Postdoctoral, Research Assistant, PhD and Master's Positions in Ecological and Collective Cognition Kyushu University in Japan

Open positions are available in the Ecological and Collective Cognition Lab (Kano Lab) at Kyushu University, Japan, led by Dr. Fumihiro Kano. The lab studies how cognition shapes interaction and collective behavior across humans, nonhuman primates, and birds, with a particular focus on eye-gaze.

Available roles include a funded postdoctoral researcher position, a funded technical staff/research assistant position, additional postdoctoral researcher opportunities with external funding encouraged, and prospective PhD and Master's student openings that require external funding.

The research environment combines behavioral experiments, fieldwork, eye-tracking, and computer vision to build a quantitative science of social cognition grounded in naturalistic observation. This is a strong fit for applicants interested in psychology, biology, ecology, comparative cognition, animal behavior, and computational methods.

The lab actively supports applications for external fellowships and funding programs, including JSPS and international funding schemes, and offers hands-on help with proposal development and application writing. Applicants should align their interests with the lab's themes in ecological and collective cognition, social cognition, and eye-gaze research.

No deadline is stated in the post. Interested candidates should review the full position details in the linked Google Doc and follow the application instructions there.