新加坡：新加坡-苏黎世理工大学中心博士后招聘

ETH Zurich is one of the leading universities of the world with a strong focus on science and engineering. In 2011 it established the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) in collaboration with the National research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore to do interdisciplinary research on pressing problems. In collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and Singapore Management University (SMU), SEC is undertaking a research programme on "Future Resilient Systems", providing an opportunity for about 40 PhD students and 25 PostDoc researchers to get a PhD degree and/or to strengthen their research skills in an inspiring cross-disciplinary research environment. Within this framework the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore is announcing the following job opening.

Postdoctoral Fellow Position – Social Decision Making in Crises and Emergencies: Social Preferences and the Allocations of Scarce Resources under the Effects of Cognitive Load and Stress

The Singapore-ETH Center (SEC) invites applications for a post-doctoral research fellow starting in January 2015. This fellowship is for a 2 year appointment with an optional 1 year extension. The post-doc will be based in Singapore and is part of the new Future Resilient Systems (FRS) program hosted at the CREATE campus (http://www.nrf.gov.sg/about-nrf/programmes/create). The research domain of this post-doc position is in the area of experimental economics and quantitative social psychology. The particular research focus is to understand how people’s preferences (including social preferences- Social Value Orientation, and also risk preferences) change based on exogenous factors including stress and time/attention constraints. Laboratory methods (including physiological measures) and quantitive modeling will be central components of this research program. The post-doctoral fellow will work with George Christopoulos (NTU), Che-Yue Chiu (NTU), Eko Riyanto (NTU), Walter Theseira (NTU), and Ryan Murphy (ETH Zürich), and other interested researchers.

The ideal candidate for this position will have finished his/her PhD in experimental economics, behavioral decision theory, experimental-, cognitive-, or social-psychology, management, or a closely related field by the end of 2014. He/she will have experience with experimental design, laboratory methods, and quantitative modeling. He/she will have knowledge and hands-on experience with MATLAB, R, SAS, STATA (or another advanced analysis software) and programming of experiments.

For further information please contact Prof. George Christopoulos by e-mail CGeorgios@ntu.edu.sg (no applications).

Interested candidates should submit their current CV, an interest letter describing goals, motivation and qualifications, names of references, and an example paper (either working or published). Letters of reference and testimonials (a former employer's assessment of the candidate) are not required at this time and will be requested separately as needed. Please send your application by November 1st via the online application portal on ETH Zürich (www.jobs.ethz.ch) by clicking the button “apply now” with attention to: ETH Zurich, Mr. Rolf Oertli, Human Resources, CH-8092 Zürich….