Funding and Job Opportunities

POSTDOC POSITION THEORY & HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY AT GRONINGEN UNIVERSITY
Applying instruments and concepts from the fields of History & Philosophy of Science and Science & Technology Studies, the T&G group focuses on three themes: social technology, memory and forgetting and neurobiological selves.This temporary position is open to candidates with a recent relevant PhD, combining, for instance, psychology with philosophy, sociology or anthropology. The ideal candidate has already published one or more articles in this interdisciplinary area.

The position is temporary for a period of 18 months (fulfilling it on a part time basis and combining it with a part time temporary teaching position may be negotiable).

Application deadline 6 September 2010, interviews in the week of September 13.
Further information http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancy/5353/lang/en/

NUFFIELD FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Nuffield Foundation re-launches social science small grants scheme
The Nuffield Foundation has re-launched its social science small grants scheme. Trustees will award grants of up to £15,000 for research projects in line with the Foundation's areas of interest.

Applications will be considered until the end of 2010. The grants are part of the Nuffield Foundation's commitment to building research capacity in the social sciences. More information

2010-2011 Charles Donald O’Malley Short-Term Research Fellowships For Research in the History of Medicine and Allied Fields at UCLA
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and History & Special Collections for the Sciences, in the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, are pleased to announce the availability of the 2010-2011 Charles Donald O’Malley Short-Term Research Fellowships (Adobe PDF document) to further investigation into the history of medical thought and healing practice and art from the earliest times to the recent past. Two fellowships will be awarded, each of which carries a grant of up to $1500 to defray travel and residence costs for research conducted at UCLA special collections libraries between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. Dead line extended: Applications must be received on or before June 15, 2010.

CALL FOR EUROCORES THEME PROPOSALS EUROCORES
Themes are "bottom-up" proposals for the creation of new collaborative research programmes dealing with broad and complex topics which are best addressed through multinational cooperation. Through its annual call for theme proposals, ESF solicits new ideas from the scientific community with a view to creating large-scale European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) programmes in and across all scientific domains. More information: www.esf.org/eurocores

Deadline for submitting proposals: 21 May 2010 (12.00 noon CET)

PHD POSITION IN SOCIOLOGY AND HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
We are currently looking for a PhD student working on the sociology and history of moral psychology/neuroscience at the Volkswagen Foundation (Hanover, Germany) in Empirical Research and Normative Implications' for a period of three years (Groningen: four years). Within this project, international experts in philosophy and psychology collaborate to address central questions about moral psychology.

The group based at the Department of Theory and History of Psychology (Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen) is now seeking a PhD student to investigate some of them: (1) Why and how did the transition to understanding moral judgment as based in emotion and intuition occur? This investigation will provide an important contribution to the history of psychology concerning a topic on which remarkably little has been published hitherto. (2) How are interpretations of moral judgment in terms of emotion and intuition currently being applied in normative contexts? This topic is particularly relevant since contemporary findings of moral psychology are influencing normative discourse in law, moral philosophy and politics. Respective examples include debates about when a person should be held legally responsible, what constitutes a sound moral judgment and how political persuasion should be carried out.

The Volkswagen Foundation (Hanover, Germany) and the three collaborating universities of Cologne, Groningen and Oxford have established the research project 'Intuition and Emotion in Moral Decision Making.

More information: http://www.academictransfer.com/4728

CALL FOR EXPLORATORY WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

These small, interactive group sessions are aimed at opening up new directions in research to explore new fields with a potential impact on developments in science. The workshops, which usually last 1-3 days, have a wide participation from across Europe and involve mature scientists as well as young, independent researchers and scholars with leadership potential. The relatively small scale (in terms of people involved) provides an ideal platform for focus on the topic and for all participants to contribute to discussions and plan follow-up collaborative work. Interdisciplinary topics are greatly encouraged.

More information: www.esf.org/workshops Deadline for submitting proposals: 29 April 2010 (16.00 CET)

EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY (ESS)CALL FOR QUESTION MODULE DESIGN TEAMS (QDTS) FOR ESS ROUND 6 At each round of the survey, multi-national teams of researchers are selected to contribute to the design of two rotating modules for the questionnaire. Rotating modules are selected by means of a Call for Proposals placed in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and circulated via the European Science Foundation and relevant National Science Foundations. The design and preparation of Round 6 will begin in 2010 subject to confirmation of funding. To avoid delay, increase questionnaire development time and in response to recommendations from our review panel we are inviting applications early, but the selection of teams will be contingent on receipt of funding for Round 6. Round 6 Applicants may apply for 'new' and 'repeat' modules. A full explanation of what this means is included in the Call for Proposals.More information: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273&Itemid=378 Deadline for submitting proposals: 12 May 2010 (17.00 UK Time)

