<html><head><base href="x-msg://37/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Alan Garnham <<a href="mailto:a.garnham@sussex.ac.uk">a.garnham@sussex.ac.uk</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:amlap-list@CoLi.Uni-SB.DE">amlap-list@CoLi.Uni-SB.DE</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tue, February 2, 2010 4:45:46 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[AMLaP-list] EU Marie-Curie Doctoral Project, Language, Cognition and Gender, University of Sussex<br></font><br>Dear All, I would be grateful if you could bring the following <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>opportunity to the attention of any potentially interested people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Starting date, ideally, Apr 1st, 2010, so rather tight. Applications <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>by Feb 26th.<br><br>Thanks, Alan Garnham<br>_____________________________________________________________________________<br>Doctoral position within the Marie Curie Initial Training Network <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Language, Cognition, and Gender<br><br>School of Psychology, University of Sussex<br><br>Doctoral Project: Strategies for overcoming gender stereotypes in <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>cognitive representations<br>Abstract: People expect surgeons to be male and nurses to be female. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>We have previously shown that if someone described as a surgeon is <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>later referred to as “she” (or a nurse as “he”) people’s reading slows <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>down. More recently we have shown that people cannot help succumbing <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>to these violations of stereotypical gender. Even when their attention <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>is drawn to the fact that nurses and surgeons can be either male or <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>female, and are encouraged to respond to questions accordingly, they <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>are still more error prone and slower when decisions about gender <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>conflict with gender stereotypes (Oakhill, Garnham & Reynolds, Memory <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>& Cognition, 2005). However, in the studies we have conducted so far, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the readers’ attention was only briefly drawn to the flexibility of <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>gender roles in different occupations, and this was done by <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>instructions prior to the experiment. We have not yet tried more <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>extensive means of reducing stereotyped responses. For instance, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>social psychological work on prejudice and stereotyping shows that <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>making people aware of potential sources of prejudice considerably <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>enhances the chance of controlling them. We intend to explore such <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>training possibilities and to assess their effects using the <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>experimental assessments we have used previously to measure extent of <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>stereotype response.<br><br>Supervisors: Professors Jane Oakhill and Alan Garnham<br><br>Starting Date: 1st April 2010, duration 3 years<br><br><br>The Marie Curie Initial Training Network on Language, Cognition, and <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Gender (ITN LCG), funded by the European Commission, comprises 15 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Doctoral and 3 Postdoctoral projects at 10 Universities in 7 European <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>countries. ITN LCG aims at investigating the interplay of language, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>cognition, and gender, for the first time from cross-language and <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>cross-cultural perspectives.<br><br>We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a strong <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>background in Psychology and an excellent command of English to work <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>on the above project within the Network. We expect candidates to have <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>a strong interest in and motivation to work on the interplay of <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>language, cognition, and gender, a willingness to invest in <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>interdisciplinary collaboration, and the ability to work as part of a <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>team.<br><br>ITN LCG fellows’ individual projects will be integrated into one <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>comprehensive research and training network. They will be offered an <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>innovative training in a unique combination of scientific methods that <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>span from neuroimaging and electrophysiology through experimental <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>techniques of cognitive and social psychology to linguistic methods of <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>language analysis and scientific training strategies. The network is <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>strongly based on the exchange and transfer of knowledge between <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>academia and public and private organisations and will provide its <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>fellows with network-wide training activities (4 workshops, 3 summer <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>schools, 1 scientific symposium) and training in collaborative <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>contexts (working visits and secondments).<br><br>The eligibility conditions for recruitment are the following: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Candidates can be nationals of any country other than the UK. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>(work, studies, etc) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>immediately prior to their recruitment. Candidates must be in the <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>first five years (or full-time equivalent) of their careers in research<br><br>PhD students in the Network enjoy full salary employment contracts <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>with all standard benefits. Supplements, such as travel allowance and <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>career exploratory allowance may be paid.<br><br>How to apply<br><br>Applicants should make a formal application for a doctoral place at <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span>The University of Sussex. Please see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/publications/pgrad2010">http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/publications/pgrad2010</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br> for details.<br><br>This application (in English) should include:<br><br>· a letter of motivation detailing the candidate's particular <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>scientific experience,knowledge, competencies and interests;<br><br>· a detailed curriculum vitae (including a list of Bachelor’s <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>courses attended and certificates of the examination grades)<br><br>· two academic letters of recommendation.<br><br>Closing date for applications 26th February, 2010.<br><br>Further details of the partners and projects that comprise the Network <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>are available from either Jane Oakhill (<a ymailto="mailto:janeo@sussex.ac.uk" href="mailto:janeo@sussex.ac.uk">janeo@sussex.ac.uk</a>) or Alan <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Garnham (<a ymailto="mailto:alang@sussex.ac.uk" href="mailto:alang@sussex.ac.uk">alang@sussex.ac.uk</a>)<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AMLaP-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:AMLaP-list@ml.coli.uni-saarland.de" href="mailto:AMLaP-list@ml.coli.uni-saarland.de">AMLaP-list@ml.coli.uni-saarland.de</a><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://ml.coli.uni-saarland.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amlap-list">http://ml.coli.uni-saarland.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amlap-list</a></span><br></div></div></div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></body></html>