First assistant (post-doc) in the « Statistics in Psychology » team

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

To complete the team, the Faculty of social and political sciences is looking for a First assistant (post-doc) in the Statistics in Psychology team.

The team “Statistics in Psychology”, led by Prof. Audrey Bu¨rki, conducts research on the cognitive and electrophysiological processes underlying language production and learning, on the links between language processes and other cognitive functions, as well as on their evolution throughout life. The team is particularly interested in the methodological and statistical tools used in these domains.

Expected start date in position : 01.02.2025

Contract length : 1 year, renewable 2 x 2 years, maximum 5 years

Activity rate : 100%

Workplace : Lausanne Dorigny

In your activities, you will have to :

• At least 50% of the workload will be dedicated to personal research: personal research project and scientific dissemination (articles, presentations at conferences).
• A maximum of 50% of the workload will be devoted to supporting teaching and research tasks related to the team's teaching and research activities (research in collaboration with the P.I., supervising students' master theses, assisting in grading exams, co-teaching and organizing seminars, collaborating on team research projects, participating in administrative and organizational tasks).

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In order to complete our team, we are looking for someone with the following skills : 

• A PhD in cognitive psychology or equivalent
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Good knowledge of French
• Good knowledge of statistics applied to experimental data
• Programming skills (Python, R, or Matlab)
• Experience (attested by publications) in research activities in cognitive psychology / psycholinguistics / methodology
• Interest in research in cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, or experimental methods

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

Mrs Audrey Bürki

Associate Professor

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Deadline : 10.12.2024

Please submit the following documents in a single PDF document (1) a letter of motivation, (2) a CV with copies of university degrees, (3) copies of the most important publications (maximum 5), (4) a research plan for the next three years comprising two components: a) independent research and b) research in collaboration with the P.I. (for an overview of research topics, see https://audreyburki.github.io/Publication-list/), and (5) contact information for three references

Only applications through this website will be taken into account.

We thank you for your understanding.

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