Postdoctoral Fellowships and Visiting Graduate Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships and Visiting Graduate Fellowships in
Cognition and Decision Making

Postdoctoral Fellowships and Visiting Graduate Fellowships in COGNITION AND DECISION
MAKING -- The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) at the Max Planck
Institute for Human Development in Berlin, under the direction of Gerd Gigerenzer, is
seeking applicants for up to 4 two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships and up to 2 one-year
Visiting Graduate Fellowships beginning on or after September 1, 2008. The Visiting
Graduate Fellowships are intended for students currently enrolled in graduate programs.

Candidates should be interested in studying the cognitive mechanisms underlying bounded,
social, and ecological rationality in real-world domains for either humans or nonhuman
animals. Current and past researchers in our group have had training in psychology,
cognitive science, biology, economics, mathematics, and computer science to name but a
few. The Center provides excellent resources, including support staff and equipment for
conducting experiments and computer simulations, generous travel support for conferences,
and, most importantly, the time to think.

For more information about our group please visit our homepage at
http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/forschung/abc/index.htm. If you would like to apply, we
highly recommend contacting Jeff Stevens (jstevens (at) mpib-berlin.mpg.de) for the
animal behavior perspective in ABC. The group is highly interdisciplinary and very
interested in evolutionary approaches to decision making. The working language of the
center is English, and knowledge of German is not necessary for living in Berlin and
enjoying the active life and cultural riches of this city. We strongly encourage
applications from women, and members of minority groups. The Max Planck Society is
committed to employing more individuals with disabilities and especially encourages them
to apply.

Please submit applications (consisting of a cover letter describing research interests,
curriculum vitae, up to five reprints, and 3 letters of recommendation) by January 10th,
2008. The preferred method of submission is a single PDF file for the cover letter and
CV, plus PDF copies of the reprints e-mailed to moeller (at) mpib-berlin.mpg.de.
Alternatively, they can be mailed to Ms. Wiebke Moeller, Center for Adaptive Behavior and
Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin,
Germany. Letters of recommendation can be emailed or mailed.