University or Organization: University of Bergen
Department: The Faculty of Humanities
Job Location: Bergen, Norway
Job Title: Associate Professor in Linguistics
Job Rank: Associate Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:

Associate Professor in Linguistics
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bergen invites applications for a permanent position as Associate Professor in Linguistics at The Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies. The start date for the position is August 1st, 2024. We are seeking a linguist with a strong computational profile (e.g., corpus linguistics, use and creation of digital language resources, quantitative analysis of linguistic data) who is able to teach programming for linguistic purposes as well as topics in general linguistics.

The department employs an academic staff of 80, 15 administrative staff, and about 40 PhD students and 7 postdocs. The department offers programs in Art History, Classical Philology, Comparative Literature, Digital Culture, Linguistics, Norwegian as a Second Language, Old Norse Philology, Scandinavian Studies, Theatre Studies and Norwegian language courses for international students and employees at the University of Bergen.

The four permanent faculty members in Linguistics offer teaching on bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels, and contribute to the programme in Cognitive Science. Research in Linguistics at the department focuses on sign languages, corpus methods, digital language resources, experimental psycholinguistics, statistics and machine learning. Positioned as a national hub for digital language resources, our research group on Language Models and Resources (LaMoRe) builds and operates research data infrastructures, particularly for treebanks (INESS), and coordinates a national research infrastructure for language (CLARINO). We also manage large collections of data for Norwegian (Språksamlingene) and do lexicographic research and development.

Work tasks/research field:
The position comprises teaching, research, dissemination and administrative components. The successful candidate will teach and supervise students in the field of Linguistics and take part in the development of curricula in this field.

The successful applicant will take part in teaching according to current study regulations. Work tasks include teaching, supervision and assessment of students at all levels and in all programs relating to Linguistics. As part of their regular work duties employees may be required to teach, supervise or carry out exam-related work within their field of competence outside their own department.

The successful applicant will have the right and duty to conduct research within their own specialty and will also be assigned some academic administrative work. The successful candidate will be expected to assume an active role in project development, attraction of external funding and dissemination.

The successful candidate’s required workplace will be at the University of Bergen, to participate in the day-to-day operations of the department and to comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at all times.

Qualifications and personal qualities
The applicant must have relevant research competence in Linguistics or relevant field, corresponding to the level of a Norwegian PhD.

Applicants must have published research on a high international level within Linguistics beyond their doctoral thesis. It is an advantage to have taken part in research collaboration and international cooperation. Experience from research leadership and research communication will also be given weight. Experience with initiating research projects and securing external research funding is a plus.

Application Deadline: 01-Nov-2023
Mailing Address for Applications:

Web Address for Applications: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/250269/associate-professor-in-linguistics
Contact Information:
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Email: [email protected]