Doctoral or PostDoc position of interest

Dr. Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich) offers under the usual equal opportunity conditions one doctoral researcher position OR one early postdoctorial researcher position (i.e., if the PhD is obtained after January 1, 2011) to work in the intersection of psychology, philosophy and cognitive science (65%, TV-L 13, up to 3 years). In both cases, the (post)doctoral researcher will focus on empirical work (developing the research hypotheses, designing psychological experiments and running the data analysis) in the field of reasoning under uncertainty, focussing on conditionals.

One student assistant will support the (post-)doctoral researcher by helping with theconstruction of the experimental material, collection of the data and preparation of the data for analysis. Opportunities for the doctoral researcher to prepare a PhD thesis that is thematically located within the project will be provided. Working language is English or German.

The positions is vacant until filled. For an application send an email including the following items to niki.pfeifer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

1. a letter of motivation
2. a curriculum vitae
3. a scan of the most recent academic degrees
4. evidence of English and mathematical skills (e.g., school/university grades)

 Selection criteria include
-) Proven experience in psychological experimentation and statistical data analysis (e.g., by empirical Master's or PhD thesis)
-) Academic excellence (publications are a plus)
-) Research ability and potential
-) Motivation
-) Knowledge of psychological experimentation and statistical data analysis are required
-) Knowledge of logic, probability, and/or programming are a plus
-) Two confidential letters of reference addressing the applicant's qualifications for doctoral research are required. These must be sent by the referees directly to me. 

Project details: http://www.pfeifer-research.de/spp.html