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Applications are invited for a full-time Research Assistant position at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, to work with Prof Constanze Hesse on a project funded by the ESRC (project title: “The need for unpleasant touch: behavioural and physiological investigations into negative affective touch and how it can be used to shape interactions”). This project is part of a larger international project with collaborators in Germany and France and will be conducted in close association with all project partners.
Job description
The project aims to investigate how negative affective touch perception (i.e., the “unpleasantness to touch”) influences human actions and behaviour. It combines knowledge and methodology from the fields of haptic perception, action control, cognitive and biological psychology as well as physiology.
The project will provide an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated research assistant to work in a productive, collaborative, and research-focused environment.
The Research Assistant will help to set up experiments and coordinate and conduct data collection. The Research Assistant will be involved in all stages of the research process. Specifically, they will be expected to help with ethics applications, the creation of the stimuli, experimental design and set-up, to assist with data analysis and interpretation, and to test participants.
Applicants should have some familiarity with experimental testing, and have a record of experimental research, preferably in visual psychophysics. Experience with MATLAB programming and motion tracking or eye-tracking hardware is desirable.
Salary will be at the appropriate point on the Grade 5 scale, 25% of £31,396 per annum, pro rata.
Informal enquiries should be made to Prof Constanze Hesse (c.hesse@abdn.ac.uk).
In accordance with the UKVI immigration rules, it is with regret that this role DOES NOT MEET THE SALARY REQUIREMENTS for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. For this role, the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment and obtain the right to work in the UK. Information on other visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
Job Reference Number: PSY065R
The School of Psychology embraces a diverse working environment and recognises the many benefits this can bring. Applications from individuals from across all of the equality protected characteristics are encouraged.
Please note
If you are unable to complete an application online, please contact the Recruitment Team (HRRecruitment@abdn.ac.uk) to make alternative arrangements for submitting your application within plenty of time before the advertised post closes.
