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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Three Positions in the Dutch Research Consortium 'Language in Interaction' (0.8-1.0 FTE)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Dutch Research Consortium 'Language in Interaction'</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">
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<b>Vacancy number: 30.06.17</b> <br>
<b>Application deadline: September 10, 2017, 23.59 CET<br>
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</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><img width="190" height="39" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D31B37.BF2CECA0" alt="Logo"><img width="190" height="38" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D31B37.BF2CECA0" alt="Logo NWO"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Responsibilities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">We are looking for highly motivated candidates to enrich a unique research consortium aiming to unravel the neurocognitive mechanisms of language at
multiple levels. The goal is to understand both the universality and the variability of the human language faculty from genes to behaviour.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Currently, our consortium advertises 2 Postdoc positions and 1 RA position. These positions provide the opportunity for conducting world-class research
as a member of an interdisciplinary team. Each position has its own requirements and profile.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.languageininteraction.nl/jobs/BQthird.html"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Click here for more information on the advertised positions.</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">www.languageininteraction.nl/jobs/BQthird.html</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Work environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">The Netherlands has an outstanding track record in the language sciences. The Language in Interaction research consortium, sponsored by a large grant
from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), brings together many of the excellent research groups in the Netherlands with a research programme on the foundations of language.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">In addition to excellence in the domain of language and related relevant fields of cognition, our consortium provides state-of-the-art research facilities
and a research team with ample experience in the complex research methods that will be invoked to address the scientific questions at the highest level of methodological sophistication. These include methods from genetics, neuroimaging, computational modelling,
and patient-related research. This consortium realises both quality and critical mass for studying human language at a scale not easily found anywhere else.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">We have identified five Big Questions (BQ) that are central to our understanding of the human language faculty. These questions are interrelated at multiple
levels. Teams of researchers will collaborate to collectively address these key questions of our field.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our five Big Questions are:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">BQ1: The nature of the mental lexicon: How to bridge neurobiology and psycholinguistic theory by computational modelling?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">BQ2: What are the characteristics and consequences of internal brain organization for language?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">BQ3: Creating a shared cognitive space: How is language grounded in and shaped by communicative settings of interacting people?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">BQ4: Variability in language processing and in language learning: Why does the ability to learn language change with age? How can we characterise and map individual
language skills in relation to the population distribution? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">BQ5: How are other cognitive systems shaped by the presence of a language system in humans?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Successful candidates will be appointed at one of the consortium’s home institutions, depending on the position applied for.
All successful candidates will become members of our Big Question teams. The research is conducted in an international setting at all participating institutions. English is the lingua franca.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">What we expect from you<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Each position has its own requirements and profile.
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More information on: www.languageininteraction.nl/jobs/BQthird.html <br>
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General requirements for all positions are: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">a degree in one of the fields indicated for the positions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">you will be appointed at one of the consortium's home institutions, depending on the position applied for;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the institutes involved have regulations in place that enable their staff to create a good work-life balance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Other Information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">All institutes involved are equal opportunity employers, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community,
and as such encourage applications from women and minorities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Would you like to know more?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Further information on:
</span><a href="https://www.languageininteraction.nl/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the Language in Interaction Consortium</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">
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Further information on </span><a href="http://www.languageininteraction.nl/jobs/BQthird.html"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the different positions</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">,
including terms of employment and contacts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Additional information can be obtained from the contacts for the different positions.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Are you interested?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">You should upload your application (attn. of Prof. dr. P. Hagoort) using this link<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="http://www.ru.nl/english/working-at/jobopportunities/details/apply/?tk=uk&recid=598098"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">http://www.ru.nl/english/working-at/jobopportunities/details/apply/?tk=uk&recid=598098</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Your application should include (and be limited to) the following attachments:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">For more information on your application: +31 24 3611173.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Big Question 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scientific summary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The big question this project addresses is how to use computational modelling to link levels of description, from neurons to cognition and behaviour, in understanding the language
system. We focus on the mental lexicon and aim to characterise its structure in a way that is precise and meaningful in neurobiological and psycholinguistic terms. Our overarching goal is to devise causal/explanatory models of the mental lexicon that can explain
neural and behavioural data. This will significantly deepen our understanding of the mental lexicon, lexical access, and lexical acquisition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Postdoc Position - BQ1-1<br>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Content Description</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
The key question addressed in this project is how to learn word vector representations that encode the combinatorial properties of words required to account for complex linguistic phenomena. Current distributional semantics models typically ignore the hierarchical
structure of the sentences in which they occur. They yield word representations that capture semantic similarity among concrete nouns and verbs very well, but have less to say about more abstract semantic and syntactic properties. In contrast, in all major
frameworks in theoretical linguistics, the lexicon contains rich information about each word: not only about its (referential) semantics, but also about its morphosyntactic category and other combinatorial properties. In this project we study, in machine-learned
vector-space models, the concrete linguistic phenomena that have motivated the properties of existing linguistic formalisms (such as CCG, TAG, HPSG, CxG, Simpler Syntax, GB, and MG). The project will first identify among those linguistic phenomena the ones
most useful for evaluating the vector-space models. We will then work on techniques to investigate how these existing neural models deal with the phenomena in question, and, importantly, how to quantify the performance of these models on these phenomena.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You should have a PhD degree (or equivalent) in (computational) linguistics, or another relevant field of study. A strong background in syntax, formal semantics and/or parsing
is required: you should be familiar with various formalisms for lexical and compositional semantics and syntax, and with a range of linguistic phenomena that motivate these formalisms. Knowledge of methods in distributional semantics and machine learning for
Natural Language Processing is desirable, as is previous experience with vector space models of semantic compositionality. An active interest in the cognitive science and neuroscience of language is essential.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preference will be given to candidates whose profile stands out in comparison with international peers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Embedding and Terms of employment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You will be based at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Employment: 1.0 FTE;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">a maximum gross monthly salary of €4,757 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">you will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated.