POST DOC POSITION IN EVIDENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE
The Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas invites applicants for a three year post doc doc position in evidence and neuroscience. The aim of the project is to map forms of knowledge in relation to the new brain sciences and to understand how they are translated across and outside of the scientific realm. This will allow to place current developments in the neuro – and cognitive sciences in a broader context of medical philosophy, sociology and/or anthropology. In the assessment of applicants for the position, emphasis is placed on research qualifications in anthropology, sociology and/or philosophy concerning implications of and evidence in the new neurosciences. The position is funded by the MINDLab initiative at University of Aarhus. It is expected that the person appointed will engage actively in the research environment at the Department (including the research centre Health, Humanity and Culture) and at MindLab. MINDLab’s details at www.mindlab.au.dk.

Contact: Uffe Juul Jensen at filujj@hum.au.dk
All applications must be made online and received by: 29/04/2010

SCIENCE MEDIA STUDENTSHIPS
These studentships offer financial support for two practising biomedical scientists to undertake a postgraduate qualification in Science Media Production at Imperial College London and to follow this with a six-month placement working in the broadcast industry. We aim to increase the crossover between science and the media and to enable bright, articulate and motivated scientists to explore a career in the broadcast industry. Applicants should be practising biomedical scientists wishing to explore a career in the broadcast media. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent, some experience of science communication, and a demonstrable aptitude for working with TV, radio or film.
Contact: Liam Watson at liam.watson@imperial.ac.uk

PROFESSORSHIP
Professor of Sociology Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia
Applications are invited for a position of professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Policy. Applicants are expected to have an outstanding research and publication record in international peer-reviewed journals and experience of teaching at all academic levels. Research and teaching experience in quantitative, educational or health sociology is desirable, but individuals working in any area of sociology are encouraged to apply. Individuals with strong interest in the interplay of biological and cultural factors in human development and behaviour would be particularly welcome.
Further information is available from the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof Jaanus Harro, MD, PhD. Jaanus.Harro@ut.ee

SUMMER SCHOOL Summer Institute for Cultural Neuroscience at University of Michigan
The Center for Culture, Mind and the Brain, CCMB, University of Michigan, will be hosting its first Summer Institute for Cultural Neuroscience in the second half of July 2010. The event has a line up of leading researchers on this field such as Shinobu Kitayama, host of the Institute and Director of the CCMB, Richard Nisbett, Shihui Han, Denise Park and Joan Chiao. The topics that will be covered during the ten days include culture, self and the brain; culture, cognition and the brain; neuroeconomics, decision making and culture; and stereotyping, racial bias and brain processes.While no anthropologist will be speaking at the Summer Institute, this program represents an important step toward the consolidation of research into the culture-brain nexus. For example, Joan Chiao was a wonderful presenter at our Encultured Brain conference back in October.Applications for the Summer Institute are due March 1st, so jump on the opportunity if you want to go. Click here for more information about the Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience. And here is the link to the Center for Culture, Mind and the Brain.

Fellowships in the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countway Library, 2010-2011
The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine is pleased to offer two annual fellowships to support research in the history of medicine. Established in 1960 as a result of an alliance between the Boston Medical Library and the Harvard Medical Library, the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine is the largest academic medical library in the United States. The Francis A. Countway Library Fellowships in the History of Medicine provide stipends of up to $5,000 to support travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for a flexible period between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011. Besides conducting research, the fellow will submit a report on the results of his/her residency and may be asked to present a seminar or lecture at the Countway Library. The fellowship proposal should demonstrate that the Countway Library has resources central to the research topic. Preference will be given to applicants who live beyond commuting distance of the Countway. The application, outlining the proposed project (proposal should not exceed five pages), length of residence, materials to be consulted, and a budget with specific information on travel, lodging, and research expenses, should be submitted, along with a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation, by February 1, 2010.
Applications due February 1, 2010
Send to: Countway Fellowships, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR VISITING RESEARCHERS, Brocher Foundation
Write a book, articles, an essay or your PhD thesis in a peaceful environment on the shore of the Lake of Geneva in 2011. Have the opportunity to meet other researchers from different disciplines and countries. Have the opportunity to meet experts from numerous International Organizations & Non Governmental Organizations based in Geneva (WHO, WTO, WIPO, UNHCR, ILO, WMA, ICRC, ...). The Brocher Foundation residencies last between one and six months. They give researchers the opportunity to work at the Brocher Centre on projects on the ethical, legal and social implications for humankind of recent medical research and new technologies. In 2011 the Brocher Centre will host up to ten researchers at any one time. To apply, please complete the application form available online and send it by e-mail to scientificprog@brocher.ch and by mail to Fondation Brocher, 471 Rte d'Hermance, CP 70 CH - 1248 Hermance, Switzerland
Deadline for submission is the 18th of January 2010.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
The University of Paris Descartes announces a post-doc for 2010-2011 in history and epistemology of psychiatric epidemiology. Open to social scientists, philosophers, epidemiologists and others.
Information at: http://www.cesames.org/spip/spip.php?article109
Deadline: January 15th 2010

