Job Location: Thuringia, Germany
Web Address: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/philosophische-fakultaet/seminare-professuren/sprachwissenschaft/professuren/angewandte-linguistik-mit-schwerpunkt-psycholinguistik
Job Title: Post Doc
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Clinical Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Phonology; Psycholinguistics

Description:

The Faculty of Philosophy, Applied Linguistics / Psycholinguistics Lab at the University of Erfurt is seeking to fill the following position for 40 hours per week as of April 1, 2025:

Post Doc (wiss. Mitarbeiter:in, f/m/d)
Pay group 13 TV-L (100 %)

Fields of activity
- Further academic qualification (with the aim of habilitation)
- Participation in the teaching of the Department of Linguistics (Applied Linguistics / Psycholinguistics Lab) to the extent of 4 LVS (2 courses per week)
- Research in the field of the Applied Linguistics / Psycholinguistics Lab
- Participation in the administrative activities of the Lab and the Faculty of Philosophy

What we expect
- Completed university degree and a very good PhD in psycholinguistics or related subjects
- Ability and willingness to participate in teaching
- Experience in experimental psycholinguistic research (in particular experience with graphomotor analyses and/or eye movement research as well as experience in experimental control and statistical methods)
- Knowledge in the fields of phonology, graphematics, prosody, mental lexicon and/or morphology and/or of their applications in acquisition, didactics and/or intervention of (written) language are desirable
- Ability to work in a team as well as independently, communication skills
- Special commitment to the supervision of students
- Very good knowledge of both English and German (or the willingness to acquire this in a short time)

What we offer
The University of Erfurt promotes the compatibility of career and family/private life and supports flexible working hours. For academic staff, it offers a wide range of further training opportunities as well as coaching and mentoring as part of academic staff development (www.uni-erfurt.de/go/akademische-pke). There are also a number of health and prevention programs as part of occupational health management.

Notes
The position is initially limited to up to 5 years, depending on the legal and personal requirements.

Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2025
Email Address for Applications: [email protected]
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.uni-erfurt.de/de/jobposting/8fe9c17548e769509661564031d54140565844f90/apply
Application Instructions:
The advertisement is aimed at applicants who meet the requirements of the Wissen-schaftszeitvertragsgesetz (Thuringian Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act). The general recruitment requirements in accordance with Section 91 (5) of the Thuringian Higher Education Act apply.

If you have a foreign university degree, you must apply to the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) for a certificate evaluation. We recommend that you enclose the rele-vant certificate with your application documents. However, you can also submit this certificate at a later stage of the procedure. Please note that this is a fee-based service provided by the ZAB. Further information can be found at www.kmk.org/zab/zeugnisbewertung
The University of Erfurt sees itself as an open-minded employer that values diversity. It is committed to diversity and gender equality and welcomes applications that contrib-ute to this. The University of Erfurt has successfully completed the "Shaping Diversity" audit, has been audited as a "family-friendly university" and has been awarded the title of "Equality Excellent" in the Federal and State Government's Female Professors Pro-gram III. Increasing the proportion of women in research and teaching is one of the university's strategic goals. Severely disabled people and those with equivalent qualifi-cations are given preferential treatment if they have the same aptitude, professional performance and skills.

Part-time employment is generally possible. The extent to which a part-time request can be accommodated, particularly with regard to the location and extent of part-time work, must be examined on a case-by-case basis.

Application/deadline
Please send your application with informative documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, description of habilitation project if applicable, list of publications and university courses) exclusively online via the application management system of the University of Erfurt.

Note on the assumption of costs
The costs incurred by the application are not covered by the University of Erfurt.
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Frank Domahs
Email: [email protected]