<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Dear all,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Please forward to your colleagues and other interested parties:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Post-doctoral and PhD positions in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><a href="http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/473399-phd-positions-in-cognitive-neuroscience-and-psychology-higher-school-of-economics" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/473399-phd-positions-in-cognitive-neuroscience-and-psychology-higher-school-of-economics</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><a href="http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/473397-post-doctoral-positions-in-cognitive-neuroscience-and-psychology-higher-school-of-economics" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/473397-post-doctoral-positions-in-cognitive-neuroscience-and-psychology-higher-school-of-economics</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">The Faculty of Psychology, Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow) is pleased to announce a number of new post-doctoral and PhD posts at Cognitive Control, Communication and Perception Laboratory (</span><a href="http://www.hse.ru/en/cdm-centre/CCCP" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://www.hse.ru/en/cdm-centre/CCCP</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">). The post holders will have an advantage of being able to further define and expand the laboratory’s research programme. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): neural dynamics of language comprehension and production, automaticity and top-down control in communication, sensory-motor integration in cognitive functions, embodied cognition, neurocognitive bases of numeracy, interactions between domain-specific and domain-general cognitive systems, neurobiological mechanisms of language acquisition, studies of communication deficits (e.g. aphasia) etc.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">The laboratory is a structural part of the HSE’s Centre for Cognition & Decision Making (</span><a href="http://www.hse.ru/en/cdm-centre" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://www.hse.ru/en/cdm-centre</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">) with ample collaboration opportunities within the Centre with other research groups, both within Russia and internationally. Research facilities include multi-channel EEG, navigated TMS-EEG, behavioural and eye-tracking equipment, as well as local access to MEG, fMRI and a range of neurological populations. This new international lab will operate in tight collaboration with the Centre of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience at Aarhus University (Denmark), Psychology Department at Northumbria University Newcastle (UK), and other international collaborators.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">The HSE is a young, dynamic and fast-growing research-intensive university providing unique research opportunities (</span><a href="http://hse.ru/en" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://hse.ru/en</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">, </span><a href="http://psy.hse.ru/en" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://psy.hse.ru/en</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">). The Faculty of Psychology is committed to developing various areas of modern experimental psychology and, most crucially, Cognitive Neuroscience. Working conditions:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Access to multimodal neuroimaging facilities (brain-navigated TMS, multi-channel EGG, MEG, eye-tracking, etc. </span><a href="http://psy.hse.ru/en/res-center" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">http://psy.hse.ru/en/res-center</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Internationally competitive salary, 13% flat income tax rate and other benefits</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Generous travel support and research grants provided by the University’s Centre for Advanced Studies (</span><a href="http://www.cas.hse.ru/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">www.cas.hse.ru</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Low teaching load, minimal administrative service required</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Heavy emphasis on high quality research</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Requirements</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">For post-doc posts:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Ph.D. in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, language sciences or related fields</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Fluent English (knowledge of Russian is not required)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Demonstrated ability and high motivation to conduct high-quality research publishable in quality international peer-reviewed journals</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">For PhD students:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Master or similar degree in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, language sciences or related fields</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- Fluent English (knowledge of Russian is not required)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">- High motivation to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research in international settings</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Staff appointments are made for an initial 2,5-year period. Upon successful completion of an interim review contracts are normally extended for three more years, ultimately leading up to the tenure review. PhD posts are funded for a fixed term of 3 years. Please provide your CV, a minimum of 2 recommendation letters, a statement of research interest, and an example of a recent research paper. All materials should be addressed to </span><a href="mailto:CCCPGroup@hse.ru" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">CCCPGroup@hse.ru</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"> and be submitted by December 3, 2014. Note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified of the selection process outcome.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">If you have any further questions, please contact Dr Victoria Moiseeva at </span><a href="mailto:vmoiseeva@hse.ru" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">vmoiseeva@hse.ru</a><br>
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