[RNLD] PhD opportunities: ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (Australia)

[Rachel Nordlinger]

PhD Opportunities: The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language

Applications are now being sought for  PhD positions in the Centre for Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL), funded by the Australian Research Council for the period mid-2014 to mid-2021.

CoEDL [http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/] has an ambitious series of interlinked projects, focusing on language as a dynamic and variable system, and drawing on the full diversity of the world’s languages, through four programs focusing on the design space of language (Shape), how it is learned (Learning) and processed (Processing), and how linguistic structures evolve at various timescales (Evolution). Two ‘threads’ (Archiving, and New Generation technologies) will enable the technological advances needed to drive forward the language sciences in the coming decades. The Centre is strongly interdisciplinary and features researchers from linguistics, speech pathology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, bioinformatics and robotics. CoEDL is centred on four nodes (Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Western Sydney and University of Queensland), with partner institutions in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Asia, Europe and North America.

Students will be required to win their own scholarship (Australian Postgraduate Award or international equivalent or Endeavour Fellowship)  (we will try to help you in this process). Successful applicants will also receive generous fieldwork and conference funding, as well as opportunities to attend the annual CoEDL Summer Schools and other workshops through the year.

PhD positions are available at all four CoEDL nodes (ANU, University of Melbourne, Western Sydney University and University of Queensland). For more details on the different projects please see: http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/get-involved/vacancies/phd-opportunities/<http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/get-involved/vacancies/phd-opportunities/the-australian-national-university/> The topics are listed by university node.  Note that some topics may be undertaken at more than one node (for example all 4 nodes have staff who can supervise theses on Indigenous Australian languages).

Please decide which projects you are interested in, and then send a CV (including academic transcript) and a one-page summary of your relevant research experience and interest in a particular topic to the relevant supervisors by:

  *   31 May 2016 (International students applying to the University of Queensland, and Endeavour scholarship applicants for all nodes)
  *   31 July 2016 (all domestic students and international students applying to ANU, Western Sydney University and University of Melbourne)

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A/Prof Rachel Nordlinger
Associate Professor and Reader
Research Unit for Indigenous Language
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
School of Languages and Linguistics
University of Melbourne
VIC 3010, Australia
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/rachel-nordlinger

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