Conditioning and Reward learning ( 113283)
You have expertise in conditioning and models of reward learning and first-hand experience in running behavioural and cognitive experiments.

Multisensory perception ( 113284)
You have expertise in the area of multisensory perception and first-hand experience in running behavioural and cognitive experiments in the context of sensory research.

Your role:
You will contribute to internal and external research projects and collaborations, and represent Unilever to external researchers. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality scientific support to our business. In addition, you will help establish and manage new strategic research themes which ensure the continuity of our scientific expertise whilst also generating new ideas and longer-term opportunities for our business. Specific tasks are:

• Provide up-to-date expertise on one or more selected topics within the fields mentioned above;
• Monitor scientific developments in these fields, in order to assess their relevance to and impact for the business;
• Generate and develop new ideas for the Unilever business, and initiate and manage qualitative and quantitative project activities in these areas;
• Carry out literature-, cross-category- and/or other reviews, synthesising information and memos, reports, and/or presentations for different audiences
• (e.g. scientists, product developers, marketeers) in English;
• Analyse, interpret and present qualitative and quantitative data;
• Publish scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals;
• Obtain research grants and create collaborations with external partners;
• Represent CP&B at scientific congresses and conferences;
• Provide creative solutions for specific objectives/problems in projects.

Your background:

• Doctoral degree (PhD) in one of the areas mentioned above;
• A strong publication record;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (in English);
• An active international academic network;
• An interest in working outside your current area of expertise and ability to do so;
• Knowledge of or experience with functional and/or structural neuro-imaging techniques is desirable;
• Preference will be given to candidates with industrial research experience on these relevant research areas.

Please send your motivation letter and CV citing the vacancy number to recruitmentNL@unilever.com. For more information about the vacancies, see http://www.unilever.com/rdjobs

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