Doctoral Position in Social Psychology 100%

The Center for Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Rainer Greifeneder) at the Department of Psychology, University of Basel, seeks applicants for a SNF Doctoral Position (100%) from August 1st, 2016.

Research interests of the Center for Social Psychology focus on the areas of Social Cognition (e.g., Judgment and Decision Making, Feelings, Impression Formation, Social Influence) and Consumer Behavior (e.g., Choice, Brands). The advertised Doctoral Position is part of a research project on 'Supporting Decision-Making Processes' funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

The University of Basel is an equal opportunity and family friendly employer committed to excellence through diversity.

Your assignments

• Independent planning and implementation of research studies as well as their documentation
• Leading of courses and taking over organizational and administrative tasks within the responsibilities of the Center for Social Psychology
• High willingness to work independently and a strong commitment within the team as well as for the matters of the Center for Social Psychology

 

Your profile

• Formal prerequisites include a very good university degree in psychology (Master, Lizentiat or Diplom) and the intention to acquire a doctoral degree
• Demonstrated interest in one or more research topics of the Center for Social Psychology
• High ability to work within a team, organizational skills, and independence
• Very good knowledge of research methods and statistics
• Very good knowledge of German and English (spoken and written)

 

We offer you

• The opportunity to acquire a doctoral degree and provision of intensive supervision
• An attractive doctoral program within the area of Social, Economic and Decision Psychology
• The opportunity to collaborate in a dedicated team, in an attractive and dynamic research environment within the Faculty of Psychology and the University of Basel
• Basel is located in a border triangle between Switzerland, France and Germany and offers an excellent quality of life

 

Application / Contact

For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Rainer Greifeneder,

Center for Social Psychology, Phone +41(0)61 207 06 50,

E-Mail: rainer.greifeneder@unibas.ch.

Applications: A short cover letter describing your motivation, a tabular resume, the names of at least one potential writer of recommendation letters (e.g. the supervisor of you thesis), selected work (e.g., short summary of your thesis, manuscripts, journal articles).

Complete applications (in the form of a single PDF file) should be sent via e-mail to Saskia Bollin, E-Mail: sp@unibas.ch by May 31st, 2016.

We are looking forward to your application.