University or Organization: Bielefeld University
Job Location: North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
Job Title: Academic Researcher in Psycholinguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Psycholinguistics; Experimental Phonetics, Cognitive Science, Clinical Linguistics

Required Language(s): English (eng)
German (deu)

Description:

The Faculty of Linguistics and Literature at Bielefeld University has a job opening for an Academic Researcher in Psycholinguistics.
The group "Psycholinguistics" investigates current topics in the area of psycholinguistic theory and modelling of spoken language production. A particular focus is on the interface between linguistic and motor planning in diverse speaker groups, including multilingual speakers, speakers with neurogenic language and speech disorders (including fluency disorders).

Your Tasks
- research tasks in the area of experimental psycholinguistics with a focus on speech production processes at the interface to phonetics, contribution to the development of psycholinguistically motivated approaches to model human speech production, design and conduction of experimental studies, analysis of experimental data using current statistical methods to test predictions of current psycholinguistic models of speech production. Preparation of scientific publications, presentation of research results at symposia and conferences, contribution to research grant applications
- preparation and teaching of two courses per semester (4 LVS) within the Linguistics Programs (BA, MA), mainly in the field of psycholinguistics. Participation in the supervision of students' bachelor and master theses, including examination
- participation in general administration of Linguistics programs, participation in academic self-administration tasks

Employment is conducive to scientific qualification.

We offer
- salary according to salary grade A13 LBesG NRW
- fixed-term (3 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years) temporary civil servant status (§ 44 Abs. 8 Hochschulgesetz NRW) fulltime
- internal and external training opportunities
- variety of health, consulting and prevention services
- reconcilability of family and work
- active, internationally visible research environment and collegial working atmosphere
- good transport connection
- various offers (canteen, cafeteria, restaurants, Uni-Shop, ATM, etc.)

We expect
- successfully completed scientific university degree (e. g., Master or Diploma) in a relevant field (e.g., Linguistics, Psychology)
- very good completed doctoral degree in a revelant field with a focus on an area in speech production research
- very good knowledge in statistical analysis (e.g., mixed effects models)
- good programming skills (e.g., R, Python) and willingness to expand these skills
- experience with electromagnetic articulography (EMA) or interest and willingness to acquire this knowledge
- publication experience in international journals
- very good written and spoken English
- cooperative and team-oriented working style
- the ability to take initiative and work independently
- strong organizational and coordination skills
- good communication skills and good presentation skills
- basic knowledge of German or willingness to learn German

Preferred experience and skills
- experience in designing and running speech production experiments
- experience with (computational) psycholinguistic modelling or willingness to acquire this knowledge
- experience in University teaching
- experience in third-party funding
- experience in interdisciplinary, international project work

Applicants should send
- a motivation letter with a brief description of personal qualifications, research interests and plans,
- a curriculum vitae,
- a publication list including (conference) talks,
- a summary of your PhD/doctoral thesis (2 pages),
- one publication (e.g., a publication in a scientific journal or a chapter of your dissertation),
- copies of degree certificates and academic transcripts.

Please consult the official announcement for further details:
https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/3220/academic-researcher?page_lang=en

Application Deadline: 24-Apr-2024
Mailing Address for Applications:

Web Address for Applications: https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/apply/3220/academic-researcher?page_lang=en
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Joana Cholin
Email: [email protected]