Opportunities

Many of you may remember a lecture we recently hosted given by Dr Daniel Mograbi from Brazil: Exploring self-awareness through neuroscience: studies with clinical groups and psychoactive substances.

The Mograbi Lab, based in Rio, Brazil have a postdoc position available to focus on psychoactive substances and self-awareness.

The fellowship is for one year.

It pays R$5200 monthly (roughly R200 000 for the full year), sufficient to live in Rio as a single student. Although the fellowship does not include travel costs, Dr Mograbi has kindly offered to cover the SA-Brazil-SA airfare with some of his other funding.

The ideal start date would be in March, but they can be flexible in terms of the arrival date, with the possibility of starting work remotely for the first few months.

No previous research experience with psychoactive substances is needed, but ideally someone with a solid methods background and experience in studies with humans. 

Candidates should send a CV and information on previous research work to danielmograbi@puc-rio.br.

Please share widely with anyone that may be interested.

As part of their Wellcome Research Development Programme, the EthicsLab invite proposals for Catalyst Grants to provide modest support for research projects lasting 6-12 months. These grants are designed to spark new ideas, sustain ongoing work, or help projects grow toward greater impact - offering the flexibility to support both exploratory studies and more developed projects.

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As part of their Wellcome Research Development Programme, the EthicsLab invite proposals for academic residencies for Africa-based scholars to join them for up to three months to work at the intersection of African humanities and technology (and open to suggestions). The costs of flights, accommodation, and a small per diem to cover expenses is included.

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As part of their Wellcome Research Development Programme, the EthicsLab invite proposals for academic retreats to co-host with them on one of the topics below. Meetings would last 3 to 4 days, be fully-funded and have up to 15 South African, other African, or international participants. 

We are particularly interested in proposals on the following non-exhaustive list of possible themes: 

• Power and order: Technology as a political and ideological project
• Climate justice and planetary ethics
• The political economy of emerging technologies
• Digital colonialism, imperialism, and decolonisation
• Data justice
• Humanism, posthumanism, and transhumanism in African thought.
• Relationality and moral status in African theory.

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More info: ethicslab@uct.ac.za 

The EthicsLab use their Webinar Series as a platform for sharing ideas and sparking conversations on the ethics of emerging technologies. We invite you to shape the program by:

• Proposing yourself as a speaker: Share your work, experiences, or insights.
• Suggesting others: Tell us who you’d like to hear from and what questions matter most.

They are particularly interested in proposals on the following non-exhaustive list of possible themes: 

• Power and order: Technology as a political and ideological project
• Climate justice and planetary ethics
• The political economy of emerging technologies
• Digital colonialism, imperialism, and decolonisation
• Data justice
• Humanism, posthumanism, and transhumanism in African thought.
• Relationality and moral status in African theory.

Find the submission form here

And subscribe to their mailing list here

More info: ethicslab@uct.ac.za

Two full-time (37.5 hours per week), 1-year (Appointment for further years dependent on available funding and will require a secondary interview process) T1 fixed-term contract positions as a Data Analyst in the neurodevelopment research group in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at University of Cape Town. 

The main purpose of this role is to provide support to the neurodevelopment research group Data Manager in data quality control, cleaning, and maintenance of data integrity across multiple research projects. This appointment will be held in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health in the Faculty of Health Science at the University of Cape Town, under the leadership of the principal investigator (PI), Prof. Kirsty Donald.

Start Date: Immediate.

Requirements for the job

• Master’s degree in data science, epidemiology, public health, psychology, statistics, computer science, or other relevant discipline

• At least 2 years of clinical data management experience.

• Codes fluently in R, Python and/or SQL (or equivalent data analysis software)

• Research and statistical analysis experience, including experience in data cleaning and transformation

• Experience in managing open-source digital platforms, such as RedCap

• Experience working with longitudinal datasets and cross-sectional data

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure

• Attention to detail and creative problem-solving skills