Postdoctoral Researcher

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 v.chondrogianni@ed.ac.uk.

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