3 full time research positions funded by the VolkswagenStiftung

We are happy to announce and advertise three (!!!) job vacancies (all full time) in our lab at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.

We are looking for researchers with diverse backgrounds that would like to become part of an interdisciplinary team and play a vital role in ensuring the success of a Momentum project awarded to Prof. Cañal Bruland by the VolkswagenStiftung. The project aims at establishing a new paradigm in Virtual Reality (VR) to uncover the social dynamics and anticipatory processes in real-time interactions. For a press release in German, see https://idw-online.de/de/news814502External link.

Please note the different job profiles and necessary backgrounds coming with each position:

-> Vacancy ID: 154/2023 (Postdoc, 1.0 fte, for 4 years): Ph.D. in social cognitive neuroscience, social cognition or in a related field (please click herepdf, 88 kb · de for the full job advertisement)

-> Vacancy ID: 156/2023 (Postdoc, 1.0 fte, for 3 years): Ph.D. in human movement science, biomechanics or in a related field (please click herepdf, 99 kb · de for the full job advertisement)

-> Vacancy ID: 157/2023 (Computer scientist/ Game developer, 1.0 fte, for 2 years): preferably M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) in computer science, game development or in a related field (please click herepdf, 117 kb · de for the full job advertisement)

For more information about the positions, please check the individually linked job advertisements above.

The application deadline is July 31, 2023.

We'd truly appreciate if you advertised the jobs within your departments and/or institutes, social media etc. and forwarded the adverts to any potentially interested candidates.

If you have any questions regarding the vancancies or application procedure, please contact Prof. Cañal Bruland.