Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Technology and Ageing

MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development

Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led university, located at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and economically significant region, Western Sydney. Boasting 11 campuses – many in Western Sydney CBD locations – and more than 200,000 alumni, 49,500 students and 3,500 staff, the University has 14 Schools with an array of well-designed programs and degrees carefully structured to meet the demands of future industry.

The University is ranked in the top two per cent of universities worldwide, and as a research leader, over 85 per cent of the University’s assessed research is rated at ‘World Standard’ or above.

The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development is an interdisciplinary research institute of Western Sydney. The vision for the Institute is to optimise human interaction and wellbeing across the lifespan. To strive to solve the problems that matter most through the themes: sensing and perceiving, interacting with each other, and technologies for humans. Researchers in MARCS come from many disciplines including cognitive science, developmental psychology, language science, music science, cognitive neuroscience, and biomedical, electrical, electronic and software engineering.

Further information is available from our website - http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/marcs

The Institute is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Brain Sciences research program in the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. In this position you will work with Dr Celia Harris and Professor Kate Stevens on a program that addresses novel technologies that can be used to support memory, cognition, identity and daily functioning in people living with dementia and their carers. The broad aim is conduct interviews and technology demonstrations with people living with dementia and their carers, to determine what kinds of technologies are most useful and valued.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for 1 year. Initially the position will be located on the Bankstown Campus and move to Westmead early 2022.

Remuneration Package: Academic Level A $98,712 to $119,260 p.a., (comprising Salary of $83,413 to $100,776 p.a., plus 17% Superannuation and Leave Loading).

Position Enquiries: Please contact Dr Celia Harris via email [email protected]

Closing Date: 8:30pm, Sunday 31 October 2021.

To be eligible for this position you must provide evidence of your full-time Working Rights in Australia at time of application.

Western Sydney University is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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