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Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University announces an open competition for the position: Researcher

 

Workplace: Department of English and American Studies
EU Researcher Profile: R2
Amount of Working Hours: full-time – 40 hours per week
Number of Open Positions:  1
Expected Start: 01. 01. 2026
Type of Employment Contract: ​​fixed term​, employement contract for 3 years
Application Deadline:  07. 09. 2025

 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a postdoc to join the Department of English and American Studies with focus on linguistics and L2/Ln acquisition.

 

MAIN JOB CONTENT

  • Independent performance of specialised research and development work.
  • Work within a research team/group.
  • Optimisation of procedures and methods of investigation.
  • Active publication activity (peer-reviewed journals) and presentation of research results.
  • Actively seeking opportunities for research funding and submitting grant applications..
  • Supporting students in their scientific training, especially in the form of professional supervision.
  • The content of the research activity involves independent and collaborative research within the field of L2/Ln acquisition and learning
  • Contribution to sub-group “Input and Frequency Effects in L2 Acquisition” within research consortium “A lifetime with language: the nature and ontogeny of linguistic communication” (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008726, co-funded by the European Union)
  • Development of independent research topic relevant to the sub-group. Themes might include:
    • the acquisition of productivity of morphological rules;
    • the interaction of linguistic universals and statistical properties of the input in L2/Ln acquisition;
    • linguistic transfer and effects of input cues on grammar restructuring in L2/Ln acquisition;
    • the acquisition of grammatical variation by multilinguals.

Other

Participation in ensuring operational and administrative activities related to the position according to the instructions of the department head and administrative team.

 

WE REQUEST

Professional education, qualifications and experience

  • Ph.D. – Doctoral Degree Programme in Linguistics or Language Acquisition – a condition.
  • Research focus on L2 or multilingual acquisition of grammar – a condition.
  • Experience in the field is not required.

Language skills 

  • Knowledge of English language at C1 level.

Requirements related to job content

  • A researcher who has obtained their Ph.D. (or equivalent, ISCED level 8) no more than 7 years ago (from the date of dissertation defence). This period may be extended for maternity and parental leave, long-term illness (more than 90 days), care for a family member (more than 90 days), pre-attestation preparation, or military service.
  • At least one scholarly publication in the last 3 years listed in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science or Scopus database, and of the type “article,” “book,” “book chapter,” “letter,” or “review” (as of the date of selection). The applicant must be the main author of at least one publication (depending on field-specific standards, this may be the first author, corresponding author, reprint author, or the role may be specified in the article text).
  • Ability to conduct independent scientific research.
  • Ability to collaborate on complex scientific, research, and development tasks within a research team.
  • Ability to apply basic principles of project management.
  • Ability to clearly formulate research results.
  • Ability to present research results.
  • Diligence, responsibility, reliability, openness to change, team spirit, patience, consideration, empathy, and friendliness when working and dealing with people & self-reflection.
  • A solid linguistic-theoretical background and a willingness to work across theoretical divides in acquisition research (e.g. generative / usage-based).
  • Methodological experience and expertise as appropriate for proposed research topic (experimental / language processing / corpus / statistical).

The advantage is

  • Experience in research outside the Czech Republic with at least a 0.5 FTE, or Ph.D. studies abroad is an advantage. Czech citizens are not excluded.

 

WE OFFER

Working environment

  • Stable working environment in a prestigious institution.
  • Employment in a prestigious institution awarded by the HR Excellence in Research.
  • The opportunity to work in an international, interdisciplinary team of experts from the fields of linguistics, psycholinguistics and speech and language pathology.
  • Friendly and inspiring working environment.
  • Convenient location of the faculty in the city centre.
  • Work-life balance

Employee benefits

6 weeks of paid vacation per year, flexible working hours with the possibility to work partly from home for better work life balance, meal allowance in the salary or for meals in canteens, pension insurance contribution or nursery school/ playgroup allowance, selected vaccinations free of charge, favourable mobile tariffs Vodafone, Multisport card, sports lessons organized by the Faculty of Sports Studies, the nursery school Elánek for children of employees near the faculty.

Training and development

Opportunities for training and personal development, e.g., language and other courses provided by MU, use of MU libraries, use of placements and mobilities abroad, participation in conferences, etc.

 

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your application via the electronic application link: https://www.phil.muni.cz/en/careers/available-positions/79632  by 07. 09. 2025  and please attach all required documents.

The following documents are required as a part of your application:

  • cover letter specifying the area of research interest
  • structured CV with an overview of previous experience
  • copies of proof of education
  • overview of scientific and publishing activities
  • 2 references

In accordance with the Act on Higher Education (Act No. 111/1998 Coll. – only in Czech) the CV includes a list of current employers.

Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation of acceptance to your e-mail address. After the e-application deadline, you will receive information about the next steps.

If you are unsure, please contact the FF MU Personnel Office: Mgr. Lída Oplatková, e-mail: oplatkova@phil.muni.cz
SELECTION PROCESS

Selection criteria:

  • submitting of all required documents in the e-application
  • compliance of the candidate’s profile with the requirements for the job as stated above

Suitable candidates will be invited to a personal interview, which may also take the form of a videoconference. Selection procedures rules at the Faculty of Arts of MU can be found on our careers page.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!

 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY, THE FACULTY AND THE DEPARTMENT

Masaryk University is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, with 10 faculties and a number of other specialized units, more than 6,000 employees and 32,000 students. We are a university with a wide range of research areas in the humanities and natural sciences and a strong international position. Our mission is to provide education and research of the highest quality.

 

The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University is one of the four founding faculties of Masaryk University and since its foundation in 1919 it has been not only an important centre of humanities and social science education, science, research, and development, but also an institution that actively participates in shaping the cultural life of the city and the region.

Traditionally, it has been profiled as a research-oriented faculty generating approximately one fifth of MU’s research volume. The faculty has more than 600 employees and by the student population of over 6,000 is the largest faculty at the university.

Since 2021, the faculty has been the proud holder of the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission. You can find out more information about the faculty on the website  or on Facebook.

For information on HR work set according to European standards, visit the HR Award faculty website.

 

Department

Information about the Department of English and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts of MU
can be found HERE.

Contact person at the department for questions about the position:

First name and surname: Thomas Rankin, Dr. phil.

E-mail: tom.rankin@phil.muni.cz

Telephone: +420 549 49 6727

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