The Wisdom and Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo, Canada is seeking postdoctoral applicants for a newly announced AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowship. The application deadline is March 16, 2020.
Information about and how to apply for this prestigious one or two year fellowship (funding includes a $75,000 annual salary, an engagement fund of $7,500 plus access to additional funds to create disruptive research dissemination opportunities) can be found here [link].
Applicants for this postdoc position must have a PhD in Psychology or related field and excellent writing and quantitative skills (incl. full proficiency in R).
The Wisdom and Culture Lab is pursuing cutting-edge research at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, anthropology, and economics, and is among the top contributors to psychological science in Canada. It provides an enriching research environment for fellows to develop their own research programs related to judgment and decision-making, folk theories, cultural and ecological psychology, cultural change, aging, psychophysiology, and virtual reality.
The incumbent will benefit from a multidisciplinary training and research environment spanning academia and industry. The lab is housed in the world-renown Department of Psychology. The lab is also associated with the Waterloo institute for Complexity & Innovation and The Games Institute, which conducts research into the past, present, and future of games with representation from all facilities.
Applicants interested in applying for the AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowship under the supervision of Lab Director Igor Grossmann should contact him directly at igrossma@uwaterloo.ca. Past published work can be found here [link].