Early Stage Researcher position

within the

Marie Curie Initial Training Network - Language, Cognition, and Gender

University of Budweis - Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích

 

The Marie Curie Initial Training Network on Language, Cognition, and Gender (ITN LCG - (www.itn-lcg.eu), funded by the European Commission, comprises 15 Doctoral and 3 Postdoctoral projects at 10 Universities in 7 European countries. ITN LCG aims at investigating the interplay of language, cognition, and gender, for the first time from cross-language and cross-cultural perspectives.

The ITN LCG research programme is organised in four work packages (WP):

• How does language shape the cognitive representations of gender (WP A)?
• How do features of European languages correspond with gender equality in European societies (WP B)?
• How does language contribute to social behaviour towards the sexes (WP C)?
• How can gender equality be promoted through strategies for gender-fair language use (WP D)?

Young fellows' individual projects will be integrated into one comprehensive research and training network. They will be offered an innovative training in a unique combination of scientific methods that span from experimental techniques of cognitive and social psychology to linguistic methods of language analysis and scientific training strategies. The network is strongly based on the exchange and transfer of knowledge between academia and public and private organisations and will provide its fellows with network-wide training activities (workshops, summer schools) and training-in-collaborations (working visits and secondments).

The project at the University of Budweis is located in the field of gender linguistics and investigates the representation of women and men in Czech as compared to other European languages.

 

REQUIREMENTS

The eligibility conditions for recruitment are the following: Candidates can be nationals of any country other than the country of the host institute. Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host university for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment (transmobility requirement). The applicants must have a University Degree to allow him or her to embark in a PhD programme and a maximum of 4 years of research experience. Eligibility will be determined at the time of recruitment.

We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a strong background in Linguistics, Social Sciences, or Psychology, an excellent command of English and a high motivation to learn Czech. We expect a strong interest for and motivation to work on the interplay of language, cognition, and gender, the willingness to invest in interdisciplinary collaboration, and the ability to work in teams.

 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications (in English) should include:

• a letter of motivation detailing the candidate's particular scientific experience, knowledge, competencies and interests;
• a detailed curriculum vitae
• two academic letters of recommendation.

Closing date for applications 30th July 2011.

The candidates' dossier should be send as an electronic file to the Project Manager of ITN LCG, Dr. Rachel Jossen (rachel.jossen@psy.unibe.ch). The application dossiers will be forwarded to the partner/s in charge of the respective individual research projects. Review of applications begins just after the closing date for applications.