

<HTML><BODY><div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">Laboratory for Cognitive Research at the HSE University, Moscow, Russia, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of cognitive psychology with focus on visual perception, memory, and attention.</p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">Lab website: <a style="color: rgb(0, 91, 209); text-decoration: underline;" href="https://cogres.hse.ru/en/">https://cogres.hse.ru/en/</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><strong>Requirements</strong></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">The general requirements for the postdoctoral fellowship positions are the following:</p><ul style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; list-style-type:none; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">Candidates must hold<span> </span><strong style="text-indent: 0px;">a recent PhD</strong><span> </span>in the field of cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, or related areas which was awarded over the last<span> </span><strong style="text-indent: 0px;">5 years</strong><span> </span>or received before starting work at HSE in a relevant field by an internationally recognized university and has been assessed by external reviewers as having the potential to pursue research that is publishable in leading peer-reviewed journals;</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">Candidates should have a<span> </span><strong style="text-indent: 0px;">strong background</strong><span> </span>in visual perception, attention, or memory, ability to design and run behavioral and/or neurophysiological studies with EEG; program in Python/R/Matlab</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px;">Fluent English</strong><span> </span>is an obligatory condition as research and other activities are conducted in English. Knowledge of Russian is not required;</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">Relevant experience will be an asset although not required.</li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><strong>The position involves:</strong></p><ul style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; list-style-type:none; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">working under the direct supervision of professor<span> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 122, 197); text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 122, 197, 0.3); background: none; cursor: pointer;" href="https://www.hse.ru/en/staff/utochkin">Igor Utochkin</a>, PhD;</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">participants are encouraged to pursue their own research along with working on the Laboratory for Cognitive Research projects such as:<ul style="list-style-type:none; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:40px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.5em; padding:0px; text-indent:0px"><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">Studying the mechanisms of visual ensemble perception (summary statistical representations)</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">Studying object representations in visual working and long-term memory</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">Studying selective attention in a visual search task</li></ul></li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">writing research papers for international peer-reviewed journals in co-authorship with the members of the Lab;</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">participation in the events of the Lab and other contribution to the Lab’s development;</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">public presentations of candidate’s own research to the academic community;</li><li style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">some teaching is encouraged, though not required.</li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><strong>Conditions</strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">- Appointments are made for one year. Postdoctoral fellows have an opportunity of renewal of the contract (no more than two times).</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">- HSE University offers postdoctoral fellows a competitive salary, the standard medical insurance plan, a working space equipped with a computer and free Internet access at the University.</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">- The Lab offers access to its facilities for conducting experiments, stimulus sets, and data sets.</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">Applications must be submitted online. Please provide a<span> </span><u>CV</u>,<span> </span><u>a statement of research interest</u><span> </span>and<span> </span><u>a recent research paper</u><span> </span>submitted via an online application form. At least<span> </span><u>two letters of recommendation</u><span> </span>should be sent directly to the International Faculty Recruitment Office at<span> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 122, 197); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 122, 197, 0.3); background: none; cursor: pointer;" href="https://e.mail.ru/compose/?mailto=mailto%3afellowship@hse.ru">fellowship@hse.ru</a><span> </span>before the application deadline. Please note that direct applications to the hiring laboratory may not be reviewed.</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">Read more about the application process<span> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 122, 197); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 122, 197, 0.3); background: none; cursor: pointer;" href="https://iri.hse.ru/postdoc_info">here</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><strong>The deadline for the applications is February 14, 2021.</strong></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0.8em; orphans:2; padding:0px; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">The Online Application Form can be found here: <a style="color: rgb(0, 91, 209); text-decoration: none;" href="https://iri.hse.ru/polls/323647081.html">https://iri.hse.ru/polls/323647081.html</a> (mark Cognitive Psychology / Laboratory for Cognitive Research under bullet #13)</div></div><div> </div><div> </div></BODY></HTML>