ENSN FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
2010 Short Visit and Exchange Grants.
The European Neuroscience and Society Network is offering a number of Short Visits (up to 15 days) and Exchange Grants (from 15 days to 6 months). Projects must be related to the scientific objectives of the Programme and start during 2010.
Deadline: January 12th 2010. Second Round Applications due June 14th 2010.

STUDY ABROAD STUDENTSHIP, The Leverhulme Trust
Up to 20 Studentships are available to support a period of advanced study or research (not in the UK or USA) for 12 or 24 months. The awards provide an annual maintenance allowance of £17,000, a return air fare and baggage allowance, and an allowance of £6000 for a student accompanied by a dependent partner. Assistance with research costs and overseas fees is given at the Committee's discretion. Applicants must have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years and hold an undergraduate degree from a UK institution. Undergraduates are not eligible. Candidates must be under age 30 on 1 June 2010 or, if older, must make a strong and appropriate case for special consideration. Applicants must be available for interview in London in late April 2010. Eligible applicants can access application materials from the Trust's website: www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
Deadline: 7 January 2010

PROFESSORSHIP
The University of Groningen, the Netherlands, offers a tenure track position in the History and Sociology of Psychology, broadly defined. Starting date August 1 2010 at the latest. The Department of Psychology at the University of Groningen invites applicants for a tenure track position in the philosophy, sociology and history of science as applied to psychology, broadly defined. Candidates are eligible with an excellent command of 20th century philosophy and sociology of science as well as the history of psychology and the neuroscientific turn in this discipline since the 1990s. See website to apply.
Deadline: 30 November 2009

NATURE INTERNSHIP
Nature, the international weekly journal of science, is seeking an intern reporter to work full-time in either its Washington, DC, or London offices. (Location will be determined by the nationality and work permit status of the successful candidate.) This six-month, paid position will begin in early January 2010. Applicants should be self-starting and have a keen news sense. The intern will write news and other journalistic items for Nature's website and print magazine. Please e-mail a cover letter, resume and three published articles to Alexandra Witze, Nature's chief of correspondents for America (a.witze@us.nature.com), by November 15. Put "internship application" in the subject line.
Deadline: 15 November 2009

STUDY ABROAD FELLOWSHIP, The Leverhulme Trust
Approximately 15 Fellowships are available providing up to £22,000 for holders of a full-time post in a UK university, museum, art gallery or comparable institution, who have held such a post in the UK for at least the last 5 years. The aim is to fund a period overseas for between 3 and 12 months in a stimulating academic environment, devoted to the exchange of ideas, the development of new lines of research and collaborations, the enhancement of existing links, developing innovations in teaching, or the opportunity for "discipline-hopping excursions" into new areas of research. Take up between 1 June 2010 and 1 May 2011. Any subject considered. Fellowships provide reasonable replacement costs and/or essential incidental expenses. Applicants must provide clear reasons for their choice of host institution and country, and the host institution must confirm its willingness to host the Fellow. Eligible applicants can access application materials from the Trust's website: www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
Deadline: 10 November 2009

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, The Leverhulme Trust
Approximately 90 Fellowships are available to enable experienced researchers (but not only members of academia) to undertake a programme of research (but not towards degrees or other qualifications). Fellowships have a maximum value of £45,000 and provide research expenses over and above normal living costs and/or a contribution to reasonable replacement costs or loss of earnings. Awards are tenable for between 3 and 24 months and must be started between 1 June 2010 and 1 May 2011. Any subject considered. Applicants must be resident in the UK, be a permanent member of the UK scholarly community, and able to demonstrate an established track record in their chosen area of research. Applicants must provide a detailed methodology of their research proposal, a list of publications, and the names of expert referees able to comment on their qualifications and project. Eligible applicants can access application materials from the Trust's website: www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
Deadline: 10 November 2009

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION: automated systems for dynamic behaviour analysis project
Near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire c.£30.1K - £33.8K pa inclusive. Fixed term contract :
We are looking for two post doctoral researchers to join the Structure and Motion Group as part of a collaborative project with researchers from the University of Cambridge and UCL. You will be part of a dynamic and successful research team investigating gait, locomotion and social behaviour in a sheep model of Huntington's Disease. It will be necessary to travel to South Australia or New Zealand for a month, twice yearly, for field work. This is a fixed term post for two years with a possibility of extension. We offer a generous reward package including a final salary pension scheme.
Deadline: 1st November 2009. (Interviews are likely to be held on the 9th November 2009)
Apply online and quote reference number for position

