Call for postdoc candidates interested in applying for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics and Multilingualism

24 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Department

Department of Research and Development

Research Field

Language sciences » Linguistics

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Norway

Application Deadline

16 Feb 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37,5

Offer Starting Date

1 May 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE / MSCA

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-PF program» (uit.no/project/arcticmsca ) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) to pursue a career in research. We invite applications from promising young researchers within the field of Linguistics (language variation, multilingualism, multilectalism, grammar, language and learning, language revitalization, regional/national minority languages, indigenous languages). The selected candidate will write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-PF at UiT together with Prof. Øystein Vangsnes . This is an opportunity to accelerate your research career while living in the urban research city of Tromsø, uniquely located at the top of the world surrounded by some of Europe’s last pristine wild nature.

This call is one of 74 from pre-selected supervisors at UiT The Arctic University of Norway through the “Arctic MSCA-PF program”. Successful postdoc candidates will be invited for a three-day MSCA-PF symposium June 4-6, 2024 (hybrid physical/digital event, see details at uit.no/project/arcticmsca/program-structure ). At this event, the candidates will present their past research achievements, discuss future plans with their potential supervisor and learn how to write a successful MSCA-PF application. The selected candidates will, jointly with the supervisor, write the MSCA-PF application by the deadline of September 11, 2024.

In this call we search for talented, young researchers within the field of Linguistics as presented by Prof. Vangsnes:

In this call we search for talented, young researchers within the field of Linguistics, Language Variation and Language Diversity, including the study of closely related linguistic varieties and also indigenous and minoritized language as presented by Prof. Øystein A. Vangsnes:  

The Center for Language, Brain and Learning (C-LaBL), the successor of the AcqVA Aurora Center  (Acquisition, Variation & Attrition), does cutting-edge research on language variation and multilingualism. One of three research domains at the center is dedicated to Learning, both language acquisition/learning per se and the effects of multilingualism and development more broadly defined. Literacy and metalinguistic awareness will be key topics in the Learning domain and the following three language situations will be under particular scrutiny: (i) the acquisition of English by Norwegian children and adolescents and the interplay between school and extramural activities, (ii) the multilectal literacy that characterizes the written practices of Norwegian adolescents, and (iii) the role of the educational system for the revitalization of the Sámi languages. A leitmotif across all the domains of C-LaBL will be ‘linguistic distance’.  

Professor Vangsnes , who co-leads the Learning domain in C-LaBL, is currently also the PI of the project Multilectal Literacy in Education , funded by the Research Council of Norway, which through a national network and in collaboration with Dutch partners, investigates and compares the Norwegian and the Frisian/Dutch language situation with a particular focus on children and adolescents and the interaction between language and scholastic development. Professor Vangsnes is furthermore heavily engaged in research pertaining to the Sámi language situation, in particular issues concerning revitalization. 

Applicants for the advertised MSCA positions should propose a research project that will strengthen and complement the research in the Learning domain specifically and in C-LaBL more broadly. 

Please send your CV (max 3 pages) and describe a research project that will strengthen and complement the presented research (max 2 pages) to [email protected] by Feb 16th 2024. Mark your application “Arctic MSCA”. Successful candidates will be contacted in late March 2024.

Requirements

Research Field

Language sciences » Linguistics

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

• Supported fellows must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the time of the call deadline. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree are also eligible to apply.
• At the call deadline, supported researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date of award of the doctoral degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks (e.g. due to parental leave), will not count towards the amount of research experience. Find Self-Assessment Tool to calculate your eligibility here .
• Recruited researchers must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.

Website for additional job details

https://uit.no/arcticmsca

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Country

Norway

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Tromsø

Website

https://en.uit.no/startsida

Street

Hansine Hansensvei 18

Postal Code

9019

E-Mail

[email protected]

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