Kedves Kollégák,
Megköszönném, ha a mellékelt informális, félhivatalos felhívást minél szélesebb körben
terjesztenék. Köszönettel,
Biró Tamás
(ELTE BTK Ókortudományi Intézet)
Doctoral scholarship
We have a possibility to hire one or two doctoral students, and possibly also a postdoc
within the project Modelling Religious Mental Representations (
https://mrmr.elte.hu/, PI:
Tamas Biro). The project aims at developing the “data structures” necessary for an
adequate description of religious phenomena, including but not restricted to rituals. It
is located at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, and it is financed by the
National Research, Development, and Innovation Office (NRDIO, or NKFIH in Hungarian).
Subprojects to be covered by a doctoral student or postdoctoral researcher should (a)
either cover historical and/or contemporary data collection and analysis pertaining to a
specific religious tradition (such as one of the Abrahamic religions); or (b) engage with
the development of a formal, computationally implementable model (e.g., employing
Optimality Theory).
Preference will be given to candidates (a) with prior knowledge in a specific religious
tradition, including familiarity with the sources and the necessary languages, and/or
experience with fieldwork; (b) a background in programming and formal models in any field
in the cognitive sciences or linguistics.
Informal expressions of interest should reach Tamas Biro (biro.tamas(a)btk.elte.hu) by April
28, 2026. Doctoral applicants will have to submit a formal application by May 8 to the
doctoral school of ELTE University.