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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow ITN

Centre for Perception and Cognition

Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £32,032 to £35,596 subject to bi-annual review due to exchange rate
Full Time Fixed Term (until 30/09/2021)
Closing Date:  Thursday 09 May 2019
Reference:  1131819JW

A full-time fixed term research /PhD post to study visual and haptic (touch) perception is available as part of the EU-funded Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network: “DyViTo”. The applicant will join Professor Wendy Adams’ lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southampton (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/wendya.page).  

The DyViTo network (https://dyvito.wordpress.com) is a research and training consortium that brings together nine academic and four industrial partners and two art galleries from across Europe. We study multisensory, interactive perception and apply our knowledge to improved rendering of complex materials in dynamic environments. The network provides outstanding inter-disciplinary training opportunities through hands-on research projects, international lab exchanges, industrial secondments and specialist workshops and conferences. Early career researchers are generously funded with many opportunities for travel and networking.

The Department of Psychology at Southampton hosts the Centre for Vision and Cognition. Facilities include set-ups for studies on visual and touch perception including a virtual reality environment, visual-haptic presentation (Phantom force-feedback, oculus touch), stereoscopic presentation, eye tracking, computational modeling (super-computing), brain imaging (fMRI) and EEG. 

The successful applicant will work on the perception of material properties (e.g. glossiness, stiffness, friction, weight) from vision and touch.  The work will combine psychophysical studies with computational modeling. The applicant will be based in Southampton, but make extended visits to partners in the consortium, including Ulm, Germany. If the post-holder registers for a PhD, they will not be required to pay tuition fees and a PhD stipend will be provided to support the post-holder for the remainder of the 3-year PhD period. 

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in Psychology or a related field.

At the time of recruitment (i.e. first date of employment), you must not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc…) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment under this project. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. At the time of recruitment you must not yet have been awarded your doctorate and must be in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of your research career.

Essential criteria:

• An undergraduate degree in Psychology or related subject
• Knowledge of human psychophysical research methods and statistics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good organizational skills

Desirable criteria:

• A Masters degree in Psychology or related subject
• Programming skills (e.g. Matlab).
• Experience of international research collaboration.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Application Procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Sam Stubbs (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0)23 8059 4046. Please quote reference 1131819JW on all correspondence.

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