Language Evolution Postdoc at University of Auckland

[Quentin Atkinson]

Post Doctoral Research Position

Application closing date: 1st December 2013.

School of Psychology & Department of Computer Science
University of Auckland

Salary Range: $77,000-85,000 per annum

The Language, Cognition and Culture Lab and the Computational Evolution Group at the University of Auckland seek to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to join our team investigating the evolution of the world’s languages.

This research will be led by Dr Quentin Atkinson, Prof Russell Gray, and Dr Remco Bouckaert. Our work over the last decade has pioneered the application of computational modeling techniques from biology to answer questions about human prehistory and the evolution of language and culture.

The project’s primary objectives are the collation of linguistic data from around the world and developing new approaches to inferring deep relationships between the world’s languages.

This is a full time post for a fixed-term of three years, funded by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant. The role will be supported by a part-time research assistant.

Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent and a demonstrable research interest in modeling the evolution of language and culture. Programming and database experience and a background in linguistics or evolutionary biology/anthropology is preferred.

More information about the research interests of the project leaders is available from our websites:-
http://www.fos.auckland.ac.nz/~quentinatkinson/
http://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/russell-gray/
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~remco/
https://www.facebook.com/LCCLab
http://compevol.auckland.ac.nz/

Host Institution: The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading university. In the 2013 QS survey, the Psychology Department was ranked 22nd in the world and the Computer Science Department ranked 38th. The University of Auckland has a strong international focus and is the only New Zealand member of Universitas 21 and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities – international consortia of research-led universities. Auckland is ranked third out of 221 world cities for quality of living in the 2012 Mercer Quality of Living Survey (see www.mercer.com/qualityofliving).

All enquiries should be directed to Dr Quentin Atkinson:
q.atkinson at auckland.ac.nz

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