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The Department of Psychology at the University of Delaware invites
applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor
position in the area of Social Neuroscience to begin in September of
2011. The Social Psychology faculty at UD focus on interpersonal and
intergroup processes with particular research interests in prejudice
reduction, discrimination and racism, social value orientation, social
dilemmas, perceived personality, individualism/collectivism,
cross-cultural differences, and health psychology. The group seeks an
Assistant or Associate Professor with a neuroscientific/biological
approach. Applicants for the position should include a cover letter
stating research and teaching interests, a current vita, 3-5 reprints,
and 3 letters of reference. Send application materials electronically to
searches@psych.udel.edu (preferred) or to Chair of Social Neuroscience
Search Committee, Psychology Department, 108 Wolf Hall, University of
Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.

Inquiries about the position can be made toDr. Mike Kuhlman, kuhlman@psych.udel.edu, 302-831-8084.

Review of applications will begin October 1 and continue until the position is filled. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Indiana University has announced a tenure-track job opening at the assistant or associate professor level.  They are looking for someone in social neuroscience: the intersection of research interests in traditional topics of social psychology (such as emotions, attitudes, or social perception) with research methods involving fMRI or EEG/TMS.
The closing date is November 1.

Information about the department and the university is available at www.iub.edu.

Karolinska Institute announced a research scholarship for  Postdoctoral studies in Social&Affective Cognitive Neuroscience They are seeking a highly talented, innovative and enthusiastic  researcher with a PhD awarded within the last three years in Social or  Affective Cognitive Neuroscience or related disciplines to work on  behavioural and/or fMRI projects related to the interplay between body  self-perception and social and affective cognitive processes.  Specifically, they are looking for somebody to use ‘out-of-body  illusion’ and the ‘body-swapping illusion’ (Ehrsson 2007 Science;  Petkova & Ehrsson 2008 PLOS ONE) as novel tools to investigate the  role of owning a body for social cognition and the affective self-image. The research will be conducted at the Brain, Body and Self Laboratory (www.ehrssonlab.se) at the Department of Neuroscience and  Stockholm Brain Institute, under the supervision of Dr Henrik Ehrsson  and Dr. Andreas Olsson. For further details about the research project and stipulations of the  scholarship, please contact:  Dr. Henrik Ehrsson (Henrik.ehrsson@ki.se)