Assistant Professor Position at the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University

[ABS CO Staff]

Call for applications for the position of assistant professor at the
Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University.

The Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences at Chiba
University, Japan, is inviting applicants for the tenured (*1)
position of assistant professor of cognitive science, to commence on
1st April, 2016 or as early as possible from this date. As the
successful candidate will be required to provide cognitive science
classes and seminars in English, the candidates will have a native or
near-native command of English. The candidate will also have a Ph.D.
degree, or be expected to obtain one, by the date of the appointment.
The department provides an established research environment for
comparative cognitive study using avian species (particularly pigeons)
and, with the support of Associate Professor Tomokazu Ushitani, the
successful candidate will commence research from the date of the
appointment. The department seeks candidates who are able to teach
cognitive science from the view of species comparison and/or animal
evolution. The department also welcomes applications from candidates
specializing in closely-related research areas of comparative
cognition, such as comparative psychology, experimental analysis of
behaviour, or neuroethology.

*1 The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be promoted
to associate professor subject to achievements in education and
research from the date of the appointment.

About Chiba University and Chiba city:
Including its predecessors, Chiba University has a 140-year history
and is one of the largest national universities in Japan. Consisting
of 9 undergraduate faculties and 11 graduate schools, 2,970 staff
provide an excellent academic environment to 11,109 undergraduate and
3,580 postgraduate students (as of 1st May, 2014). The main campus of
Chiba University is located in the suburb of Chiba, which can be
accessed in about 40 minutes from the centre of Tokyo, and 50 minutes
from Tokyo International Airport, by train. Chiba is a
moderately-sized, relaxed, safe and cosmopolitan city.

Duties:
The successful candidate will be required to give on average 2 lecture
and 2 seminar classes per week. Mentoring undergraduate and
postgraduate students will also form part of the duties. The
successful candidate will be required to attend faculty and
departmental meetings once a month and to contribute to work related
to entrance examinations.

Salary:
The salary will be determined according to the standard salary scale
adopted by national universities or, as an alternative, the successful
candidate can select an annual salary system in which the salary is
determined in consideration of academic achievement and/or
contribution to the university.

Guidelines for application:
Please submit documents as described below to the website
(http://fu.matsuka.info/). The deadline for the application is 31st
October, 2015 and the review process will begin on the day following
the deadline. If an applicant has received no confirmation message
within 3 days of the submission, please send an e-mail to A/Prof
Tomokazu Ushitani (ushi...@faculty.chiba-u.jp). Candidates may be
interviewed on site or online (via Skype or other applications) as
part of the review process.

All of the required documents should be formatted as PDF files and be
included within one zip file (our web application system can receive
only one file for each applicant). The required documents are 1) a
letter of application (including the contact information of the
candidate), 2) CV, 3) materials demonstrating scholarly promise,
including a list and descriptive summary of research achievements, 4)
an essay explaining your research and educational ambitions at Chiba
University, 5) a letter of recommendation, and 6) reprints of 3
representative publications.