Please find below an announcement for a post-doc position.
Post-doc position available to study audience effects in a cooperative breeder
A post-doc position in Behavioural Ecology is available from mid-September for 1.5 years to study experimentally whether cooperative
behaviour is influenced by sex-specific audience effects. The project will integrate a broader research program which investigates the potential role of social and sexual selection in the evolution and maintenance of cooperation in a colonial cooperative bird
from Southern Africa, the sociable weaver. The successful post-doc candidate will integrate an international research group based in Portugal, France and South Africa and will be working closely with Rita Covas (CIBIO, University of Porto, Portugal), Claire
Doutrelant (CEFE-CNRS, France) and Fanny Rybak (University of Paris-Sud, France). The project is based on acoustic and behavioural field experiments and requires spending an initial period of 4-6 months in the field. Previous experience with fieldwork, behavioural
work and acoustics, as well as motivation to conduct behavioural experiments in field conditions are therefore essential prerequisites. Candidates are equally required to have solid knowledge of evolutionary ecology and preferably of cooperation and social
evolution. Pre-application enquiries are encouraged and should be sent to
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m("u-psud.fr","fanny.rybak");" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> . More information about the project can be found at
http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/fitz/research/programmes/longterm/sociableweaver;
https://cibio.up.pt/people/details/rcovas;
https://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ee/esp/777-c/152-claire-doutrelant;
http://www.cb.u-psud.fr/Fanny.htm
The application deadline is
14 July 2017. Applications must include
Curriculum Vitae (CV), motivation letter, copy of academic certificates,
and contact details of two references, sent to:
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