37.3339, Jobs: Pragmatics, Semantics: CNRS Research Associate, Institut Jean-Nicod (CNRS)

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Subject: 37.3339, Jobs: Pragmatics, Semantics: CNRS Research Associate, Institut Jean-Nicod (CNRS)

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Date: 15-Oct-2026
From: Jeremy Kuhn [ijnlinguisticcollege at gmail.com]
Subject: Pragmatics, Semantics: CNRS Research Associate, Institut Jean-Nicod (CNRS)


Job Location: Paris, France
Job Title: CNRS Research Associate
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Pragmatics; Semantics

Description:
The Institut Jean-Nicod (IJN) is seeking to support linguistics
applications to Research Associate (“Chargé de Recherche”) positions
at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).
CNRS Research Associate positions are full-time permanent positions
intended for candidates in their early to mid-career. Applicants must
hold a PhD by the application deadline. Knowledge of French is not
required.
Although CNRS hires researchers by way of a national competition,
applicants are encouraged to select one or more research labs to which
they would like to be assigned, and support is crucial for a
successful application. The present call pertains to this preliminary
step of lab support by Institut Jean-Nicod; the official CNRS
application will be submitted at a later stage (the deadline to submit
applications is typically in early January). We will accompany and
advise candidates we support in their CNRS application.
Located at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Institut Jean-Nicod has
29 permanent faculty members, working on analytic philosophy,
linguistics, and social cognition, with a unifying theme of the human
mind and the nature of representations.
Linguistics at Institut Jean-Nicod has historically been very strong
in formal semantics and pragmatics, as well as linguistically informed
philosophical logic. In recent years, it has extended its focus to
include topics such as psycholinguistics (esp. experimental semantics
and pragmatics), sign language, reasoning, computational linguistics,
probabilistic modeling of pragmatics, and Super Linguistics
Institut Jean-Nicod is interested in supporting a limited number of
applicants with an excellent research record, a competitive dossier of
journal articles, a strong background in semantics/pragmatics, and
motivation to develop a project applying formal methods to the study
of meaning.
Prospective applicants that wish to be supported by Institut
Jean-Nicod are invited to contact the lab by sending a CV (including a
publication list and the names of at least 2 references [no
recommendation letters are required]) and a short description of their
medium- to long-term research agenda (2 to 4 pages excluding
references). The two documents must be sent in pdf format to
ijnlinguisticcollege at gmail.com
To ensure full consideration, please submit your application by
October 30, 2026.
Candidates that are considered for support will be interviewed
starting as early as possible and not later than the second half of
November.
The Institut Jean-Nicod Linguistics College

Application Deadline: 30-Oct-2026
Email Address for Applications: ijnlinguisticcollege at gmail.com
Contact Information:
        IJN Linguistics College
        Email: ijnlinguisticcollege at gmail.com



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