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University of Oxford
Risk Biases and Decision-making in Industry
Three positions available from January 2002 for two years: salary range
£19 – £25K (RS1A salary scale) depending on experience.
Applications are invited for three positions to join a small
interdisciplinary
team led by Alex Kacelnik and John Krebs, funded by industry and based
in the Department of Zoology, working with industry on how biases in
risk
perception influence decision-making and hence profitability.
Successful candidates will be excellent communicators able to liaise
with
industry at a senior level. They will have quantitative/analytical
skills,
and will be flexible and entrepreneurial.
Relevant background experience could include either a PhD in one of the
following areas: decision-making, psychology, economics, geoscience,
social science, engineering/physical sciences or relevant experience in
industry/consultancy.
Further particulars are available from Sally Burton, Department of
Zoology,
South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS (tel 01 865 271278); e-mail
[log in to unmask] Applications (see instructions in Further
Particulars) should be sent to the Administrator, quoting reference AT
01041/42/43. The closing date for applications is Friday 14 December
2001.
Alex Kacelnik
Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Oxford
and
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Telephones:
Berlin: 49-30-89001264
Oxford: 44-1865-271164
email:
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Oxford: [log in to unmask]
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