If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 30 months.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities is applicable to this position;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">you will be classified as a Researcher, Level 3 in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO);</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the institute involved has regulations in place that enable its staff to create a good work-life balance.<br>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact: Dr. Willem Zuidema (zuidema@uva.nl) and Raquel Fernández (raquel.fernandez@uva.nl)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Big Question 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scientific summary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We aim to characterise variation in language processing and learning skills and to determine how these variations relate to those in the underlying biology of individual participants.
The project has two strands: Strand A focuses on language processing skills in young adults, and Strand B on language learning skills in children and adults.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Strand A will develop a comprehensive battery of language tasks targeting sound, meaning, and grammatical processing of words and longer utterances during speaking and listening.
In addition, tasks will be selected or developed assessing general cognitive skills that are likely to affect performance in language tasks. Strand B uses variability in learning ability to investigate why second-language acquisition can become harder in adulthood.
It will consist of two sub-projects, one on grammar learning and one on word learning. In each sub-project, a large number of child, adolescent and adult Dutch participants (aged 8-30 years) will be tested using behavioural and neuroimaging techniques. The
main research questions are: (a) Why do some individuals find it easier to learn language? and (b) Which aspects of language learning change with age, and why?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Two four-year full-time positions are currently open in Strand B. The preferred starting date for both positions is November 1<sup>st</sup> 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Content Description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You will have two primary responsibilities. The first is to coordinate and manage Strand B as a whole (e.g. interfacing between research assistants and senior researchers, planning
experiment preparation, data collection and data analysis, and coordinating joint work with Strand A). The second responsibility is to develop, conduct and manage the sub-project within Strand B on grammar learning. The behavioural tasks in this sub-project
will include a battery of cognitive tests, the battery of language tasks generated by Strand A, measures of English proficiency, and, critically, a training task on a new aspect of grammar. Neuroimaging will include functional MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging
(DTI). The goal is to characterise variability in grammar learning abilities by linking performance on the training task to the other behavioural data and to the functional and structural neural measures. This postdoctoral position will enable you to advance
your scientific career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have a PhD degree (or equivalent) in the cognitive neuroscience of language learning or of human memory, or in a closely-related field of study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">be familiar, ideally, with running MRI experiments and with analysing MRI data (including DTI data), with carrying out psycholinguistic and/or learning experiments,
with research on individual differences, and with testing children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have excellent organisational and communication skills and programming abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have demonstrable interest in language acquisition and the cognitive neuroscience of language.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">be a proficient speaker of Dutch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications from excellent candidates with a less than ideal profile will also be considered. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Embedding and Terms of employment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You will be based at the Donders Institute - Centre for Cognition, Faculty of Social Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">a maximum gross monthly salary of €4,757 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">you will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the
contract will be extended by 30 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities is applicable to this position;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">you will be classified as a Researcher, Level 3 in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO);</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the institute involved has regulations in place that enable its staff to create a good work-life balance.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Further information about position BQ4-1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact: Prof. James McQueen (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext">j.mcqueen@donders.ru.nl</span></span>), Dr. Kristin Lemhöfer (k.lemhofer@donders
.ru.nl) or Dr. Gabriele Janzen (gabriele.janzen@donders.ru.nl).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Research Assistant Position – BQ4-2<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Content Description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You will support the postdoc and other staff with the research of Strand B of Big Question 4. Tasks will include (a) the preparation of materials for experiments, (b) the recruitment
of a large sample of child, adolescent and adult participants, (c) the collection of behavioural and MRI data from those participants, (c) the archiving of those data, and, possibly, (d) some aspects of data analysis. You will work in the team of researchers
engaged in Strand B and, more broadly, coordinate with those working on Strand A. You will work not only on the grammar-learning sub-project (see advertised postdoc position BQ4-1) but also on the other sub-project of Strand B, which is on word learning. You
will take part in a novel and exciting project designed to address why there are individual differences in language learning ability. This position will enable you to advance your career in science (e.g. it will be excellent preparation for a PhD).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You should<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have completed, with good grades, a Bachelor’s or (Research) Master’s degree in psychology, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, or a closely-related field of study.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">be familiar, ideally, with running experiments with human subjects (MRI experiments and/or behavioural experiments in psycholinguistics and/or human memory and/or
individual differences).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have experience with testing large numbers of participants. Experience with testing children would be especially welcome.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have excellent organizational and communicative skills and programming abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">have demonstrable interest in language acquisition and the cognitive neuroscience of language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">be a proficient speaker of Dutch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It would be preferred if you had experience with analysis of large datasets on behavioural and/or neuroimaging measures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications from excellent candidates with a less than ideal profile will also be considered. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Embedding and Terms of employment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You will be based at the Donders Institute, RadboudUMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch University Medical Centres is applicable to this position;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">the institute involved has regulations in place that enable its staff to create a good work-life balance.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Further information about position BQ4-2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact: Prof. James McQueen (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext">j.mcqueen@donders.ru.nl</span></span>), Dr. Kristin Lemhöfer (k.lemhofer@donders
.ru.nl) or Dr. Gabriele Janzen (gabriele.janzen@donders.ru.nl).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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