WELLCOME RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Centre for the Humanities and Health King's College London - Department of English Language and Literature Fixed Term Contract - until 22nd March 2014
The Centre for the Humanities and Health has been created with the help of a £2 million Strategic Award from the Wellcome Trust and offers unparalleled opportunities to develop a wide ranging interdisciplinary interface between health sciences and the humanities. The Centre will conduct a multi-stranded programme of research entitled 'The Boundaries of Illness'. The Centre is now seeking to appoint a Wellcome Research Fellow (fixed-term for three years) to work within the Illness Narrative strand of research. The fellowship offers the opportunity to work with Professor Brian Hurwitz and Dr Neil Vickers, to become part of the Centre for the Humanities and Health, to contribute to the development of a new MSc in Medical Humanities, and to be a participating member of the Department of English Language and Literature. The 3 year appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications and experience, within the Grade 6-7 scale, currently £32,917 to £47,253, per annum, inclusive London Allowance. Benefits include an annual season ticket loan scheme and a final salary superannuation scheme.
Deadline: 29 October 2009
To apply, please visit website for details.

MSc BIOMEDICINE, BIOSCIENCE AND SOCIETY, UNITED KINGDOM
BIOS Centre
London School of Economics
The BIOS Centre, host of the European Neuroscience and Society Network, is currently accepting applications for MSc positions for the 2009/2010 school year. The MSc in Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society is an interdisciplinary programme of training including teaching and research. It aims to introduce those without a social science background to the area, as well as providing the basis for developing specialist knowledge for those who are already social scientists but have not done extensive work on the social studies of the biosciences. Please see website for more information and for details on applying.
Applications due: deadline has passed for 2009/10 academic year. Rolling admissions for 2010/11.
Contact: bios@lse.ac.uk

PhD STUDENTSHIP, CANADA
Queen's University Department of Geography
Kingston, Ontario
PhD Studentships in Human Geography. Applications are invited for PhD Studentships to be supervised by Dr. Joyce Davidson, Department of Geography. The successful applicant(s) will join a dynamic research team as part of a five-year project entitled, Autism Online: The Social and Cultural Implications of the Internet for Individuals on the Spectrum. Led by Dr. Joyce Davidson, the research team will examine how individuals with autism use the Internet to develop new spaces for shared experience. The study will generate data about the social implications of the recent growth in online communication among autistic individuals, and assess whether this is leading to the emergence of new 'autistic cultures'. The Studentship is for 4 years and is conditional on successful admission to the PhD program. Applicants need not secure, or apply for, admission prior to application for this Studentship. International applications are welcome, and individuals with an autism spectrum condition are encouraged to apply.
For more information contact: Joyce Davidson, PhD Assistant Professor of Geography, Cross-Appointed to Women's Studies, joyce.davidson@queensu.ca

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, SINGAPORE
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) invites applications for the position of full-time Research Fellow. The successful candidate will take an active role in developing and carrying out current research projects in the Centre for Biomedical Ethics (http://cbme.nus.edu.sg), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Seeking potential candidates who have a postgraduate qualification in humanities, law or social sciences, preferably including a medical law, medical ethics or bioethics component. Ideally with about 3 years of work experience or 1 year postdoctoral experience. The selected candidate will contribute to a number of current research projects. Opportunities for developing the candidate's own research will also be given, since this is a non-tenured academic appointment under the Research Track.
For more information, see website.
Application deadline: 11 September 2009
Contact: Dr. Benjamin Capps, medbjc@nus.edu.sg

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, USA
Prevention Research Center
University of California, Berkeley
These fellowships provide training for individuals who wish to pursue careers in prevention research science with an emphasis on health and social problems related to the use and abuse of alcohol and other substances. The program provides requisite training in the multiple theoretical and methodological approaches to prevention research necessary to pursue successful careers in this area. For this reason individuals with backgrounds in a broad range of disciplines are encouraged to apply (e.g., psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, public health, epidemiology, community, psychology, and minority studies).
Web site: http://www.prev.org/preventiontraining/
Application deadline: 1 September 2009
Contact: Cheryl Sieczkowski, program administrator, prcpostdoc@prev.org

