Post-doctoral researcher at the rank of assistant with Phd or assistant professor in psycholinguistics and experimental syntax (m/f)

We are looking for candidates interested in pursuing a rewarding research and academic career at the University of Nova Gorica. We offer a dynamic research environment supported by state-of-the-art research equipment and a pronounced international orientation.

The work will be conducted in the Center for Cognitve Science of Language. The successful candidate will participate in designing sentence comprehension, sentence production and large-scale acceptability judgment experiments involving speakers of various Slavic languages, in particular Bulgarian, Russian and Slovenian as well as in statistical analysis of their results and preparation of publishable reports. S/he will join the research group working on a project co-funded by the Slovenian Research Agency and Swiss National Science Foundation and led by prof. dr. Penka Stateva (U. of Nova Gorica) and prof. dr. Julie Franck (U. of Geneva). The candidate may also be asked to take over moderate teaching and administrative obligations in the university's linguistics programs.

The successful candidate will be employed on a full-time basis for a fixed term of one year (if additional funding is secured, there may be a possibility to renew for a second year). The expected start date is October 17, 2022.

If the candidate holds a valid title of assistant professor and they submit evidence of this, employment at the rank of assistant professor will be considered.

To be considered for the position, candidates should have:

• a PhD in linguistics or a related field (e.g., psychology, cognitive science, etc.),
• a strong background in theoretically-grounded experimental linguistics, psycholinguistics or cognitive science,
• ability to work independently as well as in a team taking on an active role in organizing and conducting behavioural experiments and in recruiting child and adult participants,
• knowledge and proven experience in using up-to-date statistical methods of data analysis (in particular, R),
• a fluent command of one or more Slavic language (C1 or C2) and English,
• excellent communication skills.

The following will be considered advantages:

• proven research experience or an active research agenda that concerns the relevant linguistic domains,
• experience with modern online participant recruitment and behavioral experimentation platforms.

The following documents must be submitted:

• certificate of education,
• a CV detailing previous research experience and reflecting the fulfilment of the above stated application requirements and, if applicable, advantages,
• a short research statement,
• list of publications,
• a copy of a representative publication,
• two letters of reference (submitted directly by the referees).

Please send your application, along with the required supporting materials, to tea.stibilj.nemec@ung.si.

The application should be sent as a single pdf e-mail attachment.

Inquiries regarding the application procedure should be directed to Tea Stibilj Nemec by email at tea.stibilj.nemec@ung.si or by phone at +386 5 6205 822.

For additional information regarding the research tasks, please contact prof. Penka Stateva at penka. stateva@ung.si.

Contact

Tea Stibilj Nemec
phone: +386 5 6205 822
e-mail: tea.stibilj.nemec@ung.si