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Organization: The University of Tromsø

Location: Tromsø, Norway

Field: Linguistics

Requirements:

The successful applicant will have to document qualifications in theoretical and/or experimental linguistics at the Master's level. Furthermore, the successful applicant must fulfil the requirements for admission to the faculty's PhD programme, cf. §6 of Regulations for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at The University of Tromsø, English translation and the faculty's supplementary regulations

Abstract:

PhD position in theoretical and/or experimental linguistics at CASTL (Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics) at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education

Description:

The Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL) is a Norwegian Center of Excellence funded by The Research Council of Norway and the University of Tromsø. The academic group at the center currently consists of 6 senior researchers, 9 researchers/postdoctoral research fellows and 17 PhD students. Several other researchers and PhD students with other sources of funding are connected to CASTL as affiliates, so that the CASTL community today consists of about 50 researchers and PhD students.

CASTL's primary research activity is within generative grammar with a focus on syntax, phonology, and language acquisition. CASTL also runs a Graduate School. The person hired in the advertized research fellowship is expected to follow the program of the Graduate School and to complete a doctoral dissertation. A more detailed plan for coursework, research, and teaching will be developed by the employee together with the Graduate School Coordinator shortly after appointment. More information about our research and the Graduate School may be found here: http://castl.uit.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Item...

The period of appointment will include teaching in the Department of Language and Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education.

The normal period of appointment is four years. The PhD study is standardized to three years. The fourth year consists of teaching or other duties for the university, organized according to a distribution formula of 25 % per year, cf. Directive for duties for research fellows (in Norwegian only)

The university may fund shorter period of appointment if the research fellow has already completed parts of his/her research education, or when previous appointments to educational positions (research fellow, research assistant or the equivalent) can count as part of the education. The combined research education must add up to three years in total.
The following reference no. must be quoted in your application: 2011/251

Deadline: 28-03-2011

Contacts:

Link: http://castl.uit.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=169

Email: marit.westergaard@uit.no

Email: tore.bentz@uit.no

Phone number: (+ 47) 776 44256

Phone number: (+ 47) 776 44751

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