Job Vacancy Announcement

Associate Professor, Primate Research Institute

Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Field of Expertise: Ecology and Social Behavior

Job Title: Associate Professor
Opening Date: July 14, 2005
Closing Date: October 31, 2005
Formal Hiring Date: After February 1, 2006
Salary Range: subject to previous research career (non-negotiable)

1. Job description

The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of associate professor in the field of ecology and social behavior. At the Primate Research Institute, faculty involved in this field of research belong to the Ecology Section, Social Behavior Section and the Field Research Center. The candidate is expected to carry out field research on the ecology, social behavior or conservation of primates, using methodologies from ethology, ecology and other related disciplines. Fluency in Japanese is required, as the successful candidate will be expected to fully participate in faculty meetings and other administrative matters and lecture graduate students in either English and/or Japanese. The successful candidate will also be expected to promote the study of primates from a broad perspective, teach and supervise graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, and contribute to the administration of the institute.

2. Application procedure

Candidates are requested to submit the following set of documents. Two full sets should be sent (copies are?acceptable).

1. CV with detailed account of academic activity and research grant record
2. List of academic publications and reprints of each article
3. List of non-academic/popular publications and reprints of each article
4. Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (about 1000 words)
5. Summary of research that the candidate intends to carry out at KUPRI (about 1000 words)

All documents must arrive by the deadline (December 31, 2005), and should be sent – preferably by registered mail – to the following address:

Dr. Nobuo SHIGEHARA?Director
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506 JAPAN
Tel: +81-568-63-0567

3. Selection procedure and feedback to candidates

A committee will be set up at KUPRI to evaluate all candidates, based on the documents submitted. The complete list of candidates will then be passed on to a general assembly of about 40 faculty members, all of whom will participate in a vote to select one candidate for the post. Each candidate will be informed of the final decision pertaining to him/herself only.
No further information will be made available to candidates at any stage of the selection process.

The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) consists of the following four major departments: Department of Evolution and Phylogeny (Morphology Section, Population Genetics Section, Systematics and Phylogeny Section), Department of Ecology and Social Behavior (Ecology Section, Social Behavior Section), Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Language and Intelligence Section, Cognition and Learning Section, Brain Research Section), Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology (Cellular Biology Section, Molecular Biology Section). KUPRI also has two attached facilities, Field Research Center and Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, and the Interdisciplinary Collaboration Program (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Section). Detailed information is available at the following web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

For further information, please contact Dr. Kunio Watanabe
e-mail: watanabe@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel:+81-568-63-0582 Fax: +81-568-62-9575