36.3757, Support: Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics: PhD, Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, University of Groningen

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Subject: 36.3757, Support: Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics: PhD, Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, University of Groningen

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Date: 05-Dec-2025
From: Petra Hendriks [p.hendriks at rug.nl]
Subject: Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics: PhD, Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, University of Groningen


Institution/Organization: Center for Language and Cognition Groningen,
University of Groningen
Web Address:
https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/356575/phd-position-computational-cognitive-modeling-of-language-processing-strategies-10-fte/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Psycholinguistics

Description:

The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen at the University of
Groningen, the Netherlands, is looking for a suitable candidate for a
fully-funded four-year PhD position (1.0 FTE) in the field of
cognitive science, (computational) psycholinguistics and artificial
intelligence. The PhD candidate will work on the project
“Computational cognitive modeling of language processing strategies”.
This PhD project is part of the NWO project “Unraveling Language
Learning in Autism” and is jointly supervised by Prof. Petra Hendriks
(Linguistics) and Dr. Jacolien van Rij (Artificial Intelligence).
The PhD candidate will develop and use computational models to
investigate how autistic children learn and process referring
expressions. The computational simulations will be implemented within
the domain-general cognitive architecture PRIMs (e.g., Taatgen, 2013;
Toth, Hendriks, Taatgen, & van Rij, 2022), which is a theory of
cognition as well as an implementation framework that is based on the
cognitive architecture ACT-R.

Application Deadline: 06-Jan-2026
Application Instructions:
Applications should be made in English and contain the following
materials:
    - Curriculum vitae.
    - Letter of motivation.
    - A document (1- 2 A4) with ideas about the project.
    - Contact details of two academic referees.
    - Copies of (Re)Master’s diploma and list of grades.
    - An English language certificate (in case your Master’s degree is
not in English).
    - In case you haven’t graduated yet, a letter from you Master’s
thesis supervisor stating the expected date of graduation.
Please send in your application as two PDF files (one for the (Re)MA
thesis, and one for all other documents).
Interviews with selected candidates will be held in the second half of
January 2026. The selected candidate is expected to start in May 2026
or soon after. We allow 3 months from selection in case of visa
applications.
For questions about the application procedure, please contact Dr.
Marjolein Talsma (clcg at rug.nl).
For questions about the content of the project you can contact Prof.
Petra Hendriks (p.hendriks at rug.nl).

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Netherlands
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/356575/phd-position-computational-cognitive-modeling-of-language-processing-strategies-10-fte/

Contact Information:
Petra Hendriks



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