36.1931, Jobs: Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Morphology, Semantics, Typology: PostDoc/Project Manager in Semantic Typology ERC SHAPE, SeDyL/CNRS

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Subject: 36.1931, Jobs: Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Morphology, Semantics, Typology: PostDoc/Project Manager in Semantic Typology ERC SHAPE, SeDyL/CNRS

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Date: 20-Jun-2025
From: Frank Seifart [frank.seifart at cnrs.fr]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Morphology, Semantics, Typology: PostDoc/Project Manager in Semantic Typology ERC SHAPE, SeDyL/CNRS


Job Location: Paris, France
Job Title: PostDoc/Project Manager in Semantic Typology ERC SHAPE
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science;
Morphology; Semantics; Typology

Description:
The interdisciplinary ERC-Synergy project SHAPE
(https://www.ntnu.edu/shape/) investigates how shape is represented in
cognition, language development, and across languages (spoken and
signed). The Paris team, lead by Frank Seifart, investigates the
variability of shape expression across a diverse, worldwide sample of
spoken languages. The Postdoctoral Researcher will contribute to
cross-linguistic research on shape encoding, coordinate data
collection and analysis across 40 languages, and ensure seamless
collaboration between SHAPE’s international and interdisciplinary
network of field linguists and project partners.
Activities:
- Conduct research on the cross-linguistic encoding of shape
(semantic/morphosyntactic typology) across a global sample of
languages.
- Contribute to designing and implementing standardized tasks for data
collection in 40 languages.
- Perform typological analyses integrating SHAPE’s experimental data,
literature reviews, and expert consultations.
- Coordinate ethics approvals, data collection and processing for 15
field sites, ensuring compliance and consistency.
- Collaborate with SHAPE’s sub-projects in Cologne, Trondheim, and
Indiana, and manage communication with the CNRS administrative team at
SeDyL.
- Support studies across the project team and contribute to
publications, with the possibility to assume a leading role in some of
them
Required skills
- PhD in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, or a related field (completed
or defense scheduled before start date).
- Expertise in functional-typological frameworks and
semantic/morphosyntactic typology.
- Fluency in English.
- Ability to coordinate collaborative research and communicate
effectively across teams.
Preferred skills:
- Experience in research in semantic and/or morphosyntactic typology
within functional-typological linguistics
- Fieldwork experience and an established fieldwork site on a
non-European language for collecting data using the project's set of
experiments
- Experience with quantitative methods for data processing and
analysis (R, Python, etc.)
- Working knowledge of French or commitment to learning it.
Working conditions:
- 38.5 hours per week
- presence at 4-6 in-person project workshops per year in Paris
- presence at weekly online meetings
Offer:
- Three years full time employment with the possibility of one year
extension
- Between 3,081€ and 3,520€ monthly gross salary, depending on
experience, in addition to benefits
- A central role in a prestigious ERC-Synergy project with an
international, interdisciplinary team.
- Access to Paris’s unparalleled linguistic research community and
resources.
- Partial remote work can be negotiated
- Opportunities for fieldwork, conference travel, and career
advancement.
- Opportunity for independent research design, as well as mentorship
from senior scholars
Application:
in one pdf file (max. 10MB), in English, including:
- CV, including names of two referees who have agreed to be contacted
regarding this application
- motivation letter (max 2 pages)
- if applicable, pdf(s) of up to two relevant publication(s). For
book-length publications, please provide a URL instead of a pdf.
- deadline: 25 July 2025 23:59:00 Paris time
- exclusively through
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8202-FRASEI-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN
Additional information:
- the selection process will include a first round of remote
interviews in September, and a second round of in-person interviews in
Paris in October
- for questions, contact Frank Seifart
- start date as soon as possible in or after February 2026, depending
on availability, and (for non-EU candidate) on visa processing times

Application Deadline: 25-Jul-2025
Web Address for Applications:
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8202-FRASEI-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN
Contact Information:
        Frank Seifart
        Email: frank.seifart at cnrs.fr



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