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Posted 2011-07

Call for 13th Annual Award Applications To The H.J. Eysenck Memorial Fund

Registered Charity No. 1070604 http://freespace.virgin.net/darrin.evans/index.htm
The H.J. Eysenck Memorial Fund has been set up for the support of research into Personality and Individual Differences in Psychology.
The thirteenth annual award of £2000 will be made in 2012.
The award is open to any researcher, in any part of the World, who is working in this area. Applications should include:

  1. A summary of the proposed or on-going research, its signi?cance and results to date if appropriate.
  2.  A description of the purpose for which the award is required.
  3.  A financial breakdown of how the award is to be spent.
  4.  An up-to-date CV with photograph.
  5.  The names and addresses of two referees familiar with the research.
  6.  An indication of how the applicant came to hear of the award.

Four copies of the application, in English, should be sent by regular mail only to:
The Trustees, The H.J. Eysenck Memorial Fund
P.O. Box 27824, London SE24 0WE, UK
E-mail address: evans.eysenck@virgin.net
Applications must be received by the 31st January 2012 and the successful candidate will be noti?ed by the 1st May 2012.

Posted 2011-07

A position is available for a Research Consultant with a masters or PhD in I/O Psychology (or related field) at Hogan Assessment.

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2011- 07

Summer School

Second Anouncement and Full details can be found in the attached pdf

Robust statistics for personality and individual differences July 16-21, 2011 Bertinoro, Italy

Organizers: Jens B. Asendorpf & Marco Perugini  
Supported by:
European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP)
International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID)

Traditional parametric statistical procedures such as the Pearson correlation, regression, and tests of group differences by t tests and analysis of variance depend much more on unrealistic assumptions than most psychologists believe. Biased results due to extreme cases such as outliers or mixed distributions of a small extreme group and a much larger normal group are common in psychology, and may be one of the major reasons for the embarrassingly low replicability of findings in psychological research. In recent years, numerous alternatives to parametric statistics have been developed, called robust statistics (see overview by Erceg-Hurn et al., American Psychologist, 2008), and have been implemented in freely available statistical packages such as R. In addition, there is a recent increase in applying bootstrapping for robust estimations of confidence intervals (e.g., replacement of the Sobel test in mediation analyses by bootstrapping procedures; new bootstrapping option for most  major statistical tests from SPSS 18.0 on), and in controlling significance levels in correlational matrices through randomization.

The aim of the summer school on robust statistics is to make participants familiar with major robust statistical methods and their implementation in R. Participants will be encouraged to bring own data for analyses under supervision of faculty members.  

Teaching faculty includes:

  • Rand R. Wilcox, U Southern California
  • Jens B. Asendorpf, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Felix Schönbrodt, U Munich, Germany
  • Ryne A. Sherman, U California at Riverside  
  • Felix Schönbrodt, U Munich, Germany

Deadline for applications: March 1st, 2011 Application details will be announced in January 2011

2011-04

ISSID Elections President Elect and Directors

Currently, ISSID elections for the office of President-Elect and two positions in the Board of Directors are underway.

The President-Elect will serve as President of the Society during the period 2013-2015. Directors are elected for the period 2011-2017.

  • Candidates for the position of President-Elect are:
    • Philip Ackerman (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) and
    • Gerald Matthews (University of Cincinnati, USA).
  • Candidates for the Board of Directors are:
    • Julie Aitken-Schermer (former Harris) (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada),
    • Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.),
    • Vincent Egan (University of Leicester, U.K.), and
    • Werner W. Wittmann (Otto-Selz-Institute for Applied Psychology, Mannheim, Germany).

Ballots have been mailed to all registered ISSID members and should be returned no later than April 30, 2011.

2011-04

Job Announcements

  • 2011-03-11 Postdoctoral Position Available: Vanderbilt University (Camilla P. Benbow, camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu, or David Lubinski, david.lubinski@vanderbilt.edu.)
    • The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) seeks a full-time post-doctoral Research Associate for laboratory management, conduct of research, study oversight, statistical analyses, and writing papers using the vast SMPY data base.  SMPY is gearing up to launch an age-50 follow-up of 3,000 mathematically gifted participants initially identified by age 13 throughout the 1970s, which will be another responsibility of the job.  Candidates with particularly strong statistical-technical skills are preferred.  Send vitae, cover letter stating interests, (pre)reprints, and three letters of recommendation to: Dean Camilla P. Benbow, Department of Psychology&  Human Development, 0552 Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37203.  The position will remain open until a qualified applicant is selected.  For additional information, please contact either co-director: Camilla P. Benbow, camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu, or David Lubinski, david.lubinski@vanderbilt.edu.   http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Peabody/SMPY/.  Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
  • 2011-03-09 Postdoctoral Position Available: University of Edinburgh (Ian Deary I.Deary@ed.ac.uk)
    • The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936) research team is seeking an ambitious post-doctoral research assistant to analyse the associations between brain structure and cognitive ageing in healthy older people. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a successful multidisciplinary team, and on one of the largest and most informative datasets in the research field. The appointee will have a postgraduate degree, probably a PhD, in Psychology, Neuroscience, or a related biological subject. The successful applicant will have strong multivariate statistical analysis skills. This post is funded by the Medical Research Council. The post if full time, available from 1st April 2011, and is tenable to 31 March 2014. Informal inquiries to: Professor Ian Deary, Tel +44 131 650 3452; Fax +44 131 650 3461; Email I.Deary@ed.ac.uk

2011-04

Call for Nominations "ISSID Early Career Development Award."

The Committee for ISSID's Early Career Development Award seeks nominations for the award. The award is intended for scientists who have completed their doctoral degrees within the past seven years and who are committed to the academic objectives of ISSID. Candidates must be nominated and endorsed (via a covering letter with their application) by a member of ISSID. Self-nominations will be accepted from ISSID members.
Each application should include the letter of nomination, and an electronic version of the nominated scholar's current curriculum vitae.

Complete materials should be submitted electronically and not later than 15 April 2011 to all members of the Committee:

2011-02

Call for Papers: The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality

An invitation from our President-elect, Don Saklofske, and Moshe Zeidner to contribute to The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality can be found here: Human Exceptionality Call for Papers

2011-02

The Blazej Szymura ISSID Conference Travel Award

This Award is in memory of Blazej Szymura, whose scientific career in personality and individual differences was cut-short by his tragic death at the age of 40. Blazej actively promoted the aims of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), and was involved in facilitating the international collaboration of psychologists. ISSID offers this award, up to a maximum $1000, to help fund travel/accommodation expenses of an early career researcher so they can attend and present at the 2011 ISSID conference in London.

Eligibility for Award:
  1. You must be an early career researcher, under 40 years of age (or within 5 years of completion of PhD), in the area of personality and individual differences.
  2. If still a student, you will be undertaking postgraduate (Masters or PhD, or equivalent) level research.
  3. You will clearly demonstrate that you would not be able to attend ISSID without this financial award. (Preference will be given to applicants from outside USA/UK; however, exceptional cases will be considered from these countries.)
Selection Procedure:

The application procedure consists of:

  1.  a covering letter to the Chair of the Selection Panel (Philip Corr);
  2.  a two page statement, including (a) why you think you are eligible for this Award, and (b) the topic of your talk; and
  3.  a letter of support from your Head of Department or School (or Professor in your Department/School).

Application should be sent via email to p.corr@uea.ac.uk. Deadline for Applications: Feb 28, 2011.

2011-01

PAID Table of Contents

Beginning in the new year ISSID members will receive the PAID table of contents via the ISSID mailing list.