The
Faculty of Psychology, Higher School of Economics (Moscow) is looking
for a team leader for the new laboratory of Neurobiology of
Speech and Language, which is in the process of being established at
HSE. The projected main directions of research in the laboratory
are:
-Neural dynamics of language comprehension;
-Language
learning;
-Language neurotechnology.
These
projects are carried out in collaboration with the Centre of
Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN) at Aarhus University,
Denmark, and other international collaborators. CFIN is represented
by Professor Yury Shtyrov, who is a visiting professor at HSE and is
involved in developing speech and language research at the new
laboratory. The postholder will have an advantage of being able to
further define and expand this programme of research, in
collaboration with Prof. Shtyrov as well as faculty staff and other
collaborators, and with support of postdoctoral researchers and PhD
students.
Research facilities include multi-channel EEG, navigated TMS-EEG and eye-tracking equipment, all recently installed at the Faculty, as well as access to MEG and fMRI at collaborator sites in Moscow.
The
HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university
providing unique research opportunities
(http://hse.ru/en,http://psy.hse.ru/en/).
The Faculty of Psychology is committed to developing various areas of
modern experimental psychology and, most crucially, Cognitive
Neuroscience. Working Conditions:
- Access to
multimodal neuroimaging facilities (brain-navigated TMS, multichanel
EGG, MEG, eye-tracking, etc. http://psy.hse.ru/en/res-center
)
-
Internationally competitive salary,
13% flat income tax rate and other benefits
-
Generous travel support and research grants provided by the
university’s Centre for Advanced Studies (www.cas.hse.ru)
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Low teaching load, minimal administrative service required
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Heavy emphasis on high quality research
Requirements:
-
Ph.D. in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, language sciences or
related fields
- Fluent English (knowledge of Russian is not
required)
- Demonstrated ability and high motivation to conduct
high-quality research publishable in quality international
peer-reviewed journals
Generally
appointments will be made for an initial 2,5-year period and upon
successful completion of an interim review, contracts would normally
be extended for a further three years until the tenure review.
Please
provide a CV, at least 2 letters of reference forwarded directly, a
statement of research interest and a recent research paper. All
materials should be addressed to Dr. Viсtoria Moiseeva, no later
than March 31.
If you have any further questions, please contact
Dr. Viсtoria Moiseeva moiseeva.victoria@gmail.com