Stillingstittel:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in clinical linguistics

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.

Description

One Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) in clinical linguistics is available at the Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan (MultiLing) at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo (UiO), starting in August 2016. The fellowship is part of one of MultiLing’s projects, namely Language and Communication in Multilingual Speakers with Dementia in Norway (MultiLing Dementia), funded by the Research Council of Norway.

MultiLing is a Center of Excellence funded by the Research Council of Norway and opened on June 1, 2013. It aims to generate scientific knowledge on multilingualism across the lifespan, related to three themes: Individual multilingual competence, multilingual practices in communication and management of multilingualism in society (for more information, see http://www.hf.uio.no/multiling/). MultiLing seeks to recruit a postdoctoral candidate with excellent research qualifications who will work with members of the MultiLing Dementia project The project description can be found here.

The project aims to study (1) how language storage and processing are affected by age alone and by the combination of age and dementia in elderly monolingual and multilingual speakers, (2) what conversational strategies are used to facilitate good communication in the face of challenges and opportunities related to age, multilingualism and dementia, and (3) how questions of ageing, illness, impairment, communication, multilingualism and dementia are represented in policy documents, news media and other public documents.

The postdoc position is mainly devoted to the investigation of the first of these topics (subproject 1), but integration of aspects of the other topics in the project proposal is also welcome. The candidate will be in charge of contributing to the design of experiments, of carrying out data collection related to subproject 1 as described in the project description, of conducting analyses aimed at answering research questions 1 and 2 (cf. project description), and of writing articles for journal publications.

The successful candidate is expected to strengthen the relevant research areas addressed in the MultiLing Dementia project description, to contribute to and participate in the various workshops, conferences and activities organized by MultiLing, and to be an active member of the MultiLing team in Oslo.

The position is available for a period of three years starting from August 1, 2016. There is a 10% duty component devoted to teaching or other qualifying work for MultiLing. The main purpose of postdoctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in higher academic positions within their disciplines.

Requirements

• A Doctoral Degree in Linguistics, Communication, Psychology, Special Needs Education/Speech and Language Therapy or other disciplines related to MultiLing's work. The doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation before the application deadline.
• The candidate's work must be closely connected to the goals of the research project.
• Knowledge and experience with experimental psycholinguistic methods and statistics.
• Good English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Knowledge of Norwegian is desirable.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following minority languages in Norway - Punjabi, Turkish and/or Russian - is desirable.

Qualifications and Personal Skills
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Maksimal lønn: 0

Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Center for Multili

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: Translators, interpreters and other linguists

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år