We are recruiting a fieldwork assistant to help run a social learning
project in Siberian Jays (Perisoreus infaustus), in Arvidjaur, Sweden in
the months of September- October 2025. Siberian Jays are territorial,
group living corvids. In the field, the fieldwork assistant will help
with running a social learning experiment, to test whether juvenile birds
socially learn how to solve a two action puzzle from adults in the group.

You will primarily work with PhD student Alex Chan (University of
Konstanz, Germany), supervised by Dr. Fumihiro Kano (University of
Konstanz, Germany). The field site is run and managed by Dr. Michael
Griesser (University of Konstanz, Germany) and Dr. Miya Warrington
(Oxford Brookes University, UK)

Job description
-Run cognition experiments in the wild
-Operate cameras, microphones and field equipment
-Observe behaviour of animals during experiments and narration

Required skills
-Driver's license and good driving skills
-Available throughout the whole field work period (exact dates negotiable,
 ~8 weeks from start of Sept to end of Oct 2025)
-Fluent in English
-No colour blindness, work requires reading colour rings
-Good physical health
-Good interpersonal skills

Desired skills
-Interest in animal cognition, social learning and animal experimentation
-Happy to spend 2 months in the forest in the Swedish Laplands!

What is covered
-Travel costs to and from Arvidsjaur, Sweden
-Rent during the stay
-All food and consumables throughout the stay

Contact
-If you are interested in the position, please send a CV, short cover
letter in body of the email and name + email of 2 referees to Alex Chan
(hoi-hang.chan@uni-konstanz.de). Feel free to reach out to Alex for any
questions!  -Deadline for application is end of May (31st of May, 2025)

Alex Chan <hoi-hang.chan@uni-konstanz.de>

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