Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University has a vacancy for a full-time indefinite Lectureship in the area of Cognitive Psychology.

Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster.

The Cognitive Psychology research group comprises around 10 full-time academics, with a larger group made up of PhD students and Research Associates. Across the various labs there are specialisms in language processes and literacy development, human learning and memory processes, computational modelling, and the role attention plays in shaping cognition. The group has a strong collaborative element, and our regular meetings promote and support these active collaborations. Many members of the group make use of eye-tracking, EEG, and virtual reality technology, housed within our dedicated research facilities..

This position is a strategic appointment in Cognitive Psychology, to develop and enhance our research and teaching in this growth area.

All applicants must hold a PhD at the time of applying. They should also have a track record of research and teaching excellence demonstrated by:

- publications,
- research grant acquisition,
- engagement and socio-economic impact,
- and teaching and leadership experience, commensurate with stage of career.

Interviews and selection activity is currently expected to take place across the week commencing Mon 04 Sep 2023, with Interviews taking place on Tue 05 Sep 2023.

Further details about the Psychology Department at Lancaster

The Department has a strong tradition of collaborative research across traditional boundaries within Psychology and beyond. We have a research building dedicated to behavioural and neurophysiological testing across the lifespan, supported by Psychology research technicians: one floor houses labs devoted to infant and childhood studies; the other is devoted to adult social psychology, cognition and neuroscience.

For developmental research, we have an entire floor of our research building housing child
- and parent-friendly facilities and dedicated parking. Our facilities include multiple observational laboratories with cutting-edge equipment including eye-tracking technology, virtual reality headsets, electroencephalography (EEG), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRs), electromyography (EMG), heart rate detection, galvanic skin response, and infrared motion capture, as well as equipment that can be taken off site and a test library stocked with a wide range of psychometric assessments.

We support our research through personnel, as well as facilities. A dedicated technical and resources team support the implementation of our research, including on-site, off-site, and online testing. A lab manager supports recruitment and on-site testing for infant and toddler studies. We have a healthy adult participant pool through Sona. We have well-established relations with local nurseries, schools, hospitals, etc.

Lancaster University excels in both teaching and research. Lancaster University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the main UK league tables (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, The Guardian University Guide 2023, and The Complete University Guide 2023), is ranked 122nd (and 15th in the UK) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and is in the global top 50 universities for international outlook. The University achieved Gold status in the most recent Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). As a Department, in the last Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) 87% of our outputs were rated as world-leading or internationally excellent; we were ranked 17th for impact, and 29th overall. Members of the Department also participate in three major ESRC research centres. The Department promotes a symbiotic relationship between research and teaching. The success of this approach is reflected in the quality of its BPS accredited research-led teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including ESRC recognised PhD and Masters programmes within the largest Doctoral Training Programme in the UK.