Professorship at University of Southampton UK

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON PROFESSORSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGY Applications are invited for an established Professorial Chair in the Department of Psychology, tenable from January 1998. The key selection criteria for this appointment are: Research programme of international clibre Capacity to provide academic leadership There is no restriction on the area of research specialisation other than the research profile of the successful applicant should either extend or complement the Department's core research interests. The Department's present research strengths are in (1) Human Development and Learning, (2) Cognition, and (3) Health/Applied Social Psychology. Productive research programmes are under way in several aspects of lifespan social and cognitive development, abnormal development, categorical perception and perceptual learning, language, computational modeling, artificial life, attention, memory, implicit learning, sexual behaviour, driver behaviour, self-concept, investigative interviewing, face perception, behaviour analysis, social dilemmas, eating disorders. There are ongoing collaborations with other departments, particularly in the Faculties of Social Sciences and of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences. Under the interdisciplinary rubric of the Cognitive Sciences Centre, there are also collaborations with the Electronics and Computer Science Department, Clinical Neurological Sciences, Audiology, and the Media Laboratory. In addition to our undergraduate teaching programmes, we support a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology and MSc courses in Health Psychology and Educational Psychology. The Department has recently moved to high quality new accommodations with excellent technical provision for research. Academic work is fully supported by technical and clerical staff. Substantial funds have been set aside to meet the initial equipment needs of the new appointee. The Department strongly encourages informal enquiries and visits. Closing date: mid-October Interviews: 25th November Potential applicants should contact the Head of Department, Professor Bob Remington 44-1703-592626/592612 RER(a)psy.soton.ac.uk or the Head-Elect Dr Edmund Sonuga-Barke 44-1703-592581 esb(a)psy.soton.ac.uk or URLs: Southampton University: http://www.soton.ac.uk Psychology Department: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~psyweb/ Cognitive Sciences Centre: http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk