Three doctoral research assistants
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- Veröffentlicht:31 Oktober 2024
- Pensum:100%
- Arbeitsort:Basel
The chair of Lorenza Mondada, at the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel, opens three positions for PhD candidates to be integrated as scientific assistants (100%) in a research project sponsored by the SNF. The positions start at the beginning of 2025 (1.4.2025 at latest) and are for 4 years.
Rooted in multimodal Conversation Analysis, the project involves intensive fieldwork, video recordings in diverse settings and the constitution of data sets for a multimodal and multisensorial analysis contributing to the understanding of the organization of human interaction. The project pays special attention to embodied interactions in their ecology, to the specificity of the material environment and their consequentialities for the organization of social interaction.
The project involves the PI, a post-docs and three PhD candidates.
The doctoral research assistants receive a salary conform to the SNF conditions for full PhD positions (100%, 4 years).
Rooted in multimodal Conversation Analysis, the project involves intensive fieldwork, video recordings in diverse settings and the constitution of data sets for a multimodal and multisensorial analysis contributing to the understanding of the organization of human interaction. The project pays special attention to embodied interactions in their ecology, to the specificity of the material environment and their consequentialities for the organization of social interaction.
The project involves the PI, a post-docs and three PhD candidates.
The doctoral research assistants receive a salary conform to the SNF conditions for full PhD positions (100%, 4 years).
Your position
- Writing a dissertation in multimodal conversation analysis within the project.
- Participating to the collective scientific tasks of the project, together with the members of the team: fieldwork in a diversity of social settings, realization of video data recordings, multimodal transcription, detailed analyses of video data, writing of collective articles.
- Contribution to the organizational and logistic tasks of the project (organization of workshops, internal coordination).
Your profile
- Completion of a MA in the field of linguistics.
- Willingness to register as a PhD candidate in linguistics at the HPSL doctoral school of the University of Basel at the start of the contract.
- Excellent results within the previous BA and MA studies. If possible, already some training in interactional linguistics and multimodal conversation analysis. High motivation to fully engage in research in multimodal conversation analysis.
- Capacity to work and write in English. Linguistic and analytic competences on German and French if possible. Other languages are welcome.
- Capacity and pleasure to work in a team.
We offer you
- Integration in a vibrant research group.
- Excellent training in innovative research in multimodal conversation analysis.
- Active participation to international conference and networks of scholars in conversation analysis, ethnomethodology and interactional linguistics.
- Possibility of research stay abroad during the PhD.
Application / Contact
Deadline: December 1st, 2024.
Submit your application including a letter of motivation, your Curriculum Vitae, a copy of your diploma (if you have it already), a copy of the MA thesis, and a letter of recommendation using the recruiting online tool of Basel University.
For more information about the position, the project and the expected profile don't hesitate to contact Prof. Lorenza Mondada at Write an email.
See also for general information:
https://franzoesistik.philhist.unibas.ch/fr/persons/lorenza-mondada/
https://www.lorenzamondada.net/
Deadline: December 1st, 2024.
Submit your application including a letter of motivation, your Curriculum Vitae, a copy of your diploma (if you have it already), a copy of the MA thesis, and a letter of recommendation using the recruiting online tool of Basel University.
For more information about the position, the project and the expected profile don't hesitate to contact Prof. Lorenza Mondada at Write an email.
See also for general information:
https://franzoesistik.philhist.unibas.ch/fr/persons/lorenza-mondada/
https://www.lorenzamondada.net/
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