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Deadline for applications: 17 November 2008, 12:00
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pending the availability of funding, the Graduate School of Theology and the Study of Religion at the Faculty of Theology, Aarhus University announces the joint financing, with CFIN (Centre of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience) and DPRC (Danish Pain Research Center), at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, of a 3-year PhD fellowship to begin on 1 January 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter. The PhD fellowship is funded through joint financing by the three above-mentioned parties. An application has also been submitted to the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation for financial support. The topic of the PhD fellowship is: "Pain and Coping in the Religious Mind." The goal of the project is to explore the neurobiological and cognitive effects of pain and pain coping strategies in religious ritual. The research design should ideally combine fMRI scans, clinical tests, interviews and fieldwork. The expected outcomes of the project should address issues relevant to the cognitive science of religion, neuroscience and pain research. The project will be conducted in close cooperation between CFIN, DPRC and the Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Group (RCC) at the Department of the Study of Religion, Faculty of Theology. General Enrolment as a PhD student at the Graduate School is a prerequisite for receiving the PhD fellowship. For further information, please see Information for PhD applicants (http://www.teo.au.dk/en/graduateschool/prospectivestudents), where you will find the Faculty's PhD regulations (http://www.teo.au.dk/en/graduateschool/regulations), or contact the Chair of the Graduate School, Troels Nørager (e-mail tn@teo.au.dk, or tel: +45 8942 2243). Qualification requirements Applicants who hold a relevant BA degree of 180 ECTS and have, prior to 1 January 2009, satisfactorily completed a relevant MA degree consisting of at least 120 ECTS may apply for the 3-year PhD fellowship. Conditions for PhD fellowships The recipient of the PhD fellowship will be employed as a PhD research fellow for three years and will receive a monthly salary (before tax) of approximately DKK 26,000, including pension contributions. The holder of a fellowship will be expected to carry out duties equivalent to 840 working hours of teaching, communication of research, participation in research projects, etc. Application procedure Applications must be submitted electronically through the University's "self-service"system (https://mit.au.dk/endex.cfm). This will be available from 15 October 2008. See Guidelines for Application (http://www.teo.au.dk/en/graduateschool/prospectivestudents/applicationguidelines). Deadline for submissions: Monday 17 November 2008, 12:00 noon (Danish time). Please mark your application: 2008-218/4-21. The University of Aarhus has 35,000 students, 8,500 members of staff and a turnover of DKK 4.8 billion in 2008. The university's strategy and development contract are available at http://www.au.dk/en/strategy |
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