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, AUSTRALIA
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
The School of Population Health has an international reputation for research and teaching excellence in epidemiology, biostatistics, tropical and international health, nutrition, burden of disease and cost-effectiveness analyses. The successful applicant will be required to work on a five year NHMRC-funded Australia Fellowship awarded to Professor Wayne Hall to undertake research on the public policy and ethical implications of genetic and neuroscience research on addiction to alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. The project investigates (among other things) the social and health system implications of new pharmacological treatments for addiction arising from neurobiological and genetic research; possible new approaches to the prevention of drug use and addiction (for example, genetic screening and vaccination); and the impact of neurobiological and genetic research findings on public understanding of and attitudes towards different social policies that aim to prevent drug use or treat drug addiction.
For more information, see document.
Application deadline: 24 August 2009
Contact: w.pitman@uq.edu.au

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP, CANADA
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
The Department of Biology, University of Victoria, invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in cellular neuroscience, at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor. Tier 2 Chairs were created for outstanding emerging scholars acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead their fields of study. Tier 2 CRC appointments are tenured or tenure-track and, normally, candidates must have received a doctorate within the past 10 years. The Chairs are tenable for 5 years, renewable and are accompanied by funds to support the Chair holder's research. Chair nominations are adjudicated by a peer review administered by the CRC secretariat and appointments are conditional upon approval by the secretariat (visit www.chairs.gc.ca/web/program/nominate_e.asp for details). The Department of Biology is committed to the development of neuroscience as one of its five research and teaching themes. The successful applicant¹s research focus can be in any area of cellular neuroscience; however, we seek a candidate whose interests complement and build on the existing strengths of the neuroscience group. These strengths include the study of synaptic function, receptor trafficking, neural development, sensory biology and learning and memory. Opportunities exist for collaboration with neuroscientists in the departments of Biology, Psychology, the Centre for Biomedical Research, and the Division of Medical Sciences to enhance interdisciplinary health-related research at UVic. Potential applicants are encouraged to visit the departmental website (http://web.uvic.ca/biology/) and the UVic Cellular Neuroscience website (http://web.uvic.ca/~bobchow/cell_neurosite.htm).
Application deadline: 1 August 2009
Contact: Dr. William Hintz, Chair, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3020, STN CSC, Victoria, B.C. V8W 3N5, Canada: fax:
250-721-7120; email biochair@uvic.ca

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP, USA
The University of Iowa, Department of Anthropology, invites applications for a tenure-track position in medical anthropology, at the rank of assistant professor, beginning August 2010.
Requirements include: Ph. D. in hand by August 1, 2010,
more on: http://www.job.com/my.job/search/page=jobview/pt=2/key=42765708/
Agita Luse

PHD STUDENTSHIP, UK
Department of Geography
Open University
Securing life has become a key problematic in contemporary societies. Increasingly involving the differential valuing, promoting, and regulating of various forms of life and living as much as the attempt to make matters safe through the halting of movement, how to manage the vitality and circulation of human and nonhuman bodies is now a constant challenge in all kinds of spaces. Following the award of an ESRC grant entitled Biosecurity Borderlands, a linked but independent university-funded PhD studentship with no nationality or residence restrictions is available to investigate such concerns for three years starting in October 2009 (or as soon as possible after). Based in the Open University's Department of Geography, the successful candidate will be encouraged to:
* develop a project that investigates current concerns in one or more of the following broad areas: the production, regulation or excess of human and/or nonhuman 'life' and lives; the practice(s) of security; the politics of living with other bodies (human or nonhuman); the sites of life's negotiation (e.g. sciences, agriculture, medicine, food);
* explore how current theoretical understandings such as (bio)security, (bio)geographies, (bio)politics, or (bio)power or similar speak to or are challenged by these practices and their contemporary transformations;
* have a sense of how their study might - in a broad sense - complement and extend the work of the team investigating biosecurity in the UK at Exeter and the Open Universities.
Applications due: 17 July 2009
Contact: SocSci-Geog-PG-Admissions@open.ac.uk; Alternatively contact Dr Nick Bingham (n.bingham@open.ac.uk) for informal discussion about the position.

LECTURESHIP, UK
Department of Sociology and Philosophy
University of Exeter
The Department of Sociology and Philosophy is looking to appoint a scholar of proven or potential international standing to contribute to existing research culture and a new undergraduate programme in social anthropology. The Department is a vibrant interdisciplinary unit which was ranked 8th nationally on the recent RAE. The department specialises in the sociology of culture, the arts, science and technology, religion and war and is part of the expanding School of Humanities and Sciences that also contains departments of history, politics, theology. law, archaeology, classics and Arab and Islamic studies. In 2010, the School plans to develop a Combined Honours Anthropology programme, initially as part of a new Archaeology and Anthropology degree, and the appointed lecturer will be expected to assist in the creation and delivery of this programme. The ability to teach social anthropology at undergraduate level is a requirement. In research terms, all specialist areas in sociology and social anthropology are considered, although the department is ideally looking to augment its existing areas of expertise.
Please see the University of Exeter jobs site for more information.
Applications due: 22 June 2009
Contact: hradmin@exeter.ac.uk

