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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;">My apologies</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> for the repeated posting
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The
<b>PhD Program in Cognitive Science</b> at Central European University (CEU) in beautiful Vienna, Austria, invites applications for doctoral students to start in Fall 2026. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Our department conducts research in the areas of
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; background-color: white;">language and cognition,
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">infant development, joint action, visual cognition and learning, behavioral economics, computational modelling of cognition and brain functioning, causality, and
culture and cognition. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">We provide
<b>four years of full financial coverage</b> for our enrolled students, <b>and both an American and Austrian accredited degree</b> at the completion of the thesis.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Our deadline for application is
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">February 4, 2026</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">More information can be found on our website:
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 167, 116);"><u><a href="https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission" title="https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission" data-outlook-id="00465695-4cd3-4d17-bbd3-1d9930afa560" style="color: rgb(31, 167, 116); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Happy new year,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Eva Wittenberg</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Department of Cognitive Science</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Central European University</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1100 Vienna</span></p>
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