Postdoc position in language processing (University of Lisbon)

Applications are invited for an 18-month full-time postdoctoral position at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (renewable up to 36 months, depending on financial availability).

The postdoctoral fellow will join the Laboratory of Psycholinguistics of the Centre of Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (CLUL) and work with Paula Luegi, João Veríssimo and their team. The selected applicant is expected to work on the ongoing projects of our Laboratory, as well as on their own project, which should align with one or more of our focus areas (sentence processing: coreferential resolution, sentence complexity/ambiguity; word processing: visual word recognition and morphological processing) and studied populations (adult L1 and L2 speakers; younger and older adults).

The primary duties of the post holder include collecting and analysing data from multiple experimental paradigms (e.g., eyetracking, self-paced reading, and lexical priming), training graduate and undergraduate students, and disseminating results through publications. Salary will be in accordance with the Portuguese Science Foundation salary scale, specifically €1686 per month, after tax (see https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). The selected applicant is expected to start on December 2, 2022 or soon afterward. \n

Our facilities include an EyeLink 1000 Plus eyetracker and a Duo Eyelink portable eyetracker. The Laboratory and its members have strong academic collaborations with academic partners in Germany, UK, USA, and Brazil.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a PhD in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related discipline, a background in experimental psycholinguistics, good knowledge of eyetracking paradigms, ability to conduct statistical analyses in R (linear mixed models and/or Bayesian modelling), and an excellent command of oral and written English. Knowledge of Portuguese or another Romance language is desirable, but not required.

To apply: Please e-mail your CV, a preliminary research project (max. 5 pages), a letter of motivation, a sample of accepted or published papers (max. of 3), and a fully completed application form (obtainable from http://tinyurl.com/FLULApplicationForm) to clul@letras.ulisboa.pt.

For further details, visit https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/831682 or contact Paula Luegi and João Veríssimo (labpsicolinguistica.clul@letras.ulisboa.pt).

Closing date: October 17, 2022