Events
PhD position in Astrocyte Biology
A PhD student position is available in the research group of Dr. Elly Hol ‘Astrocyte Biology & Neurodegeneration’ at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) in Amsterdam. The NIN carries out fundamental neuroscience research with special emphasis on the brain and the visual system. The research focuses on development, plasticity and ageing and it is linked to clinical research questions. Read more
PhD position in Decision Neuroscience at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Donders Institute Nijmegen
The Erasmus Center for Neuroeconomics (ECNE) at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University Nijmegen announce an opening for a PhD researcher to join an active group of researchers in the Center in the field of decision neuroscience/neuroeconomics/consumer neuroscience. This position will be jointly supervised by Prof. Ale Smidts (Erasmus) and Dr. Alan Sanfey (Donders Institute). Read more
Your thesis is worth more!
UvA thesis competition 2010
Did you complete your master's or doctoraal programme between 6th May 2009 and 3rd May 2010 and receive a mark of 8.5 or higher for your thesis? If so, we invite you to enter in the UvA thesis competition and become eligible to win € 3.000, € 2.000 or € 1.000!!
For further information about the competition and the rules and regulations:
uva-alumni/scriptieprijs
Prize-giving: University Day 12th June 2010
Location: Oudemanhuispoort
Admission: free for new graduates (after 6th May 2009)
More information university day: www.uva-alumni.nl/universiteitsdag
CSCA Lecture series
Every year the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam organises the CSCA Lecture series. These CSCA lectures are given by outstanding scholars from a variety of disciplines and our alumni are very welcome to join these lectures.
Upcoming lectures are (locations to be announced):
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June 17, 2010 - Prof. dr. Ernst Fehr
Professor Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research, University of Zürich
The following events are not organized by our institute, but can be of interest for you:
NWO Talent Classes
The NWO Talent Classes (intensive one day workshops, usually held in Dutch, in The Hague) are days on which young researchers (Ph.D. and post-doc) can make contacts and acquire skills that a scientist does not usually pick up during his training, such as networking, presentations for the media and successful publishing.
The registration fee is EUR 95.00
The Berlin School of Mind and Brain
The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international research school, located in the vibrant heart of Berlin. Founded in 2006 as part of Germany's Excellence Initiative, it offers a unique three-year interdisciplinary doctoral program in English in the mind/brain sciences. Research within the School focuses on the interface between the humanities and the neurosciences. Of particular interest are research areas that fall on the borders between the mind sciences (e.g., philosophy, linguistics, behavioral and cognitive science, economics), and the brain sciences (e.g., neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, neurology, and neurobiology). Major topics of research within the program include: 'conscious and unconscious perception', 'decision-making', 'language', 'brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny', 'mental disorders and brain dysfunction', and the 'philosophy of mind'.
However, research is not limited to these areas, and students are strongly encouraged to develop and work at their own initiative on any projects that are relevant to interdisciplinary questions relating to mind and brain.
Visiting scholars will have a doctoral degree, and be working in an area of research relevant to the School. Visiting student status is available to qualified doctoral students currently enrolled in programs not affiliated with the Berlin School of Mind and Brain. In rare circumstances students with a master's degree may also be granted visiting student status.
Visiting scholars are provided a desk and computer in a shared office space. Both visiting scholars and students will be provided with access to the internet and university libraries.
In addition, visiting students are allowed by prior arrangement to participate in relevant aspects of the School’s teaching program during their visit. It is anticipated that visiting scholars and students will participate actively in the academic life of the School. The School would be delighted, for instance, to hear suggestions from visiting scholars regarding potential seminars or journal clubs that they might organize during their stay.
Further details can be found: http://www.mind-and-brain.de/overview/visitors