OPENING OF TWO Ph.D. POSITIONS (PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY) AT THE CO3 LAB @ ULB

Ph.D. in Philosophy. Successful applicants will hold a master’s degree or equivalent in philosophy, cognitive science or a related field. They will work in close connection with Post-Doc 1 and the PI to develop the conceptual core of EXPERIENCE.

Ph.D. in Psychology / Neuroscience / Cognitive Science. Successful applicants will hold a master’s degree or equivalent in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science or a related field. They will work in close connection with Post-Doc 2 and the PI to develop the relevant empirical aspects of EXPERIENCE.

Both candidates will have great to excellent knowledge of English, and basic knowledge of French is a plus.

The two Ph.D. positions will be funded for four years and are remunerated according to Belgian Ph.D. standards (approx. 22K € / year net, as well as social security benefits).

Successful applicants will hold a master’s degree or equivalent in philosophy, cognitive science or a related field for the first, and in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science or a related field for the second position. 

Successful applicants will join the extant CO3 lab (about 7 members) and form the EXPERIENCE team, which will be enriched by two further Ph.D. students hired in 2024.

Informal enquiries accompanied by a CV and a short statement of interest may be sent to Axel Cleeremans (axel.cleeremans@ulb.be) with the following subject: ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

Applications will continue to be examined until the positions are filled. Starting dates can range from January 2023 to March 2023, but preference will be given to qualified applicants who can begin on January 2nd, 2023.

About the Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences of the Université Libre de Bruxelles:

Please visit crcn.ulb.ac.be. The CRCN unites five teams active in these different domains: The Consciousness, Cognition & Computation Group (CO3, directed by Axel Cleeremans); the Neuropsychology and Functional Imaging Research Group (UR2NF, directed by Philippe Peigneux and Charline Urbain); the Laboratoire Cognition Langage et Développement (LCLD, directed by Fabienne Chetail); the Unité de Recherche en Neurosciences Cognitives (UNESCOG, directed by Régine Kolinsky) and the Action Bias & Control Group (AB&C, directed by Wim Gevers). Together, the five teams represent about 60 active members who collectively explore a wide range of research topics. The CRCN organises its activity in close collaboration with the ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI, see uni.ulb.ac.be), of which it is a component. The research activity of the CRCN is focused on different domains of the cognitive neurosciences, in particular: The study of consciousness and of the differences between conscious and unconscious processing, the study of memory consolidation processes and of sleep, the study of learning mechanisms, in particular as they take place in spoken language and in reading, and the study of cognitive control. In many cases, our approach combines behavioural experimentation, imaging methods, and clinical research. The CRCN benefits from a state-of-the-art technical platform which, in addition to numerous individual or collective testing booths dedicated to behavioural experiments, includes (1) an electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) lab, (2) a Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) platform, (3) a dedicated babylab, (4) an eye-tracking platform, and (5) a dedicated sleep lab (forthcoming in 2015). Thanks to the ULB Neuroscience Institute, the CRCN also enjoys privileged access to the imaging platform of the Laboratoire de Cartographie Fonctionnelle du Cerveau (LCFC) at the Erasme University Hospital. This includes a 3T fMRI scanner, a magnetoencephalography (MEG) platform, and a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner.