[Offre]Asssistant de recherches à l'Université du Kent à Canterbury (UK)

Department of PsychologyUniversity of Kent at CanterburyUnited Kingdom

RESEARCH ASSISTANT (R06/21)RA1B Scale Point 6: £22,289 per annum (Pro rata)

Full Time and Fixed Term for 9 months from 1 September 2006 - 31 May 2007

Dr. Roger Giner-Sorolla, a member of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent, is seeking a full-time researcher in Social or Experimental Psychology on his ESRC grant ‘Anticipated and actual affect in prejudice control.’You will help us plan three or more studies and be responsible for recruiting a total of 240 participants across them, running the studies in our psychology laboratory. You will be expected to read extensively in the area of research, prepare materials, enter data, conduct data analyses in SPSS and assist in writing up the results. Additionally, you will be expected to learn and use the Biopac equipment kit to take physiological measures from participants.You should have a Bachelor’s degree in psychology, although postgraduate degrees are strongly preferred, and a strong background in quantitative experimental methodology and analysis. Experience with experimental computer software, with physiological equipment in the psychological laboratory, and with social cognitive and affective science methods will all be desirable, but not absolutely required.Closing date for applications: 12 noon Friday 7 July 2006Interviews will be held on Friday 28 July 2006More details, application forms and further particulars can be found at this address:http://www.kent.ac.uk/registry/personnel/vacancies/research.html#r0621

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Giner-Sorolla directly at R.S.Giner-Sorolla@kent.ac.uk, telephone 44 1227 823 085.