We are pleased to make this event hybrid. Zoom details are available to those who subscribe to our mailing list. To do so please e-mail derek.brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk.
Details of the other events this year are available at: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Our Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience seminar starts today. Our first session is:
‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku)
15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time)
Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)
For more information on the role and to apply online: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Closing date: 16 July 2025 @23:45.
Candidates should have some knowledge of Catholic confession along with expert knowledge in psychology.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Michael Brady, Michael.Brady@glasgow.ac.uk
This post is full time with funding for up to 12 months.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a major empirical study, with responsibility for recruitment, data collection, and help managing this project as opportunities allow.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a project ‘Confession & Flourishing’ with Co-PIs Michael Brady (Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow) and Eranda Jayawickreme (Wake Forest University).
Come and experience various hallucinations and illusions to learn more about the wonders of your mind. Join us at the Riverside Museum from 11am – 3pm on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2025 as part of Glasgow Science Festival.
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
If you would like to attend you must register on Eventbrite, where there are further details of the conference: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (CSPE) has now been in existence for twenty years! We are going to hold a celebratory 20th Anniversary Conference on 4 – 6th June 2025 in Glasgow. We would love for you to join us.
Who’s who?
Glasgow Philosophy is looking to hire two new colleagues! 🎉
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK155/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK159/l...
Illusion of the Fortnight
Fascinating and informative explanation of how AI is trained to produce images from text prompts and how AI is being used to generate new forms of ambiguous image. youtu.be/FMRi6pNAoag?...
And you can read about the policy launch and read the policy document here:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
policy report on Augmented Reality (Come and join us in The Studio in ARC at University of Glasgow at 5.30Pm today for a launch and reception). Two pieces have appeared in the Herald on our work: heraldscotland.com/opinion/2432...
heraldscotland.com/news/2433825... 2/3
Today researchers at Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (Ben Colburn, Derek Brown, Neil McDonnell, Calum Hodgson, Laura Fearnley and Fiona Macpherson,
@macpherson.bsky.social) who took part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh network on Augmented Reality, launch our 1/3
Fiona Macpherson) with researchers from the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research, FAU Erlangen (Sascha Benjamin Fink + this advertised position). Deadline 30th April. Please consider applying: philjobs.org/job/show/26098.
A philosophy postdoctoral position on the SENSOR Project has been advertised. The project has been funded by a joint AHRC and DFG grant and brings together a team from the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons,
Upcoming PPN talk on Monday 11th March with Professor Sascha Fink! We hope you can make it:
Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen)
Monday, 11th March (3-5pm GMT)
Room 303, 57 Oakfield (and online)
‘Epistemic Risks and Psychedelics’
Want to come? Email Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk for the zoom link.
Want to do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
What do do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
⭐️ The next Illusion of the Fortnight talk is coming soon! ⭐️ Online (zoom) @UofGlasgow @UofGPsychNeuro @UofGCSPE.
Next talk: Tuesday 27 Feb 12-1pm UK time, Shuma Tsurumi
Full schedule below👇Want to join? Contact Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Such a great Gestalt switch!
Sending you warm season's greetings.
We are delighted to announce that @andreablomkvist.bsky.social has won a @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship and a U of Glasgow LKAS Fellowship, which she will take up in January 2024, at the Centre, working with @macpherson.bsky.social. Her project is 'Re-making Mental Imagery'.
AHRC Announcement: www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-co...
CSPE: www.gla.ac.uk/cspe/
University Magdeburg, have won a joint AHRC-DFG grant of approximately three quarters of a million pounds, for a project on Sensory Engineering (SENSOR) for three years, starting January 2024. Further details of the project will appear on the CSPE website and on social media.
Funding Announcement: Sensory Engineering (SENSOR) Project
Researchers at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Dr Derek Brown, Prof Jack Lyons and Prof Fiona Macpherson, in collaboration with Prof Sascha Benjamin Fink, currently at the Otto von Guericke
The Arts and Humanities Alliance remains deeply concerned by news of proposed closures & redundancies in a number of our disciplines: Languages & cultures at Aberdeen University and most recently the planned cuts to English, History, Film, & closure of Music at Oxford Brookes.
