We are seeking experienced applicants with a background in behavioural biology, psychology, experimental economics, or the social sciences. The postdoctoral appointment will be full time for one year, with salary commensurate with experience and between 2279-4190 euros/month (scale 10/11 CAO Dutch Universities). Salary is supplemented by an additional 8% holiday bonus. In addition we offer partially paid parental leave and flexible employment conditions in which you may trade salary for vacation days or vice versa. The employment conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. Knowledge of Dutch is an asset but not a hiring requirement. Candidates should ideally be available to begin before November 10, 2007. However, it may be possible to request a later start date from the funding body for outstanding applicants.

For additional information please contact Dr. Simon Reader. Written applications, including a cover letter detailing your motivation and suitability for the position, a curriculum vitae and a list of publications should be sent before July 9th, 2007 to the Personnel Department, Faculty of Sciences, P.O. Box 80010, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands or submitted by e-mail as a single PDF file to both science.peno@uu.nl and s.m.reader@uu.nl. (Electronic applications are preferred). Please arrange for two referees to send references either by mail or e-mail, before the deadline.

Please include the vacancy number 66705 in any correspondence, and let us know where you saw the advertisement. We gratefully acknowledge funding by NWO’s Cognition Pilot grant programme (see www.nwo.nl).

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