36.2978, Support: Cognitive Science, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics: PhD

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Subject: 36.2978, Support: Cognitive Science, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics: PhD

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Date: 03-Oct-2025
From: HUM.AI.N-ACCENT MSCA Doctoral Network [afoucart at nebrija.es]
Subject: Cognitive Science, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics: PhD


Web Address:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hum-ai-n-accent-project_13-phd-positions-available-in-the-framework-activity-7379518025235984384-37UQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAB5lzroB3Ad701Jd-4Zx4RYj5CmtDtkifGw

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics;
Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics

Description:

13 PhD POSITIONS available in the framework of the HUM.AI.N-ACCENT
MSCA Doctoral Network
Project: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) Doctoral
Networks, ‘Bridging Communication Gaps in Human and Human-AI
Interactions: The Role of Accented Speech on Neurocognitive mechanisms
and Social Dynamics’ (HUM.AI.N-ACCENT)
The Doctoral Candidatse (DCs) will be part of an international network
of 13 research labs located throughout Europe who work on the EU
funded HUM.AI.N-ACCENT project. The full consortium count with a total
of 24 academic and non-academic partners in Europe, Canada and the
USA. As part of the training, the DC will attend regular events across
Europe and will realise short stays (secondments) to at least two
Beneficiary/Partner Organisations.
HUM.AI.N-ACCENT is an interdisciplinary research project that explores
the neurocognitive and social impacts of foreign-accented speech in
human-human and human-AI interactions. With millions of new arrivals
to the European Union each year, there is an urgent need to understand
how foreign accents influence communication, decision-making, and
social dynamics. Research has shown that foreign-accented speech can
generate biases and increase cognitive load, yet the origins and
consequences of these effects are still poorly understood. The project
aims to fill this gap by combining insights from cognitive psychology,
neuroscience, AI engineering, human-computer interaction, and social
science, with lifespan perspectives. Using advanced methodologies like
neuroimaging, eye-tracking, virtual reality, and neural tracking, the
project will investigate how foreign-accented speech affects neural
responses, attention allocation, and social judgments. By studying
both human-human and human-AI interactions, the project will provide
critical insights into how accents shape communication and behaviour
in diverse contexts.
Further information about the project:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226709
PhD positions are available at:
Nebrija University, Spain
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/372608
Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language, Spain
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368766  and
https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offers/funded-phd-candidate-position-accented-speech-processing
University of Barcelona, Spain
Please, check the university job vacancies in the following days for
further information: https://www.neurociencies.ub.edu/job-offers/
Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Please, check the university job vacancies in the following days for
further information:
https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/uneix-equip/ofertes/index.html
Bangor University, UK
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#psychology
Radboud University, Netherlands
https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-accented-speech-processing
University of Padova, Italy (2 positions)
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/373324
University of Oslo, Norway
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/374275
University of Lille, France
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/373010
Free University of Brussels, Belgium
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/370780
University College Dublin, Ireland
Please, check the university job vacancies in the following days for
further information: https://www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancies/phdopenings/ and
https://www.adaptcentre.ie/careers/
University of Bern, Switzerland (funded by the SERI)
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/372867 and
https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/77c6f78a-ac01-4c09-9908-66b17fbc18ce

Web Address for Applications:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hum-ai-n-accent-project_13-phd-positions-available-in-the-framework-activity-7379518025235984384-37UQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAB5lzroB3Ad701Jd-4Zx4RYj5CmtDtkifGw




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