PhD Positions in Animal Meaning 80 %
80 %
The position is funded by the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language www.evolvinglanguage.ch, a Swiss consortium with the ambitious goal of creating a new discipline, Evolutionary Language Science, that targets the past and future of language. The consortium consists of leading scientists from traditionally separated academic domains, which allows us to harvest the diverse expertise from the humanities, social sciences, computational sciences, natural sciences and medicine towards a broadscale interdisciplinary collaboration.
- design and implement observational data collection and field experiments
- be committed to 24 months of fieldwork
- carry out (some) administrative duties and teaching assistance
- hold a Master degree in a relevant discipline
- demonstrate strong interest in animal cognition
- possess solid background in statistics and data processing
- be fluent in English (oral, written)
We take gender balance and diversity seriously in hiring decisions.
To apply, please compile the following documents into a single PDF labeled 'YourSurname_human infants.pdf' and send it to Write an email
or 'YourSurname_meerkats.pdf' and send it to megan.wyman@ieu.uzh.ch:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Contact details of two referees (no letters)
A third position (primates) is advertised separately: PhD Position UniNE
Relevant background reading:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0255
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep41016
https://peerj.com/articles/1124/