Phd Position in Cognitive Neuroscience for 4 Years

vor 1 Woche


Zürich, Schweiz Universität Zürich Vollzeit

**Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry**
**PhD position in cognitive neuroscience for 4 years 80 %**: Start of employment from March 2025, temporary

**Project details and responsibilities**:

- Humour is a universal and complex phenomenon that profoundly influences social communication and adaptation. But do we all process humour in the same way? Previous studies report that individuals on the autistic spectrum (AS) may process humour differently from neurotypicals. However, the evidence in the literature does not seem conclusive. This project aims to understand how AS adolescents process humour and whether a humour-based training programme can improve well-being in this population. This proposal will achieve this by embracing the neurodiversity paradigm, which is an alternative to the deficit conception of autism.

This PhD position is part of the SNSF Starting grant titled Humour in adolescents on the autism spectrum: a window into cognition and a tool for well-being obtained by Prof. Dr. Mirella Manfredi and entails the following responsibilities:

- Recruitment of participants
- Data collection
- Data analysis
- Presentation of research results at international scientific meetings
- Publication of research results in peer-reviewed journal articles
- Supervision of master theses
- Assistance in organizing workshops

**Your profile**:
**What we offer**:
**Work-Life Balance**
- Flexible working models (such as part-time positions, mobile working, job-sharing)
- Childcare at the kihz foundation of UZH and ETH

**Learning and Development**
- Wide range of continuing education courses of UZH and the Canton of Zurich
- Language Center run jointly with ETH Zurich

**Food**
- Food and drinks at reduced prices in the UZH cafeterias
- Lunch-Check-card with UZH contribution

**Healthcare**
- Special conditions on the Academic Sports Association ASVZ
- Free seasonal flu vaccinations
- Rest and relaxation at the quiet room in the university tower

**Discounts**
- Private traffic: Carsharing, rent a vehicle, parking space
- Digitalization: Hardware, software, mobile phone subscriptions
- Special conditions on hotel reservations

**Conditions of Employment**
- Policies of the UZH
- Most UZH staff are employed according to public law

**International Services**
- Support for people from outside Switzerland

**Campuses**
- Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
- Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg

**Location**:
**Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry***:Neumünsterallee 9, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland

**Further information**:
**Questions about the job**:
**Mirella Manfredi**
- PI

**Mirella Manfredi**
- PI

**Working at UZH**:



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