Research Focus Cognitive Sciences
Cognitive sciences represent one of four main research areas of the University of Potsdam. The university's Research Focus Cognitive Sciences (RFCS) unites scientists from different faculties. In interdisciplinary research teams, researchers from psychology, linguistics and philosophy as well as from sports and health sciences, mathematics, physics and computer scientists work closely together.
Prominent examples of the intensive successful cooperation are the two Collaborative Research Centres currently funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG): "The Limits of Variability in Language" and "Data Assimilation".
Other projects of the RFCS are concerned with eye movements in reading and image comprehension, cognitive processes in language disorders or multilingualism, early childhood cognitive and linguistic development, affective learning and memory processes, or the tension between cognitive processes and physical movement.
Call for applications: Focus Topic Postdoc position
Deadline: 2 June 2025
The University of Potsdam is offering a full-time postdoctoral position (payscale TV-L 13, for a maximum of three years) to early-career researchers whose most recent doctoral examination took place no more than three years prior to the application deadline. The position will be hosted at the Research Focus Cognitive Science and comes with a teaching load of four hours per semester week (30 weeks per year).
The research project proposed by the applicant should be innovative, original, competitive and interdisciplinary, linking at least two (sub)fields of the University of Potsdam's cognitive sciences. The project should preferably focus on the dynamics of cognition and behaviour. The proposal must not exceed three pages (excluding references)and include:
- a description and proposed timeline of the research project, indicating its innovative and interdisciplinary nature and how it strengthens the Research Focus Cognitive Science
- a description of the expected outcomes (such as publications and a plan for generating third-party funding by the end of the employment period)
- a description of how the candidate’s expertise is relevant to the project
- the names of one or two members of the Research Focus Cognitive Science whose expertise would fit the project
If you have any questions about the position and the application process, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Birgit Elsner (birgit.elsneruuni-potsdampde) or Dr. Raúl Bendezú (raul.bendezu.araujouuni-potsdampde).
Application submission:
Please submit your application with the following documents via the application portal of the University of Potsdam under the ID number 223/2025: https://spp.uni-potsdam.de/karriere
- your documented CV (English versions of the relevant certificates will be accepted for the application process)
- a list of publications
- contact details of two potential referees, and
- your project proposal (max. 3 pages, see above).
Please provide all your application documents in one PDF file.
The application deadline is 2 June 2025
Note: You can find the official call here. The text on this website is just for clarification.