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Student Assistants

Student assistants work with a Center member in a support role on a specific project. The tasks can differ depending on the project and competition for these positions is keen. Placement is limited and highly competitive.

These positions require being enrolled as a student (below master/diplom level) at a university (EU member country). More information about a given offer can be requested from the person in charge via Email.
Duration: Up to 83 hours per month, for up to 3 years
Payment: 10,98 Euro net per hour

Interested students are invited to send an email to Juliane Kämmer for additional information (see on the right for contact information).

Student Research Assistant Positions

2 student research assistant positions (Studentische Hilfskräfte) at the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition

The ideal candidate has:

Interest in researching human cognition, human development, eye movements, and information acquisition
Experience programming (e.g. MATLAB, R, JavaScript, HTML, php, C#)
Experience with calculus-based probability theory and statistics
Motivation to contribute your ideas and efforts to a collaborative research project
Interest in a long-term working relationship (at least 12 months, perhaps two+ years)
Proficiency in written and spoken English, the scientific language of the Institute
Strong independent motivation to do hard work and good scientific research

We offer:

Diverse tasks, including empirical research with human subjects, reading published literature, mathematical and probabilistic analysis, programming simulations, data analysis, and programming experiments
Good working conditions, and friendly colleagues
The positions can range from 40-60 hours per month.
Reduced work during your exam times
Possibility of being an author on published scientific papers resulting from the research

Preliminary inquiries, prior to submission of a full application, are welcome. If you are interested and have some of the necessary skills, please inquire.

Please send applications via email to
Dr. Jonathan Nelson
nelson [at] mpib-berlin [dot] mpg [dot] de

and

Dr. Björn Meder
meder [at] mpib-berlin [dot] mpg [dot] de

Contact

Juliane Kämmer
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94
14195 Berlin

kaemmer [at] mpib-berlin [dot] mpg [dot] de