Call for Applications The interdisciplinary Research Training Group Situated Cognition, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), invites applications for 12 Ph.D. positions (salary scale TV-L E 13, 65%) for a three-year structured PhD program. The official, legally binding calls for applications from the Ruhr-University Bochum and the Osnabrück University are linked below. The program and all positions will commence June 1st, 2023. The RTG is based at the Department of Philosophy II and the… » read more

From March 23.-25. 2023, the next RCL will be presented by Prof. Kim Sterelny (Sydney), as always in the context of a Graduate workshop including presentations by PhD students and postdocs (PhD completed in 2017 or later). Presentations should address topics related to the main topic of the lecture series. CALL for papers:Therefore, we invite PhD students and postdocs up to five years after PHD completion to submit abstracts (max…. » read more

Generative Episodic Memory: Interdisciplinary perspectives from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy Call for abstracts We invite submissions for symposia, talks and posters. Please note that all presentations are in person. Submission guidelines: Abstracts must be submitted in English and be no longer than 500 words. Submitted work must be original and unpublished and submitted electronically at https://www.conftool.net/gem2023/ Types of submissions: Please ensure that your files are in PDF format and are… » read more

Philosophy of Mind: Humans, Animals and Machines Organized by:Prof. Dr. Albert NewenDr. Sabrina ConinxDr. Julia Wolf For further information and Zoom Links please go to:www.situated cognition.com

30th November 2022, 9:00 – 18:00 | public event Integration and Representation of Sensory Processes Invited External Speakers: Christian Bellebaum, Matthew Larkum, Heiko Luhmann Speakers within the SFB 874: Sen Cheng, Hubert Dinse, Onur Güntürkün, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Olivia Masseck, Jonas Rose, Oliver Wolf Host: Denise Manahan-Vaughan Registration at: sfb874-konferenz@ruhr-uni-bochum.de You will find the programme here: Programme Concluding Conference

April 2023 – March 2024 Deadline for applications: 30th of November 2022 The Center for Mind and Cognition is a platform at the Ruhr-University Bochum that aims to foster interdisciplinary research at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, computational modelling, neuroscience and other areas of cognitive research in engineering, law and educational research. We are pleased to announce an international call for fellowships from April 2023 to March 2024 aimed… » read more