Application Deadline: 16 August 2019
Call for Expressions of Interest in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
The Centre for Research on Prejudice at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw invites post-doctoral applicants for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) in the leading Eastern European research unit focused on the study of intergroup relations.
Located in the heart of Warsaw, a vibrant city with significant history, Center for Research on Prejudice is a dynamic institution that conducts large-scale survey studies, experimental research, brain-imaging studies and archival analyses. Closely collaborating with several non-profit organizations (e.g.Forum for Dialogue, American Jewish Committee Central Europe, Polin Museum, Over Zero: Democracy Fund) it balances basic research and theory building with social impact and applied scope.
Currently, the faculty of the Center includes dr hab. Michał Bilewicz (director of the Center, Associate Professor of Psychology), dr Mikołaj Winiewski (Assistant Professor of Psychology), dr Paulina Górska (Assistant Professor of Psychology) and dr Karolina Hansen (Assistant Professor of Psychology), as well as post-doctoral researchers, Wiktor Soral, Olga Kamińska, Aleksandra Świderska, and doctoral students.
What do we offer?
The Center for Research on Prejudice will provide selected MSCA-IF grant applicants with supervision in the following areas of expertise:
- Hate speech and derogatory language
- Collective action and psychological determinants of protest
- Social representations of history and collective moral emotions
- Intergroup violence
- Psychology of genocide and post-genocide reconciliation
- Antisemitism and its consequences
- Ethnolinguistic vitality and minority languages
Whom are we looking for?
We are looking for PhD holders in social or political psychology with a focus on intergroup relations. Preference will be given to candidates with excellent track records and working on topics within the Center for Research on Prejudice areas of expertise.