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, UK
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Cambridge
The Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint a research associate in medical anthropology for twelve months with effect from 1st September 2009. The post-holder will join an ESRC-funded project on International Science and Bioethics Collaborations (ISBC) involving a group of researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Durham and Sussex. The successful applicant will have completed a PhD in social anthropology by uptake of the post, and should have a record of or clearly demonstrate the potential for outstanding research in the interdisciplinary field of science studies and medical anthropology. He or she will conduct research and undertake a minimum of four months fieldwork for a subproject on bioethics activism in relation to neglected tropical diseases, in particular malaria advocacy in Southeast Asia. The main regional focus is Thailand and Europe, including the UK. In addition, research-related travel to India may be necessary. The post-holder should be willing to take an active part in PLACEB-O, the Cambridge Research Orbital based at the Department.Applications are particularly welcome from those with knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: tropical medicine and the politics of global health; medical experimentation and international collaboration; pharmaceutical anthropology; transnational social movements, community engagement and developing world bioethics. Previous experience of fieldwork in the Greater Mekong region or Asia-Pacific would be a distinct advantage.
For more information please see the Cambridge department of Social Anthropology jobs page.
Applications due: 19 June 2009

LECTURESHIP, UK
Department of Psychology
Goldsmiths College, London
The Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths College, London, a thriving centre of research and teaching with around 450 undergraduates, 100 postgraduates and 30 staff, is seeking an excellent researcher and teacher whose work will complement ongoing research within one of its 6 research clusters: cognition and culture, neurodevelopmental disorders, individual differences and psychopathology, social relationships, cognition, cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology plus work psychology. You will have a PhD and a track record of relevant research, published in international peer-reviewed journals, plus evidence of, or clear plans for developing, an externally-funded research programme. You will demonstrate the enthusiasm and skills to teach students, and supervise their research, at all levels of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Please see the Goldsmiths jobs site for more information.
Applications due: 8 June 2009

SHORT TERM RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY, UK/JAPAN
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
London, UK; Japan
This Programme provides the opportunity for short-term visits for young pre- and post-doctoral UK researchers and researchers from Europe and North America based in the UK to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and Institutions. The Programme is designed to provide researchers with first-hand experience of the research and living environment in Japan, whilst expanding academic exchange between Japan and the United Kingdom. Researchers from all fields of sciences including humanities and social sciences are eligible to apply. Awards will cover visits of 1 to 12 months.
Please see website for more information and for details on applying.
Applications due: 1 June 2009
Contact: short-termaward@jsps.org

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION, NETHERLANDS
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology
Maastricht University
For the project "The promise and pitfalls of the genomics of antisocial behaviour: a comparative ethical analysis" we are looking for a post-doc researcher. The project, which has a duration of 2 years, will be carried out at the Department of Health, Ethics, and Society / Metamedica, in cooperation with the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, of Maastricht University. The aim of the project is to contribute to the public and political debate regarding normative questions which are raised by the genomics of antisocial behaviour. Profile: PhD in philosophy, ethics, health- or social sciences, with a proven interest in normative questions regarding the interface of medicine, genetics, and (deviant) behaviour. Good mastery of the English language, both verbally and in writing, is required. The appointment will be temporary for the duration of 2 years. Salary will be in the upper region of scale 10.
Applications due: 25 May 2009
Contact: Dr. Ron Berghmans (r.berghmans@hes.unimaas.nl, tel. 043-3882145); Prof. Dr. Guido de Wert (g.dewert@hes.unimaas.nl, tel. 043-3882145)

SHORT TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, UNITED STATES
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History
University of California, Los Angeles
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences are pleased to announce the availability of the 2009-2010 Charles Donald O'Malley Short-Term Research Fellowships to further investigation into the history of medical thought and healing practice and art from the earliest times to the recent past. Two fellowships will be awarded, each of which carries a grant of up to $1500 to defray travel and residence costs for research conducted at UCLA special collections libraries between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.
Applications due: 15 May 2009
Contact: Russell A. Johnson, rjohnson@library.ucla.edu

