Research Assistant in Developmental Psychology

University of Stirling • stirling, scotland • Posted June 29, 2026

About the Role

Location: Stirling Campus
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st December 2027
Working pattern: Part time (40%FTE)

The Post

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities, in cooperation with the Faculty of Natural Sciences is offering a 15-month part-time 40% position as Research Assistant on the multidisciplinary research project entitled ‘Agency, Rationality and Epistemic Defeat’ funded by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme.

The Research Assistant will work in collaboration with Dr Giacomo Melis (Philosophy, Principal Investigator), Dr Kresimir Durdevic ( Psychology, Postdoctoral Research Fellow) Dr Eva Rafetseder (Psychology, Co-Investigator) and Dr Zsófia Virányi (Animal Cognition, Co-Investigator) of the Messerli Research Institute (University of Veterinary medicine, Vienna) on a multidisciplinary research project entitled ‘Agency, Rationality and Epistemic Defeat’ funded by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme.

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