"Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience"

University of Birmingham - School of Psychology - Centre for Human Brain Health

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Hours: Full Time or Part Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to April 2028

Placed On: 19th February 2026

Closes: 19th March 2026

Job Ref: 106984

We are seeking an excellent postdoctoral researcher to join the Social Decision Neuroscience group (www.sdn-lab.org) led by Prof. Patricia Lockwood. The lab studies the cognitive, computational, and neural basis of social learning and decision-making in healthy young adults, across the lifespan, and in neurological and psychiatric disorders. The lab is currently funded by the Wellcome Trust and UKRI.

A 2-year postdoctoral position (with possibility of extension subject to funding) is available from April 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The main focus of this role will be on the design, collection, and analysis of novel model-based behavioural and neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG, OPM) experiments. The position is broad and can be, in part, tailored to the applicant’s interests, and there is the opportunity to analyse existing data.

The successful candidate will be resourceful with the ability to act on their own initiative, have excellent quantitative skills, including programming (e.g., Matlab and R) for the design and analysis of experiments. Experience in or knowledge of using computational modelling, studies with diverse populations (children, adolescents, older adults), and advanced neuroimaging techniques (model-based imaging, MVPA, or RSA) is desirable but not necessary.

Informal enquires can be made to Prof. Patricia Lockwood, p.l.lockwood@bham.ac.uk www.sdn-lab.org

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