31.1577, Jobs: Comp Ling; Neuroling; Psycholing: Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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Subject: 31.1577, Jobs: Comp Ling; Neuroling; Psycholing: Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 02:43:31
From: Marit Westergaard [marit.westergaard at uit.no]
Subject: Comp Ling; Neuroling; Psycholing: Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

University or Organization: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 
Department: Department of Language and Culture
Job Location: Tromsø, Norway 
Web Address: https://uit.no/research/acqva
Job Title: Lab Director
Job Rank: Associate Professor

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Online/offline experimental methods, statistical modeling, programming

Description:

One permanent position as Lab Director at the level of Associate Professor is
available in the Department of Language and Culture at UiT - The Arctic
University of Norway. The position is affiliated with the AcqVA Aurora Centre 
(Language Acquisition, Variation & Attrition): The Dynamic Nature of Languages
in the Mind.

The position as Lab Director entails a leadership function/responsibility for
the AcqVA Aurora labs (50%), teaching lab-related seminars for students and
researchers (20%), and time for independent research (30%). 
The AcqVA Aurora Centre currently consists of more than 30 active researchers,
including seven professors/associate professors, a lab manager, 12
researchers/postdoctoral fellows (including five MSCA postdoctoral
researchers), four PhD students, and eight Professor II positions (20% adjunct
professors). The group members are involved in a number of research projects
both locally and internationally. The AcqVA Aurora Centre currently has two
labs, the AcqVA lab and the PoLaR lab. 

Work and Responsibility:

The Lab Director is the leader of the AcqVA Aurora Centre labs with
responsibility for equipment, experimental design, statistical assistance,
teaching and research. More specifically, the Lab Director:
- will be responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, and use of the
equipment in the labs
- will be responsible for hiring lab assistants and training them
- will assist members of the AcqVA Aurora Centre with experimental design and
statistical analysis
- will provide courses in relevant topics for students and other members of
the AcqVA Aurora Centre
- will provide information on ethical approval, storage of data and other
relevant information for researchers in AcqVA Aurora.
The Lab Director is expected to carry out research within the research areas
of the AcqVA Aurora group, and is further expected to collaborate (and
co-author) with the researchers within the group on ongoing and future
projects. 

Qualifications:

- Norwegian doctoral degree in (Psycho-/Neuro-/Computational) Linguistics,
Computer Science, Psychology or another relevant field or a corresponding
foreign doctoral degree recognised as equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral
degree, or competence at a corresponding level documented by academic work of
the same scope and quality
- Demonstrable experience with a broad range of empirical methods such as
offline behavioral and online (processing) experimentation
- High command/competence of statistical modelling and programming
capabilities.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English
- Experience with previous research within language acquisition, attrition,
heritage languages and/or multilingualism is desirable
- Experience working with bi-/multilingual young and adult populations is
desirable
- Knowledge of Norwegian or another Scandinavian language is desirable
- Documented pedagogical competence

Application:

The application must be submitted electronically via http://www.jobbnorge.no
and shall include:
- Letter of application
- Contextualizing statement/proposal (max 2 pages), detailing how the
candidate will fit into the research done in AcqVA Aurora
- CV (containing a complete overview of education, supervised professional
training and professional work)
- Diplomas and references (scanned copies of degree and a list of three
references who can be contacted, inclusive of contact information)
- Contact information to 2-3 references
- Documented pedagogical competence
- A list of your academic production
- Description of your academic production
- Academic works, up to ten

Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2020 

Web Address for Applications: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/186449/lab-director-associate-professor-affiliated-with-the-acqva-centre-language-acquisition-variation-attrition?fbclid=IwAR3DYKI7HChCEJzrI3A4zlOzUsww8urLgaeq-2wx8wtFKMNtOhbcsk-_xPc 
Contact Information:
	Professor Marit Westergaard 
	Email: marit.westergaard at uit.no 

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