mynetworkglobal.com se what:job jobid:226807 type:job where:4 apply:1 external-link-new-window external link in new>To upload your application, follow the instructions here (på svenska) Last application date is 13 October 2018.

The application should include:

  •  project proposal (1500 words max. excluding references)
  • records of first- and second-cycle studies (Ladok transcript or other transcript of courses and grades)
  • first- and second-cycle theses/degree projects
  • a list of other relevant administrative and educational qualifications
  • scholarly journal articles, reports or papers of relevance for the subject
  • where applicable, documented skills in a language of relevance for the research studies (Swedish or English)

For further information, contact:
<link mail window for sending>Petter Johansson