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From: Mani, Nivedita <Nivedita.Mani(a)psych.uni-goettingen.de>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:48 AM
To: Mani, Nivedita
Subject: PhD position available: Psychology of Language research group
Please find enclosed details of a PhD position available in my group beginning Spring
2019. Could I ask you to forward this to suitable interested candidates?
Thanks in advance,
Nivi
The Psychology of Language Research Group
Georg-Elias-Müller-Institut für Psychologie
Georg-August University Göttingen
invites applications for
a PhD position (65% TV-L 13)
The Psychology of Language Research Group at Georg-Elias-Müller-Institut für Psychologie
is interested in examining the mechanisms underlying infants’ language acquisition and
language processing. Researchers working within the group have varied interests including
topics such as word segmentation and word learning in young children, differences between
first and second language acquisition, the interaction between visual and social cues in
language processing, the interface between orthographical and phonological processing.
The advertised position is in the project “Cross-domain influences on early word and
action learning” (Starting date: April 2019). The project examines the extent to which
linguistic and non-linguistic information interact during early word and action learning.
It is part of an interdisciplinary research group „Crossing the Borders: The Interplay of
Language, Cognition, and the Brain in Early Human Development“ and is in collaboration
with the research group of Prof. Birgit Elsner at the University of Potsdam.
Candidates will hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Psychology (or a related
discipline), have a strong research interest in cognitive and language development, as
well as a very good statistical background and English language proficiency. Experience in
experimental research with infants and young children, with eye-tracking and/or
EEG-research, as well as some programming experience (e.g., Matlab or R) will be
advantageous, but is not required. The position is available for 36 months.
The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular
emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore
strongly encouraged to apply as they are underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons
with equivalent aptitude will be favoured.
Please send your application with the usual documents in electronic form by 20th February
2019 to Nivedita Mani (nmani@gwdg.de<mailto:nmani@gwdg.de>).
For further information please visit our website
(
https://www.psych.uni-goettingen.de/en/lang) or contact Nivedita Mani at the email
address given above.
We request that you send us copies of your application documents, as no returns will be
made. We will destroy the documents after a holding period of five months. Application
documents will only be returned to you if you provide a self-addressed adequately stamped
envelope.
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Nivedita Mani
Psychology of Language Research Group
Georg-Elias-Müller Institute for Psychology
Goßlerstraße 14, 37073 Göttingen
Tel: +49-551-39-10889
website:
https://www.psych.uni-goettingen.de/en/lang