Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

Harvard University
📍 Cambridge, MA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 25, 2026

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Title Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

School Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department/Area Psychology

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Research on Theory-of-Mind, Pragmatics, and ‘Scripted’ Behavior
[Start date: Summer/ Fall 2025]
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Professor Tomer Ullman in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.


The specific research topic would broadly be within common-sense reasoning, especially as they relate to theory-of-mind and/or pragmatics. While not strictly required, the lab has a current interest in reasoning about ‘scripted’ behaviors in other people (how and when people perceive others as being rote or “on automatic”, and why it might matter), and an interest in this topic on the part of candidates is an advantage. Activities may include training and supervising research assistants; experiment design, data collection and ana...

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Job Details

  • Location Cambridge, MA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 25, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 06, 2026