PhD AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Department of Anthropology
University of Copenhagen
The multi-disciplinary Copenhagen Centre for Healthy Ageing is dedicated to research on better health throughout life, which in turn may contribute to diminished frailty in life's later years. With a generous grant from the Nordea Foundation, the Centre supports research from the molecular to the social level, organized under five research themes. Theme 4 is concerned with social and cultural aspects of interventions, with a primary focus on preventive medication. With more and more drugs coming onto the market, prescription and over-the-counter medicines are a massively important technology for preventing, postponing and curing chronic diseases. As longevity increases, the issue of long-term medication becomes an ever more urgent problem for policy makers, health care providers, and citizens. Costs and the dangers of adverse reactions must be weighed against convenience and effectiveness. Social differences in access and utilization must be considered. The benefits of preventive treatment are often not clear and should be seen in the context of sustainability, time perspectives of effects, possible alternatives such as more physical activity and dietary changes, and people's own understanding and care of their health. We intend to explore this theme through three inter-connected research questions concerning: decision making about preventive drug interventions and their effects; the influence of social and ethnic factors on the use of preventive drug interventions; tools for coordination and integration of preventive drug interventions (see http://sundaldring.ku.dk) for a fuller description of the research center). While inter-disciplinary synergies will be encouraged, researchers will be affiliated to existing university departments. Applications are hereby invited for two Post Doc positions and one Ph.D. preparation grant. The Post Docs will be placed at the Department of Anthropology in the Social Science Faculty and the Unit of Health Services Research, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences. The pre-PhD will be affiliated to one of the two units or to the Unit of Social Medicine under the Department of Public Health.
Applications due: 15 May 2009

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS (MA/MSc/MPhil/PhD), UNITED KINGDOM
Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation and Centre for Social Ethics and Policy
University of Manchester
More than £300,000 funding is available for postgraduate studentships in the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI) and Centre for Social Ethics and Policy (CSEP) at The University of Manchester. With the mission to observe and analyse the role and responsibilities of science and innovation in the 21st Century, iSEI is a prestigious research institute, chaired by Nobel Laureate John Sulston. Founded in 1986 by Margaret Brazier and John Harris, CSEP is one of Europe's leading institutions, undertaking pioneering research and teaching courses in bioethics and medical law. Both centres are based in the School of Law. Following a substantial strategic award from the Wellcome Trust to iSEI, iSEI/CSEP is able to offer generous financial support to outstanding applicants, through a number of our postgraduate programmes: MPhil/PhD (research), MA or Intercalated MSc in Health Care Ethics and Law (taught, campus-based), Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence PhD (structured). Fully-funded studentships, including a stipend of £18,053 in the first year (rising to £21,321 in the third for PhDs) and covering home/EU tuition fees, are available for up to three Doctoral (PhD) and five Masters (MPhil/MA/MSc) students commencing in the academic year 2009-10. For International applicants, top-up bursaries may also be available to cover overseas tuition fees. Full details including how to apply are available online. Other options for study at CSEP include the Health Care Ethics and Law MA or PG Diploma by Distance Learning and the part-time Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence PhD.
Please see website for more information and for details on applying.
Applications due: 28 April 2009

WEB EDITOR, UNITED KINGDOM
Wellcome Trust
London
The Wellcome Trust is one of the world's largest biomedical research-funding charities and its mission is to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health. Our Publishing team is going through an exciting period of change, with a growing emphasis on our web presence. As a result, we are looking for an experienced Web Editor to play a key role in developing a range of relevant and stimulating content for our Wellcome Collection website (www.wellcomecollection.org). We have a passion for engaging audiences with content that explores the intersection between medicine, life and art, and seek applications from individuals who share this enthusiasm. As Web Editor you will be responsible for developing all online content including: commissioning new content; identifying and publishing material from events and exhibitions; and linking to appropriate material on other websites. You will work closely with the curators who produce exhibitions/events and colleagues in the Web, Editorial and Design teams to ensure the website fulfils its overall goals. As a key member of the team you will need to demonstrate you have: - The energy, enthusiasm and vision to devise a strategy for developing content for the website. - Experience as lead editor of a website(s) related to museums/ galleries/ exhibitions, with an awareness of website content management, usability, accessibility and best practice. - An interest in managing content on the 'extended web' (i.e. Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube) and in scoping and developing the tone of voice of a blog. - Exceptional communication skills, organisational ability and a strong team-working ethic. - A degree or equivalent qualification, and ideally an appropriate professional qualification. Salary circa £35 000 (depending on experience) plus excellent benefits. Please see website for more information and for details on applying.
Applications due: 22 April 2009

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNITED STATES
Center for Mind and Brain
University of California, Davis
Our neuroimaging laboratory seeks a research assistant / lab manager. We use state-of-the-art fMRI and EEG techniques to study how the brain understands speech in noisy environments (see http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/labs/Miller/ ). The RA's primary responsibilities will be 1) conduct brain imaging and psychophysical experiments, and 2) develop and apply advanced analysis methods including functional connectivity, multivariate time-frequency analyses, and the integration of fMRI with EEG. In addition, the RA/Lab Manager will coordinate all aspects of essential lab business. Position offers benefits and competitive salary. Preferred start date 1 July 2009 with one year commitment. Please see website for more information and for details on applying.
Applications due: all applications received before 20 April 2009 will be considered; position will remain open until filled
Contact: Lee M. Miller, millerlab41@gmail.com

