Bielefeld, April 9, 2010


Job Offer

of a post-doctoral position in the A1 project Modelling Partners in the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 673)(Pending funding by the German Research Foundation)

We invite applications for the following postdoctoral position: 1 postdoc position (TV-L E13) with an initial duration of 2 years with the possibility of extension. The position is for a project on emotion priming in situated language comprehension. The ideal starting date is July 1, 2010 or later.

Applicants should have a strong background in psycholinguistics, have published in international journals and conferences,and hold a PhD in a relevant discipline. The ideal candidate will have experience with eye-tracking methods for investigating language processing and a strong profile in either language comprehension or emotion and language. Knowledge of advanced statistical analysis techniques is also desired as is an excellent command of English.

The position involves experimental research as well as contribution to student supervision and some administrative duties. The Language and Cognition Group, under the direction of Dr. Pia Knoeferle, is affiliated with the Cluster for Cognitive Interaction Technology. The group is actively engaged in experimental research on (situated) sentence comprehension, and uses a state-of-the-art eye-tracking and reaction time laboratory. The working language is English, but some knowledge of German is an asset. Support for conference travel will be available pending
funding.

Further information about our labs and activities can be found at
http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/pknoeferle/Homepage/Home.html

Applicants should submit relevant documents as a single pdf to knoeferl@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de. Complete applications include as a single pdf: 1) a cover letter indicating research interests,2) a curriculum vitae including list of publications, 3) pdfs of 2 sample publications, and 4) names and email addresses of 3 referees.

We welcome applications from severely handicapped people. We particularly welcome applications from women. Given equal suitability, qualifications and professional achievement women will be given preference, unless particular circumstances pertaining to a male applicant predominate. For more information, please
contact: JProf. Dr. Pia Knoeferle (Email:knoeferl@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de).
Applications will be considered until the position has been filled. For full consideration applications should be submitted by May 30, 2010.