PhD Studentship in Neuroeconomic Decision Theory

We invite applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship within the nascent field of Neuroeconomics. The post-holder will engage in 4 year, full-time, Economics PhD training from October 1, 2024, under the primary supervision of Prof. Carlos Alós-Ferrer (http://alosferrer.github.io). We are looking for a student familiar with either data analysis or formal-analytical modeling. Programming skills are a plus. Applicants should normally have, or be on track to obtain, an MSc degree in Economics, Psychology, Mathematics, or a related field, but candidates with other quantitative backgrounds could be considered.

The PhD project is interdisciplinary and will require the post-holder to work across disciplines (economics, psychology, decision neuroscience, or mathematics, depending on the post-holder’s background and qualifications). The project is concerned with why and how humans make mistakes in their economic decisions, from the psychological and neural roots of persistent errors to the economic consequences of cognitive failures. It requires a willingness to work with process data, including response times and, potentially, eye-tracking and neural data. The project specifics will be further tailored to the post-holder’s skills and interests and can be more experimental/applied or more analytical/mathematical.