PhD STUDENTSHIP, UNITED KINGDOM
Centre for the Study of Incentives in Health
Queen Mary University, London
We would like to invite applications for a 4 year PhD Studentship at the Wellcome Trust funded Centre for the Study of Incentives in Health. The Centre has been set up to address the central question "When is it right to use financial incentives to improve health?" Governments increasingly use financial and "payment in kind" incentives to encourage people to act in individually and socially beneficial ways, particularly in the context of health policy. Yet even when effective in changing behaviour, their use has attracted strong criticism for being coercive, and undermining of autonomy, personal responsibility and equity. Are you a philosophy graduate with experience of academic research? Do you have an interest in the social sciences? Do you wish to undertake a PhD in an interdisciplinary context? If so, this is an opportunity to be part of an important and integrated research programme that will examine criticisms regarding the use of incentives from the perspectives of three disciplines - philosophy, psychology and economics - with the aim of evaluating whether financial incentives are an acceptable means by which to improve population health. The post is offered full-time for 48 months. Applications are invited from graduates in philosophy particularly those with an interest in practical reason, philosophy of psychology or economics, and moral theory. The successful candidate will have a Master's with a significant component in Philosophy and a first degree in philosophy or a related field. Good organisational and teamworking skills are essential. You will be supervised by the Centre's Principal Investigator, Professor Richard Ashcroft, and will work with an inter-disciplinary research team based at the 3 collaborating colleges within the University of London (KCL, LSE and Queen Mary).
Applications due: 7 April 2009
Contact: law-reception@qmul.ac.uk

RESEARCHER, UNITED KINGDOM
Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine
University of Manchester
The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester are looking for someone to research medical history and public outreach. The post would suit a historian of modern medicine, science or allied field, with a recent (or imminent) PhD, who wishes to develop her/his profile into the expanding area of outreach, while at the same time developing research experience and profile.
Applications due: 30 March 2009
Contact for informal enquiries: Prof. Michael Worboys, michael.worboys@manchester.ac.uk

MA SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS, UNITED STATES
Georgia State Department of Philosophy
Georgia State University, Atlanta
The Master's program of the Philosophy Department at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia is accepting applications from qualified students for two Neurophilosophy Fellowships, an Experimental Philosophy Scholarship, a Legal/Political Philosophy Scholarship, and a German Philosophy Scholarship. Fellowships and Scholarships cover tuition, provide $15,000/year for living expenses for two years and up to $500/year for travel to conferences. Fellowships have no teaching duties. Scholarships have no teaching duties in the first year but require teaching thereafter. (The experimental philosophy scholarship student would have a background in statistics or get one in the first year here). Please see website for more information and for details on applying.
Applications due: 15 March 2009

FACULTY POSITION, HUNGARY
Cognitive Science Program
CEU, Budapest
The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, invites applications for an open-rank faculty position to extend its recently established Cognitive Science Program. This new position can be taken in Fall 2009 or later. We are seeking candidates with a PhD in a relevant discipline who have an already proven background of research excellence that documents their potential to establish a strong and independent research program in an area of interdisciplinary field linking cognitive science and one or more areas of the social sciences. The potential areas include, but are not restricted to, cognitive and evolutionary anthropology, behavioral economics, social cognition and social psychology, cognitive linguistics, communication and pragmatics, and computational modeling. This is a research-focused position that requires training graduate students but no undergraduate teaching. Direct applications, including a full CV and contact information for three references, to the Rector of CEU, c/o Human Resources Office, Central European University, H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9., Hungary, Fax: + 36 1 235-6135, e-mail: hro@ceu.hu.
Applications due: 13 March 2009 (late applications may be considered)
Contact: Professor György Gergely, gergelygy@ceu.hu; Professor Gergely Csibra, csibrag@ceu.hu

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP, NETHERLANDS
Groningen University
The Department of Psychology at the University of Groningen invites applicants for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level (50% research and 50% teaching). Area of research expertise is open; interest in curriculum development and the ability to teach first and second year courses in general and applied psychology is required. An excellent command of Dutch and English is required. The successful candidate will work within a team to coordinate the first year Dutch-language programme. Teaching time will also be reserved for teaching within the area of expertise.
Please see document for more details.
Applications due: 20 February 2009
Contact: Dr. Addie Johnson, a.johnson@rug.nl