Open Pre-Doc or Post-Doc Position in Linguistics and Data Science at the University of Bonn
The Department of English, American and Celtic Studies at the University of Bonn is currently accepting applications for a fixed-term position for the duration of 3 years as Doctoral Research Assistants (50 %) or Postdoctoral Research Assistants (100 %) in Linguistics and Data Science. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Professor Robert Fuchs and join a vibrant working group focused on research in the fields of data-intensive discourse analysis, varieties of English, and Learner Corpus Research. Ongoing research projects focus on discourse on social media and print media, Young German Learner English, and syntactic and phonetic variation in World Englishes. The position offers flexible working time organization, a supportive research environment, and the opportunity for professional growth through skills development in cutting-edge research methods in linguistics and data science.
Responsibilities include preparation of a doctoral degree (PhD) or ‘Habilitation’, independent research under the guidance of the working group lead, support for research and teaching in the working group, and teaching classes of 2 SWS resp. 4 SWS at the undergraduate level. Qualifications include a university degree (Master’s) in English linguistics or a related subject, excellent command of English, excellent academic writing skills in English, willingness to learn German or previous knowledge of German, experience in the area of linguistics and data science, and experience in corpus linguistics, Learner Corpus Research, World Englishes, acoustic phonetics, and the statistical analysis of language data (esp. with R and/or Python).
The University of Bonn is committed to diversity and equal opportunity and encourages women with relevant qualifications to apply. Applications should be sent by email to ljangosov at uni-bonn.de with the application code 3.2/24/29 by July 15, 2024. For further information on the position and research in the working group, please contact Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs (https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/people/chair/prof-dr-robert-fuchs).