The Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, invites applications for an open-rank faculty position to extend its recently established Cognitive Science Program. This new position can be taken in Fall 2009 or later. We are seeking candidates with a PhD in a relevant discipline who have an already proven background of research excellence that documents their potential to establish a strong and independent research program in an area of interdisciplinary field linking cognitive science and one or more areas of the social sciences. The potential areas include, but are not restricted to, cognitive and evolutionary anthropology, behavioral economics, social cognition and social psychology, cognitive linguistics, communication and pragmatics, and computational modeling. This is a research-focused position that requires training graduate students but no undergraduate teaching.
CEU (www.ceu.hu) is a graduate research-intensive university specializing primarily in the social sciences, located in Budapest, Hungary and accredited in the United States and Hungary. CEU's primary mission is to promote academic excellence, state of the art research and civic commitment, so as to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and other emerging democracies. CEU offers both master's and doctoral programs, and it enrolls about 1500 students from nearly 100 countries. The teaching staff consists of more then 130 resident faculty from more than 30 countries, and a large number of prominent visiting scholars from around the world. The language of instruction is English.
The application deadline is March 13, 2009, although late applications may also be considered until the position is filled.
Direct applications, including a full CV and contact information for three references, to the Rector of CEU, c/o Human Resources Office, Central European University, H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9., Hungary, Fax: + 36 1 235-6135, e-mail: hro@ceu.hu. We encourage electronic applications.
Informal inquiries about the position could be addressed to Professor György GERGELY (gergelygy@ceu.hu) or to Professor Gergely CSIBRA (csibrag@ceu.hu).
