Responsibilities include:
● Conduct and design empirical experiments to explore how humans understand caregiving, particularly focusing on infants’ and children’s behavior and their understanding of care.
● Develop and test formal models that capture the unique qualities of care relationships, differentiating them from other social and economic relationships.
● Collaborate in the development of interdisciplinary frameworks that draw on cognitive economics, psychology, philosophy, and political science to understand caregiving.
● Participate in ongoing workshops, including those initiated at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), and contribute to publications by writing papers synthesizing the research agenda.
● Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to foster synergies between broader theoretical projects and more focused empirical efforts.
● Prepare research findings for publication and present results at conferences and academic workshops.
● Contribute to grant applications and project reporting for future funding sources aimed at expanding the research project.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
-No more than 3 years of post PhD research experience
Preferred qualifications
-Background in empirical research related to infants’ or children’s behavior.
-Experience in crafting research paradigms and managing research projects. Research areas of particular interest include developmental psychology, caregiving behavior, close-relationships, cognitive modeling, cross-cultural research, and behavioral economics.
-Statistical skills working with behavioral data
-Ability to write up results for publications in a timely manner
-Strong initiative and organizational and interpersonal skills
-Strong publication record
Application Requirements
Document requirements
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Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V. -
Cover Letter – Addressed to Dr. Alison Gopnik
- 3-6 required (contact information only)
