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Postdoctoral position in Language in Interaction, Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Deadline: 17 Feb 2019
Postdoc position in Linguistics for Research Consortium 'Language in Interaction' (1,0 fte)
Dutch Research Consortium 'Language in Interaction'
Application deadline: February 17, 2019, 23:59 CET
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Responsibilities
The Language in Interaction research consortium invites applications for a
postdoctoral position in Linguistics. We are looking for a candidate with
a background in theoretical and/or computational linguistics. You will
contribute to the integration of linguistic expertise into the empirical
research performed by teams of researchers in our consortium that are
collaborating to collectively address the key questions of our field. You
will be provided the opportunity to conduct research in one or more
research areas relevant to the position. Supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD
projects will be part of your responsibilities. You will be provided with
budgetary resources for travel, materials and lab-use. This position
provides the opportunity for conducting world-class research as a member
of an interdisciplinary team. Moreover, it will provide the opportunity to
contribute to developing a theoretical framework for our understanding of
the human language faculty.
Work environment
The Netherlands has an outstanding track record in the language sciences.
The research consortium ?Language in Interaction?, sponsored by a large
grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific research (NWO),
brings together many of the excellent research groups in the Netherlands
with a research programme on the foundations of language. In addition to
excellence in the domain of language and related relevant fields of
cognition, our consortium provides state-of-the-art research facilities
and a research team with ample experience in the complex research methods
that will be invoked to address the scientific questions at the highest
level of methodological sophistication. These include methods from
genetics, neuroimaging, computational modelling, and patient-related
research. This consortium realizes both quality and critical mass for
studying human language at a scale not easily found anywhere else.
We have identified five Big Questions (BQ) that are central to our
understanding of the human language faculty. These questions are
interrelated at multiple levels. Teams of researchers will collaborate to
collectively address these key questions of our field.
Our five Big Questions are:
BQ1: The nature of the mental lexicon: How to bridge neurobiology and psycholinguistic theory by computational modelling?
BQ2: What are the characteristics and consequences of internal brain organization for language?
BQ3: Creating a shared cognitive space: How is language grounded in and shaped by communicative settings of interacting people?
BQ4: Variability in language processing and in language learning: Why does the ability to learn language change with age? How can we characterise and map individual language skills in relation to the population distribution?
BQ5: How are other cognitive systems shaped by the presence of a language system in humans?
Successful candidates will be appointed at one of the consortium?s home
institutions, depending on the position applied for. All successful
candidates will become members of our Big Question teams. The research is
conducted in an international setting at all participating institutions.
English is the lingua franca.
You will be appointed at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics,
Nijmegen, The Netherlands. You will be supervised by Peter Hagoort,
programme director of the Language in Interaction consortium. The research
is conducted in an international setting at all participating
institutions. English is the lingua franca.
What we expect from you We are looking for highly motivated candidates to
enrich a unique consortium of researchers that aims to unravel the
neurocognitive mechanisms of language at multiple levels. The goal is to
understand both the universality and the variability of the human language
faculty from genes to behaviour.
· a PhD in Linguistics;
· an integrative mindset;
· a theory-driven approach;
· good communication skills;
· strong motivation;
· excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.
What we have to offer
· Full-time position (39 hours per week) with a term of appointment of 4
years.
· The salary is according to the German TVöD (Tarifvertrag für den
öffentlichen Dienst) and is classified in salary group E13 (depending on
the experience of the applicant between EUR 3.827,03 and EUR 5.683,28
gross per month, based on a full-time employment).
· In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance
· The Max Planck Institute involved has a number of regulations that make
it possible for employees to create a good work-life balance. Other
Information The institute involved is an equal opportunity employer,
committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and as
such encourages applications from women and minorities.
Would you like to know more? Further information on: the Language in
Interaction Consortium<https://www.languageininteraction.nl/>. Further
information on: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and
Behaviour<http://www.ru.nl/donders/>
For more information about this vacancy, please contact: Prof. dr. Peter
Hagoort, programme director Language in Interaction and director of DCCN
and MPI Telephone: +31 24 3610648, +31 24 3521301 E-mail:
p.hagoort@donders.ru.nl<mailto:p.hagoort@donders.ru.nl>
Are you interested? Please submit your application (attn. of Prof. dr. P.
Hagoort) to j.verhoef@donders.ru.nl<mailto:j.verhoef@donders.ru.nl> in
electronic form. Your application should include (and be limited to) the
following attachments: · a cover letter, · your curriculum vitae,
including a list of publications and the names of at least two persons who
can provide references.
Application deadline: February 17, 2019, 23:59 CET.
Kind regards,
Julia Verhoef
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