[BERG] Vacancy - RA post -Evolution of Caregiving

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to study chimpanzees and the evolution of careging! Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences is offering a part-time, fixed-term Research Assistant position to work with Dr Sharon Kessler on a Carnegie Trust funded project ‘HumansCare: Evolution of Care-Giving for Sick People’. Please read the further particulars here: https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=2406&… The project seeks to understand how the cognitive and emotional foundations for providing care to the sick evolved in humans. It is a cross-species study of how humans and chimpanzees respond cognitively and emotionally to sickness cues in members of their own species. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are currently recruiting for someone to conduct the first half of the project in collaboration with the Budongo Research Unit (BRU), a University of St Andrews research facility based at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo. The postholder will conduct experiments in which we will measure the responses of chimpanzees when they view images of healthy and sick individuals. Training on site at Edinburgh Zoo will be provided by staff at the BRU. Depending on COVID-19 restrictions, there is the potential for this post to be extended to allow the postholder to conduct a similar study on humans. Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Sharon Kessler, email: sharon.kessler@stir.ac.uk<mailto:sharon.kessler@stir.ac.uk>. Please read the further particulars here: https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=2406&… ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020 UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide) The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.