Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Department: Corporate Sponsored Department of Bonobo Research (funded by Hayashibara Co. Ltd.)
Job Title: Program-Specific Assistant Professor (Corporate Sponsored Department)
Opening Date: December 4th, 2009
Closing Date: January 8th, 2010
Formal Hiring Date: April 1st, 2010
Job Term: For 3 years till March 31st, 2013
Salary Range: subject to previous research career (non-negotiable)
1. Job description
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of Program-Specific Assistant Professor in the Corporate Sponsored Department of Bonobo Research (funded by Hayashibara Co. Ltd.) This department promotes the comparative study of cognitive functions in bonobos on the basis of long-term studies of chimpanzee cognition at KUPRI. Research with bonobos will be conducted in the wild as well as in a newly introduced captive group in Japan. By comparing bonobos with chimpanzees and humans, evolutionary foundations of human nature are investigated. Prior experience with non-human primates is not essential. The successful candidate is exempt from any administrative jobs and expected to promote the research of bonobos from a broad perspective.
2. Application procedure
Candidates are requested to submit the following documents in triplicate (copies are acceptable). English or Japanese is acceptable.
(1) CV with detailed account of academic activity and research grant record.
(2) List of academic publications and reprints.
(3) List of non-academic/popular publications and reprints of those most representative of your research.
(4) Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (about 1000 words).
(5) Summary of research that the candidate intends to carry out at KUPRI (about 1000 words).
All documents must arrive by the deadline (January 8th, 2010), and should be sent to the following address:
Dr. Tetsuro MATSUZAWA
Director, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, JAPAN
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3. Selection procedure and feedback to candidates
A committee will be set up at KUPRI to evaluate all candidates, based on the documents submitted. The final decision will be made by all faculty members. Each candidate will be informed of the final decision pertaining to him/herself only.
4. Gender Equality
Kyoto University promotes gender equality.
KUPRI is composed of the following research units: Department of Evolution and Phylogeny, Department of Ecology and Social Behavior, Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, the Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, the Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology, the Corporate Sponsored Department of Comparative Study of Cognitive Development (funded by Benesse Corp.) and the Corporate Sponsored Department of Bonobo Research (funded by Hayashibara Co. Ltd., from April 1st, 2010). Graduate level education is conducted within the Division of Biological Science in the Graduate School of Science. Detailed information is available at the following web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp.