Stillingstittel: Post-doctoral research fellow (2016/4544)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.Post-doctoral research fellow associated with the project `Linguistic and cognitive factors in effective referential communication-

Description

A Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas of the University of Oslo. The Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and is associated with the FRIPRO project 'Linguistic and cognitive factors in effective referential communication' (Project No. 230718). The candidate is expected to present a research proposal to contribute to the main project.

The aim of the main research project is to investigate the development of those pragmatic abilities that sustain effective referential communication across the lifespan. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to contribute to this project by investigating the referential abilities of younger and older adults in interactive tasks, and the relation between these pragmatic abilities and memory capacity, executive control and Theory of Mind.

As the lead in this subproject, the postdoctoral researcher will design experiments (including suitable measures for the above cognitive abilities in an adult group), collect and analyze data (including eye-tracking data during language production and comprehension), present the results at conferences and write up the results for publication. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to work in close collaboration with the PI in the project, who will be leading the child development component of the project. As part of their collaboration, the two researchers will develop eye-tracking methods and analyses suitable for scripted and unscripted referential communication.Also as part of the project, both researchers will have access to SMI eye-tracking equipment (a portable tracker and eye-tracking glasses).

The position is available for a period of two years starting 1st November 2016. During that time (which will be the second half of a 4-year project), the research project will be hosted by Professor Ted Gibson and his language lab (the 'TedLab') at the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT (Boston, Massachusetts).

The successful candidate is expected to move to Boston for the entire duration of the project and become part of the research environment/network of the hosting department. The main purpose of postdoctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in higher academic positions within their disciplines.

Requirements

• PhD in Psychology, Cognitive Science or Linguistics, with a specialization in psycholinguistics/ experimental pragmatics
• Advanced training and experience with eye-tracking methods in language research (preferably both language production and comprehension)
• The candidate's research project must be closely connected to the main project
• Personal suitability and motivation for the position

Recent graduates are invited to apply provided their doctoral dissertation has been submitted for evaluation before the application deadline.

In the evaluation of the applications, emphasis will be placed on:

• The project's scientific merit, research-related relevance and innovation
• The applicant's estimated academic and personal ability to carry out the project within the allotted time frame and to contribute to the main project
• The applicant's level of experience with
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Phil
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Lønn valuta: NOK
  
  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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