Assistant Professor in High-level Human Cognition

The Department of Psychology in UC San Diego's School of Social Sciences is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in high-level human cognition, with an anticipated start date of 1 July 2027. The department seeks candidates who will build a rigorous, independent research programme on high-level cognitive processes in humans, such as aesthetics, attention, attitudes, decision-making, effort, inference, language, learning, memory, preferences, reasoning, self-control, social cognition and well-being, using experimental research to inform formal and computational theories.

Ideal candidates combine strong empirical, theoretical and quantitative skills and can bridge areas of the department; the role includes graduate and undergraduate teaching, mentoring and service. The posted salary range is $88,300-$108,900.

PhD or ABD in psychology, cognitive science, decision science or a closely related field focused on high-level human cognition at application, completed by the start; evidence of independent scholarly impact and research productivity; evidence of ability to teach and advise students.