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Dr Anna Leshinskaya

@annaleshinskaya.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. She/her. Researcher in human & artificial intelligence using computational neuroscience & machine interpretability. Lab website: relcoglab.org

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Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · Mar 15

I am thrilled to announce that my lab has been awarded a grant from Schmidt Sciences' AI Safety Science program (www.schmidtsciences.org/safetyscience/) with collaborators
@sethlazar.org
and Alice Oh!
AI Safety Science - Schmidt Sciences
www.schmidtsciences.org

AI Safety Science - Schmidt Sciences

www.schmidtsciences.org

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Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 9d

My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

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Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · 26d

My department, cognitive sciences at UCI, is hiring at the assistant professor level. This is a fantastic place to be. Consider joining us!

aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 27d

Come work with us! UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09896

I'm not on the committee, but happy to talk if you're interested.

Assistant Professor - Cognitive Sciences

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.uci.edu

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Federica Bulgarelli @fedebulgarelli.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!

Micheal Dent @mdent.bsky.social · Aug 17

We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.

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Brad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 28d

The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).

Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

jobs.wisc.edu

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 27d

Deadline Oct 15: Asst. prof. (tenure track), AI in Psych Science, @uoftpsychology.bsky.social jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Science

jobs.utoronto.ca

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Diana Tamir @dianatamir.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social‬ are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

puwebp.princeton.edu

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Sam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣 🚨 Yale Psychology has 3 searches this year!

Links below:

Quantitative link: apply.interfolio.com/171903
Social link: apply.interfolio.com/171989
Clinical link: apply.interfolio.com/171970

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Sharing for our department’s trainees*

🧠 Looking for insight on applying to PhD programs in psychology?

✨ Apply by Sep 25th to Stanford Psychology's 9th annual Paths to a Psychology PhD info-session/workshop to have all of your questions answered!

📝 Application: tinyurl.com/pathstophd2025

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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · Sep 1

does someone good at coding & analysis want to work remotely w/ us in the coming few months (before end of 2025), as a paid consultant? project will be on neurofeedback (fMRI, ECoG, calcium imaging). we'll work towards developing the experiments & analysis pipelines together. if so pls DM me ur CV🧠📈

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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!

Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.

🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines

Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 26

University of Rhode Island job posting: Open Rank Professor in Political Science / Director of new interdisciplinary PhD Program in Computational Social Science (CSS)
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15597

Open Rank Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Political Science

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by October 10, 2025. Applications received after October 10, 2025 may be revi...

jobs.uri.edu

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Aug 17

NIH FY26 #SCIMaP scorecards are now available for

* All states
* All districts

The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy.

Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH

scienceimpacts.org

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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...

Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute

The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.

kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu

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Bonan Zhao (赵博囡) @bonan.bsky.social · Aug 17

My Lab at the University of Edinburgh🇬🇧 has funded PhD positions for this cycle!

We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate.

It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations.

Spread the words!

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Aug 14

This year there are about 60-70% of the number of academic jobs of a normal year.

This is better than I expected, but still devastating to lots of early career scholars and universities. This is from marketing, it’s unclear if this applies to other fields drive.google.com/file/d/1V4n-...

2025 Marketing Academia Labor Market Report.pdf

drive.google.com

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · Aug 14

Deadline Oct 1: Asst prof (tenure track), cognitive neuroscience, newly formed Department of Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior, University of San Diego jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · Jul 28

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social are now open for applications!

(I should also announce a postdoc opening with me at Johns Hopkins pretty soon.)

apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complex...

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowship - Santa Fe Institute

apply-sfi.smapply.org

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Wei Ji Ma @weijima.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thinking of applying to US-based Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, psychology, or cognitive science? We’ve got your back! NYU’s Application Support Group is a student-led, free mentorship program offering 1-on-1 support and guidance. Apply now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NYU Application Support Group Matching Form

Dear Prospective Neuroscience & Psychology PhD Students, We are a group of current NYU Neuroscience & Psychology PhD students who would like to help you with your PhD applications. We want to support...

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Elisa Baek @elisabaek.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨We are recruiting a lab manager who will spend 80% of their effort in my lab and 20% of their effort in @leorhackel.bsky.social's lab. Please share widely!

Apply at usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange... with:
completed questionnaire (socolab.org/lab-manager-application), CV & Cover Letter!

Home | Social Connection Lab

The Social Connection Lab ("SoCoLab") at USC investigates what helps people feel socially connected to one another.

socolab.org

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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share!

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...

Research Associate

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) @bcbl.bsky.social · Jul 18

📣 We are hiring! 📣

#BCBL has new PhD positions available for you!

🔸 1 PhD – #Neurolinguistics and #Aphasia Group
🔸 1 PhD – #PerceptualInference Group
🔸 1 PhD – #BrainRhythms and #Cognition Group

The application deadline is soon!

+info 👇

www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-n...

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Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · Jul 18

Do LLMs have consistent values? Em Smullen @emstrictly.bsky.social presents their work showing strikingly low consistency across convergent tasks, including revealed preferences. Today at #ICML2025, West Ballroom B, World Models Workshop poster session @ 3:45pm! Paper: tinyurl.com/5n7wte49

tinyurl.com

Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our speakers combine mechanistic interpretability methods with cognitive theory towards answering how neural networks could enable syntactic, combinatorial, and variable-binding operations -- or their limitations therein. Check us out on Aug 1 at 4pm in Salon 1!

Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thrilled to announce our symposium, Cognitively Inspired Interpretability inn Large Neural Networks, at #CogSci2025 featuring @taylorwwebb.bsky.social, Ellie Pavlick, Jiahai Feng, Gustaw Opielka, ‪‪@claires012345.bsky.social‬, and Idan Blank!

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UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · Jul 14

Detecting dementia earlier | With $4 million grant, UC Irvine cognitive scientist Aaron Bornstein seeks to develop inexpensive assessment of cognitive ability

@ucirvine.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Detecting dementia earlier

With $4 million grant, UC Irvine researcher seeks to develop inexpensive assessment of cognitive ability

news.uci.edu

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