💼 Full-Time Position

Postdoc position in philosophy of psychology/cognitive science

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Københavns Universitet
📍 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
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Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted
June 15, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

The Cognition, Intention, and Action (CoInAct) Research Group and Section for Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invite applications for a full-time postdoctoral position in philosophy of psychology/cognitive science to be filled by 1 January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.


The position is for 2 1/2 years.

Information about CoInAct can be found at

Job content

The postdoc will be part of a project entitled Selection in Cognition funded by the Carlsberg Foundation and headed by Professor Søren Kyllingsbæk and Professor Thor Grünbaum.

The Selection in Cognition project develops and tests a new theory of basic cognitive selection mechanisms by combining methods and perspectives from experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mathematical modelling, and philosophy. The core idea is that selection in cognition may be understood as a biased competition between representations in a ...