Stillingstittel:
PhD Research Fellows in Experimental Studies of Complex Human Behaviour

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

PhD Research Fellows in Experimental Studies of Complex Human Behaviour.

Fakultet for helsefag (HF), Institutt for atferdsvitenskap:

Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) is Norway's largest state University College, with approximately 17000 students and 2000 employees. We conduct research in areas that are important for welfare and value creation, for instance health, education, social sciences, technology and design. HiOA has an academic stimulating environment with a variety of welfare schemes.

Our goal is to become a leading university in the Nordics within the field of applied sciences.

The Faculty of Health Sciences consists of seven departments and offers study programmes on all levels, including PhD. The faculty has about 6000 students and nearly 600 members of staff.

Institutt for atferdsvitenskap holder hovedsakelig til på studiested Kjeller og har om lag 40 ansatte og 750 studenter tilknyttet instituttets virksomhet. Instituttet har også aktiviteter i Wergelandsveien 27 (Oslo) og ved studiested Sandvika.

The Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Behavioural Sciences has two vacant research fellow positions under the PhD programme in behaviour analysis. The research fellowship period is three or four years, without or with a 25% teaching obligation.

The PhD programme in behaviour analysis qualifies candidates for research at a high level and for positions in the university and university college sector. The programme also qualifies candidates to conduct applied and clinical work. Behaviour analysis as a research discipline is characterised by linking of conceptual, experimental and applied research. Members of the academic staff affiliated to the programme possess, and continue to develop, teaching and research collaborations with recognised academic environments and educational institutions in Norway and abroad.

Research Fellows Positions:

Position 1: Transfer of Function (Project 1)

The more general questions asked in this research project are related to differences between functional and equivalence classes. Furthermore, on the importance of transfer or transformation of functions. Stimulus equivalence classes, functional stimulus classes, functional equivalence classes, and contingency classes have frequently been used in the literature. While many experiments have studied the formation of classes based on reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity, far fewer experiments have studied the formation of functional equivalence classes based on partitioning.

Position 2: Attending Behaviour (Project 2)

Eye-tracking data has been used as additional data in research on stimulus control and conditional discrimination procedures. Furthermore, studies have explored the differential outcomes in eye-movement topographies, using head-mounted eye-tracking equipment. The purpose of this project is to increase the knowledge of complex human behavioral repertoires in studying attending behavior. To do this, we employ matching-to-sample procedures set up to generate responding referred to as stimulus equivalence. This type of research is to be considered as basic research meant only to increase the scientific understanding of human behavior. However, we also believe that the current has the potential to make a great impact in several applied fields.

Qualification Requirements

-Master degree (120 ECTS) or corresponding qualification:

*Bachelor degree grade of C or higher

*Master degree grade of B or higher on the course content

*Master thesis grade of B or higher

*Education taken abroad must be recognized in advance and a confirmed copy of the letter of recognition must be enclosed

-Fluent in English, both written and spoken

-Documented behaviour analysis qualifications c

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Högskolen i Oslo og Akershus

Arbeidsgiver adresse: OSLO

Formen for kontakt:
Information about the positions:Erik Arntzen/Professor, +47 90128261 e-post: erik.arntzen (at) hioa.no

Arbeidsgiver telefonnummer: 00

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

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