[visionlist] PSYCHE executive editor opportunity

[Geraint Rees]

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The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness seeks to  
appoint two scholars of accomplishment to serve as joint executive  
editors of the online journal PSYCHE.

PSYCHE (http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au) is an online  
interdisciplinary journal of consciousness studies. PSYCHE has  
occupied an important place in consciousness studies since its  
inception in 1992 (first under the direction of founding editor  
Patrick Wilken and subsequently executive editor Timothy Bayne). The  
ASSC has recently taken on the management of the journal (after a  
long period of informal affiliation). The ASSC seeks to relauch  
PSYCHE in late 2007 with the intention of the journal's becoming a  
top-ranked journal for publication of research on consciousness. The  
journal will be online, open access, and web-based.

To this end, the ASSC seeks two editors, one of whom would specialize  
in philosophy or broadly theoretical approaches to consciousness, the  
other of whom would focus on more empirical approaches such as those  
flourishing within psychology and cognitive neuroscience. It is  
expected that individuals will apply for one position but the ASSC is  
willing to consider joint applications. The ideal applicants would be  
energetic scholars, with a demonstrable background in a relevant  
research area,  committed to establishing a journal of the prominence  
of (for example) Trends in Cognitive Sciences, but devoted  
exclusively to the nexus of issues concerning consciousness.

The editors will have the opportunity to shape a new journal for a  
new discipline in a new medium. The are expected to be closely  
involved in structural decisions associated with the relaunch of the  
journal in 2007. Securing high quality content for the journal is  
obviously the main objective, but applications are welcomed from  
those who are, in addition, interested in taking advantage of the  
specific resources available in the online digital medium.

PSYCHE will publish the print equivalent of four issues per year.  
Editors will serve at the discretion of the executive board of the  
ASSC. A normal term of service would be three years. As with other  
academic journals, the advertised positions are unsalaried; however,  
editors will be provided with a basic budget for infrastructure/ 
copyediting; in addition, the ASSC will provide some staff support.

Please send letters of application to Alva Noe (noe at berkeley.edu) no  
later than Febuary 15th 2007. Applications should include a brief  
statement of interest and a CV.