Research Fellow in Corpus Linguistics

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to January 2025

Background

The Research Fellow will be employed on the AHRC/DFG-funded project “Reading concordances in the 21st century (RC21)”, a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Role Summary

• Work within the AHRC/DFG-funded project “Reading concordances in the 21st century (RC21)”
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar.

Main Duties

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Analyse and interpret data under the supervision of the principal investigators
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, conferences, research seminars etc
• Lead and co-lead work packages
• Take responsibility for specific dissemination tools, such as project blog, workshops
• Develop and maintain relevant project documentation
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from research, including the
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
• Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation, literature reviews, and research interviews
• Prepare presentations of research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at conferences and as posters
• Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines

Person Specification

• First degree in area of specialism (English language or linguistics) and normally a PhD in corpus linguistics (or near to completion), linguistics, computational linguistics or equivalent qualifications
• High level expertise in corpus linguistics
• Knowledge of German
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
• Ability to manage own time efficiently and effectively
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort, including collaboration across two institutions 

Informal enquires to Alexander White, email: a.white.2@bham.ac.uk

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