[Edling] Job - Postdoc in Scientific Writing Education at Chalmers University

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Chalmers University, Sweden

The Division for Language and Communication
<https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/cls/divisions/language-and-communication/>
is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher interested in
research on writing transfer and rhetorical flexibility in scientific
publication and science communication, ideally with a focus on the
development and evaluation of pedagogical activities. As a successful
candidate, you will be working in a stimulating interdisciplinary
environment with a vibrant and supportive community of scholars with
ongoing international collaborations, and you will have the intellectual
freedom to develop your own perspective and innovative ideas within a
cutting-edge field.


*Project description*The push for open science means that scientific
knowledge is increasingly disseminated both inside and outside academia:
future scientists need the right tools to communicate with a broad and
diverse audience. This requires advanced writing expertise and rhetorical
flexibility, well beyond writing for academic purposes. Unfortunately,
writing education at the graduate and post-graduate level seldom addresses
this need: writing research has not investigated how to promote transfer of
writing skills and the development of rhetorical flexibility in the
training of future researchers.

For this postdoctoral position, we seek applicants who are interested in
addressing this gap. We invite project proposals which use or develop
established theories in writing research and educational sciences, and
adopt an empirical focus with a rich methodological approach in the
investigation of pedagogical practices and task development in writing.
Possible interesting areas of research include but are not limited to (1)
research on genre pedagogy in academic settings with a focus on learning
dynamics and/or teacher perspectives (2) research on writing transfer (3)
research on pedagogical writing-task development, including multimodality,
use of LLM/AI, and/or multilingual approaches, 4) research on science
communication pedagogy. To address the proposed research questions, we
welcome qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches, as long as
the proposed approach is well described and justified, and demonstrates a
focus on data richness.

An ongoing international collaboration and a pilot project on multi-genre
pedagogy will provide the interested applicants with a strong and reliable
support basis, but applicants will be able to develop their postdoctoral
work according to their interests and skills, and are therefore encouraged
to present creative projects.

More information:
https://www.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/arbeta-hos-oss/lediga-tjanster/?rmpage=job&rmjob=13164&rmlang=SE
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