Vacant position for PhD candidate in terminology and language resources
2009-10-01 20:10:44 GMT
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Vacant position for PhD candidate in terminology and language resources
The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) invites applications for a position as research scholar (PhD) in terminology and language resources at the Department of Professional and Intercultural Communication.
The 3-year position involves participation in the EU project CLARA – Common Language Resources and their Applications, which is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network receiving funding from the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme (cf. http://clara.uib.no/; http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/).
The specific position involves participation in the CLARA subproject Harmonisation of Terminological Resources, which is a cooperation between NHH, TILDE (LV), the University of Bergen (NO), and Unifob Aksis (NO), offering secondment at TEMIS (DE). The overall aim of the subproject is to develop language-independent methods and tools for constructing and consolidating multilingual termbases and ontologies, for corpus-based term extraction and for ontology-based domain recognition of text, as well as to investigate the degree of compatibility of different termbases.
The candidate will be given a supervisor at NHH and will be offered joint supervision by academic staff at partner institutions. The candidate should be prepared to develop, in cooperation with the main supervisor, a more elaborate project description and a personal career plan within 4 months of the project period.
The CLARA network offers an intensive research exchange programme between 16 participating institutions. While staying with the host institution for most of the time, the programme allows for a shorter stay at a second academic or industrial partner institution (secondment). As part of the PhD level activities, the successful candidate will be expected to partake actively in training activities organised by CLARA. This includes summer schools, seminars and courses organised locally and at other network institutions.
Applicants should hold a strong university degree (Masters/diploma or equivalent) which would entitle them to embark on a PhD project in a relevant discipline, and should be in the first four years of their research careers. Students who are completing their master’s degree during the current semester, with the intention of starting the doctoral position in the spring semester 2010, are also invited to apply. The qualifying education must be completed before enrolment in the PhD programme.
As the project is funded by an EU mobility scheme, there are also certain mobility requirements. Most importantly, the candidate must not be a national of Norway, the country of the host institution. Applicants must not have resided or performed their main activity in the host country more than 12 months in the 3 year period immediately prior to the start date. (For a full list of mobility criteria, see ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-mga-annex3intramulti_en.pdf.)
The salary of a PhD position is roughly EUR 45,500 per year. There are additional mobility (up to 800 euro/month) and travel allowances (yearly allowance). The income is taxable, and a 2 per cent deduction will be made as pension contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund. There is no tuition fee for the researcher training offered by CLARA at NHH. There is a budget to cover participation costs, such as attendance at CLARA events abroad.
Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applicants need to have a good working knowledge of English, as all CLARA training events will be in English. In addition, as the project is intended to involve work on various multilingual language resources including in-house terminology resources, good knowledge of a Scandinavian language is a major advantage.
The Department of Professional and Intercultural Communication at NHH carries out cutting-edge research within LSP, terminology, translation studies, text summarization etc., with an overall focus on the impact of cross-cultural and cross-lingual relations on human and socio-economic relations. It is considered a national stronghold in the fields of terminology, term base technology and language resources. The department also enjoys a long-standing and close cooperation in terminology and PhD training activities with the University of Bergen and Unifob AKSIS.
For further information about the available position and project, please contact Dr. Gisle Andersen, gisle.andersen <at> nhh.no. Enquiries regarding admission requirements, application procedures etc. may also be directed to the PhD admission office at NHH, phd <at> nhh.no. See also the department’s web page, http://www.nhh.no/Default.aspx?ID=104.
Applications should be submitted via the electronic application form at http://www.nhh.no/no/om-nhh/ledige-stillingar.aspx.
To be fully considered, please provide the following:
- A curriculum vitae including the following information:
- Name, place and date of birth, sex and address.
- Nationality (or nationalities) and record of residence (countries and periods of residence in those) for the past 3 years.
- List of academic degrees obtained. For each degree, give the title in the original language in English, the awarding institution and date. Clearly indicate which degree (or degrees) formally entitles you to embark on a doctorate, and which degree (or degrees) constitutes a doctorate, if applicable.
- Periods of parental leave during the past 4 years, if applicable.
- A list of topics covered in your studies (e.g. a list of courses), other relevant knowledge and activities in relevant research areas.
- Positions held and other relevant work experience.
- A list of publications.
- A sample of relevant written work (e.g. research paper or thesis, preferably in English).
- Copies of high school and university certificates and diplomas, and transcripts of courses taken.
- Two references and their contact information.
- A statement of research interests related to the current application.
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Att: Personalavdelingen
Helleveien 30
NO-5045 Bergen
NORWAY
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