34.3611, Support: German based; German; Language Acquisition: PhD, University of Göttingen

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Subject: 34.3611, Support: German based; German; Language Acquisition: PhD, University of Göttingen

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Date: 24-Nov-2023
From: Nivedita Mani [nmani at gwdg.de]
Subject: German based; German; Language Acquisition: PhD, University of Göttingen

Institution/Organization: University of Göttingen
Department: Research Training Group Curiosity
Web Address: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/681631.html

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Curiosity, Word Learning,
Reading Development
Required Language(s): German (deu)
                      German based

Description:

As part of a new research network that has been established at the
Georg-August-University of Göttingen - Research Training Group (RTG)
2906 Curiosity - we advertise two PhD positions (all genders welcome)
Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-l/75%. Both positions are for an initial period of
three years, with a very strong possibility of extension for a further
year. The project is expected to commence on August 1st, 2024.

Scientists in RTG 2906 will investigate the neuropsychological,
biological and computational underpinnings of curiosity. The network
comprises a highly interdisciplinary consortium of psycholinguists,
psychologists, biologists as well as systems and computational
neuroscientists who will work together to answer three broad research
questions: (A) When are we curious? (B) Why are we curious? and (C)
How are we curious?

We advertise two PhD positions within RTG 2906 with a linguistic
focus. One position will investigate the role curiosity plays in
children’s reading choices, lexical development and knowledge
acquisition. The PhD researcher will combine corpus analyses of
children’s books with lab experiments and longitudinal studies, to
achieve a comprehensive picture of how children’s curiosity affects
their reading behavior and subsequent development. The second PhD
position will examine the factors that induce curiosity across early
development and how these factors shape early word learning. In
particular, the PhD researcher will devise a set of studies to examine
how infants, young children and adults attend to objects in their
environment, and examine how differences in attention shape the
learning of novel labels for these objects. A particular focus is on
the use of head-mounted eye-trackers to examine language learning in
naturalistic interactions between children and their caregivers.

Detailed information on the application process, the research project
and the training programme are available on the RTG webpage
(https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/681631.html). As part of the online
application process, you will be asked to upload a motivation letter
and certified copies of your degree and language certificates.

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and
places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for
women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in
fields in which they are underrepresented. The university has
committed itself to being a family friendly institution and supports
their employees in balancing work and family life. The university is
particularly committed to the professional participation of severely
disabled employees and therefore welcomes applications from severely
disabled people. In the case of equal qualifications, applications
from people with severe disabilities will be given preference. A
disability or equality is to be included in the application in order
to protect the interests of the applicant.

• For questions about the RTG or either of the positions, please
contact Prof. Nivedita Mani (nmani at gwdg.de)
• For questions about the application process, please write to
rtg2906 at uni-goettingen.de

Application Deadline: 15-Jan-2024

Web Address for Applications:
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/681631.html

Contact Information:
Prof Nivedita Mani
nmani at gwdg.de

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