Job Location: Kristiansand, Norway
Web Address: https://www.uia.no/english/about-uia/faculty/humanities-and-education/foreign-languages-and-translation/index.html
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Neurolinguistics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics

Specialty Language(s): North Germanic

Description:

The Experimental Linguistics Laboratory (ELL) of the University of Agder in Kristiansand Norway is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher as part of an ERC Synergy research project entitled Phonological cognisance and allied linguistic representations: acquisition, bilingualism, change and script (PAAL) September 2025-2031.
This is a full time position for a period of 3 years, with a proposed start date October 1st, 2025.

Required qualifications:
- A PhD degree in Linguistics or neuro-/psycholinguistics. (Candidates must have obtained their doctorate or have submitted their doctoral thesis before the appointment decision is made and must have defended their thesis by the starting date.)
- An interest in the processing of the sound structure of languages
- Experience in the design, running and analysis of EEG experiments
- Strong data analysis skills, including mixed effects modelling
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Strong academic writing skills (academic paper(s) published or submitted)
- Strong academic presentation skills (posters or oral presentations)

Desired qualifications:
- Excellent spoken Norwegian or another Scandinavian language
- Organizational and teamwork skills, with a willingness to work on a larger research project in a team of researchers on an international multi-disciplinary project
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Understanding of and ability to contribute to public engagement activities

For more information about the project, position and application process please follow the web address given below. We look forward to your applications. Professors Allison Wetterlin ([email protected]) and Linda Wheeldon ([email protected])

Application Deadline: 10-Mar-2025
Web Address for Applications: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/274580/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-the-experimental-linguistics-laboratory-ell
Application Instructions:
Please follow the instructions on the website provided here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/274580/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-the-experimental-linguistics-laboratory-ell
Contact Information:
Hilde Anett Krossen
Email: [email protected]