[Edling] Job: Postdoc in Language and Communication in Multilingual Speakers with Dementia at the University of Oslo

[Francis Hult]

http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1573665/99933?iso=no



University of Oslo



Center for Multilingualism in Society Across the Lifespan

Doctoral/Postdoctoral research fellowship

Description

One Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) or Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) 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-project), funded by the Research Council of Norway.



MultiLingis 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 PhD candidate or a Postdoctoral candidate with excellent research qualifications who will work with members of the research project Language and Communication in Multilingual Speakers with Dementia in Norway (MultiLing Dementia-project),. MultiLing seeks candidates with documented expertise relevant for 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 announced position is mainly devoted to the investigation of the second of these topics (subproject 2), but integration of aspects of the other topics in the project proposal is also welcome. The applicants are required to formulate an independent research proposal aimed at answering the third research question in the project description. The successful candidate will be in charge of the data collection related to subproject 2.



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 announced as a Doctoral Research Fellowship or a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The quality of the applications submitted will decide whether the position is defined as one or the other.

The position is available for a period of three years starting from August 1, 2016. For the PhD position, the fellowship period may be reduced if the PhD candidate has previously been employed in a research fellowship position.



The successful PhD candidate must participate in the research training program organized by the Faculty of Humanities (cf. regulations and supplementary provisions for the faculty’s researcher education) and must engage in the designated research activities on a full-time basis. The purpose of the PhD Research Fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a doctoral dissertation (monograph or article-based) to be defended at a public defense for the doctoral degree. The successful candidate will be automatically accepted for the research-training program (PhD program) at the Faculty of Humanities, UiO.



For the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 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.



More information:
http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1573665/99933?iso=no
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