8 November: fyi -- phd funding (creativity)

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Cognitive Processes in Creative Problem Solving (DESIRE Project)
Lancaster University, UK & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark


Applications are invited for 5 exciting research positions studying
creative cognition within the Psychology and Computing Departments at
Lancaster University, UK and the Marketing Department at Copenhagen
Business School, Denmark. All three departments are leading research
centres offering highly collegiate and stimulating environments for
early stage researchers. These positions would be ideally suited to
cognitive scientists interested in examining creative processes in
real-world problem solving domains.


These 3-year positions are funded through the European Commission
Framework 7 Network on Creative Design for Innovation in Science and
Technology (DESIRE Project), and are offered with excellent financial
conditions including competitive salary, mobility and travel
allowances, contributions to participation expenses for research and
training activities, as well as career exploratory allowances.



An attractive training programme will also be offered to the
successful candidates consisting of expert research supervision by
world leading researchers, access to training courses on foundation
and advanced topics in creative design, access to complementary
training and industrial secondments within the network's industrial
partners, as well as participation in the network's summers schools
and conferences.



Applicants must be in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of
their research careers. Positions are open to candidates of any
nationality with the exception that the applicant may not have resided
in the country of the host institution for more than 1 year in the 3
years before appointment. For additional information please check:
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/~corina/DESIRE/index.html



Suitable candidates are encouraged to make informal enquires directly
to each project supervisor to find out further details regarding the
application process: Dr. Corina Sas (corina@comp.lancs.ac.uk) for the
PhD 'Investigating individual differences in visual and spatial
thinking in creative problem solving'; Dr. Linden J. Ball
(l.ball@lancaster.ac.uk) for the PhD 'Understanding cognitive
processes in expert poetry composition', Prof. Alan Dix
(alan@hcibook.com) for the PhD 'Understanding problem space
representations in creative design'); Dr. Bo. T. Christensen
(bo@virksom.dk) for the PhDs 'Investigating insight in design using
ethnographic methods' and 'The use of visual aids during problem
solving in design contexts'.



For more information on these PhDs as well as other PhD positions linked to the DESIRE project please visit the DESIRE website:

http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/~corina/DESIRE/index.html



Initial Closing Date for Applications: 01 December 2008

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