Postdoctoral Researcher
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Job Summary
Grade UE0per annum
College of Arts Humanities and Social Science; PPLS
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: 33 months
Positions Available: 1
The Linguistics & English Language Department in the School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences are seeking a full time fixed term Postdoctoral Researcher. This post is available from 1st of May 2026.
The Opportunity:
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The role:
The successful candidate will have expertise in the experimental study of language and will work alongside Principal Investigator: Prof. Vicky Chondrogianni to contribute to the project Crosslinguistic influence in predictive processing and production of morphosyntactic features in heritage language children - CLIPP funded by the AHRC-DFG.
This post is a full-time (35 hours per week) fixed term post for 33 months available from 1st of May 2026.
Informal enquiries may be made to Prof Vicky Chondrogianni via.
Please click here to view the full job description for the role.
Application information:
We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made). We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to the role. Please note a satisfactory PVG check is required for this role.
As a School we acknowledge that peoples career paths are rarely linear and welcome applicants to expand on their professional and personal journeys where appropriate.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this successful an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Offices English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits including generous annual leave entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme a wide range of staff discounts family-friendly initiatives and flexible work options. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits pageand use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion:
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
We particularly welcome applications from eligible candidates from under-represented groups including racially minoritised individuals and all gender identities.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
Key dates to note:
The closing date for applications is 19 March 2026.
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We aim to give successful candidates 2 weeks notice ahead of interviews.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Intelligence Community Experience
- Python
- Spss
- Microsoft Word
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Windows
- Stata
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Data Modeling
- Writing Skills
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