The department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, is looking for a lecturer (docent) or senior lecturer (hoofddocent) in the field of Memory and Cognition, starting from 1 October 2010 (see official vacancy below or at http://www.ugent.be/en/news/vacancies/autonomous/BC2010-pp01 )

As of next academic year, the department will have 8 full-time faculty members, as well as many post-doctoral researchers and PhD-students. The Department offers a stimulating research environment in which the main topics include cognitive control, working memory, cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, computational modeling, and numerical cognition. The department has facilities for behavioral research (RT-labs, studio), eye-tracking (Eye-Link 1000), and neurocognitive research (ERP, fMRI, TMS). The department is highly ambitious, internationally oriented, and has expanded greatly during the last years. For more information see: http://expsy.ugent.be/

Official Profile

The faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences has a vacancy for a professorship, starting from October 1, 2010. It concerns a position as full-time Professor in the rank of Lecturer (docent) or Senior Lecturer (hoofddocent) in the Department of Experimental Psychology, charged with academic teaching (in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out scientific duties in the field of memory and cognition.

Profile:

•    candidates should hold a PhD or a degree with a doctoral thesis or a degree recognized as equivalent and have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on October 1, 2010;
•    candidates are required to have research experience in the field of study concerned, proved by active participation in international and national scientific meetings and by recent publications in national and international peer reviewed journals;
•    having proved experience in international mobility, amongst others through participation in research programmes at research institutions not linked to the university where the highest degree was obtained, is recommended;
•    candidates are required to possess the necessary didactic, organizational and communicative skills for teaching at an academic level.

The governing language at Ghent University is Dutch. However, persons who do not speak Dutch as a native language are welcome to apply.

More detailed information on this vacancy and on the way this job fits in the department’s strategy can be obtained from prof. Rob Hartsuiker, head of the department (phone: +32 (9) 264 64 36,  mailto:Robert.Hartsuiker@UGent.be

Depending on the specific profile of the selected candidate, the degree of lecturer or senior lecturer will be granted.

A full-time position at the entry level of Lecturer implies a five-year temporary appointment in a tenure track system. If the university board positively evaluates the performance of the person involved, the position lead to a permanent position in the rank of Senior Lecturer.
A full-time position at the entry level of Senior Lecturer will lead to a tenured position.
However, in the case of a first appointment as professor, the Board of Governors of Ghent University may decide to appoint the candidate for a maximum period of three years, after which he/she may be eligible for tenure following a positive evaluation. As teaching at Ghent University is mostly in Dutch, such evaluation may include the acquired ability to teach in Dutch.

Applications must be sent in duplicate by registered mail to the rector of Ghent University, Rectorate building, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Ghent, using the specific application forms Autonomous Academic Staff ("ZAP"), including the necessary attestations of competence (copies of degrees), the 5th of March, 2010 at the latest.

The application forms for Autonomous Academic Staff (ZAP)
•    can be obtained at Ghent University, Department of Personnel and Organization, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Gent.
•    can be requested by phone: +32 (0) 9 264 31 29 or + 32 (0) 9 264 31 30.
•    can be downloaded from the internet:
http://www.ugent.be/nl/werken/aanwerving/formulieren/zap