[Offre]Fellowship for two Doctoral Students UCL “AFFECT, DECISION MAKING, & SOCIAL REGULATION”

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE,
“AFFECT, DECISION MAKING, & SOCIAL REGULATION”

The Department of Psychology of the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium) supported and financed by the Belgium’s French Community, awards one Fellowship for two Doctoral Students (graduate level positions) Starting, immediately (tenable for 4 years).

In October 2006, an extensive research program " Affect, Decision Making & Social Regulation " will be initiated at the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve. This research program is funded by a 5 year joined research grant (Action de Recherche Concertée).

Researchers from different fields of psychology--emotion, personality, and social cognition-have joined their expertise and resources in order to investigate, on the one hand, how emotions intervene in, and modulate decision making, and on the other hand, how decision making impacts upon the regulation of emotion. A special attention is devoted to the role of emotion and decision making in personal and inter-personal regulation.

This program is structured around three main themes: emotional information processing in decision making, emotion perception and decision making, and empathy, social relations and decision making.

Several doctoral and post-doctoral positions will be opened. For further information regarding research project and the promoters of the project, please visit the website of the ARC http://www.psp.ucl.ac.be/adsr/

The graduate level positions consist in a 4-year scholarship with the expectation that a PhD will be accomplished within this period. This includes the completion of the program of the psychology graduate school.

The topic of PhD must necessarily be framed within one of the themes of the research program (these themes are described on the website of the lab: http://www.psp.ucl.ac.be/adsr). For further information regarding research themes and programs, please contact the appropriate promoters.

The fellowship amounts to 1454,06 Euro monthly (tax free with Health Insurance covered). Funding is also available for research and travelling.

Applicants should have a strong background in Cognitive, Personality, and/or Social Psychology and hold one of the following degrees: Diploma, MA, MSc or equivalent in Psychology. Fellowships are awarded competitively to applicants based on the quality of their academic work and preparation for doing research.

Interested candidates should send their application to Anne-Catherine Defeldre (anne-catherine.defeldre@psp.ucl.ac.be). Please provide a Curriculum Vitae and an application letter exposing your motivation and mentioning the research theme of your interest.

Please send your applications until November 15, 2006.