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The Department of Psychology at the University of York seeks a motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate for a project on normative prosociality across diverse societies. The role involves managing research studies, analyzing behavioral data, and collaborating with PhD students. Candidates should possess a PhD and strong background in experimental psychology alongside excellent communication skills.
The Department of Psychology at the University of York is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust awarded to Dr. Bailey House and Prof. Katie Slocombe: “The Development of Normative Prosociality across Diverse Societies”. The project explores how the development of cognitive capacities in infancy (e.g. joint attention, social imitation, prosociality) supports the later development of normative and prosocial behaviours in early childhood. We do this using behavioural experiments with both longitudinal and cross-sectional cohorts of children living in Britain and Uganda. This position is for four months, with an ideal start date of 1st October 1st 20253, and end date of 6th February 2026. However, there is some flexibility as to the start date, and remote/hybrid working is an option.
You will join our research team and work alongside two PhD students on this project. You will be responsible for managing the overall project and taking ownership over one of the project’s planned research studies. The data collection phase of this project has ended, and so you will primarily be responsible for coding and analysing collected data. You will process and code video data yourself, and train/supervise undergraduate research assistants to code. You will also analyse project data using multilevel regression (e.g. GLMM using R), and first-author manuscripts for publication using these analytical methods.
Interview date: To be confirmed
Short-listed candidates will be asked to give a short presentation outlining their recent research and how their experience would help them contribute to the project.
For informal enquiries: please contact Dr Bailey House, bailey.house@york.ac.uk