Stillingstittel: Doctoral research fellowship (2016/7351 )

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.Section of Cognitive and Clinical NeuroscienceDoctoral research fellowship

A full-time PhD research fellowship is available at the Section of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

The position forms part of the research project “Rhythm and prediction”. The appointment is for 3 years. A 4th year can be considered with the addition of 25 % teaching requirements, depending on the competence of the applicant and the needs of the department. The fellowship period may be reduced if the candidate has previously been employed in a research fellowship position.

The “Rhythm and prediction” project is founded on the idea that attention and processing resources are not distributed evenly across time but follow endogenous attending rhythms, and that rhythmic phenomena, such as pulse and meter, might correspond to neuronal rhythms and to their hierarchical cortical organisation. The project is a cooperation between the RITMO, Time and Motion project at the Department of Musicology and FRONT Neurolab at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo.

The research fellow must take part in the Faculty's approved PhD program and is expected to complete the project within the set fellowship period. If the person who is hired has a disciplinary background in a field other than Psychology, additional courses in Psychology might be required. For more information please see: http://www.sv.uio.no/english/research/phd/structure/PSI.html

Requirements

• A Master’s degree in neuroscience, psychology, or a related field qualifying for admission to the PhD program at the Department of Psychology.
• A strong background in a) cognitive experimental designs, b) programming in Matlab, c) processing of electrophysiological signals using EEGLAB or other toolboxes for advanced analysis of EEG signals, and d) advanced statistics.
• The candidate should have prior experience conducting research on neurological/neurosurgical patients and experience with EEG methodology.
• Only applicants with grade points A or B on the ECTS scale will be qualified for admission to the PhD program.
• Excellent written or spoken English language skills.

Applicants are asked to deliver an eight to ten page project description including a progress plan for the PhD period. The project needs to be closely related to the Rhythm and prediction project abstract. This can be obtained by contacting Tor Endestad (tor.endestad (at) psykologi.uio.no).

We offer

• Salary based on salary grade 50-57 (NOK 430 500 - 483 700 per annum). Normally allocated pay grade 50 on appointment (depending on competence).
• Comprehensive PhD program
• Membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Good welfare benefits

The electronic application must include:

• An application letter with a concise statement of research interests and how they relate to the project description.
• An eight to ten page project description
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work).
• Copy of Master's degree diploma/Cand. Psychol. degree
• Master's thesis/Cand. Psychol.
• Complete
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Psyc
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
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