Pascal Boyer
Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory
College of Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Announcing two post-doctoral positions in evolutionary psychology or social psychology or cognitive anthropology.
Two post-doctoral positions at the University of Lyons, France, starting September 2013. Each position is for two years. This is to work on a project directed by Pascal Boyer on “Evolutionary and cognitive background to threat-detection and safety in modern environments”. You can find more details on the project by perusing a summary of the grant proposal. Candidates should have pursued research in evolutionary, cognitive or social psychology, or cognitive anthropology, with a focus on one of the following domains: [a] inter-group and coalitional relations or [b] threat-detection and safety. Knowledge of French is not required.