Post Doctorate Fellow - Hamilton, Canada - McMaster University

McMaster University

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Description

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT ARiEAL CORE RESEARCH PLATFORM:

Duration:
One year

Start date:
August 1, 2024

End Date:
July 30, 2025

Citizenship restrictions:
None

Stipend:
$45,000 annually, plus supplemental benefits.

Created in 2023, ARiEAL Core Research Platform is a new initiative for ARiEAL Research Centre.

It is an extensive commercialization program that will lead to several new training, research collaboration, and funding opportunities for ARiEAL, our researchers, and our trainees.

As a core research platform, we are able to provide a full-cycle research/knowledge for-a-fee translation service program - we take problems from "real world" settings (classrooms, industrial partners, communities, and clinical settings, to name a few), develop and implement a multi-methods research and experimental program to assess them, create and analyse the data in our lab, and from then on, communicate our findings to stakeholders, implement evidence-based solutions to their problems as well as measure their efficacy.

Working under the supervision of Dr.

Ivona Kučerová, director of ARiEAL Core Research Platform, this postdoctoral position is an exciting opportunity for recent PhDs in language sciences and related disciplines that are interested in a unique career-growth opportunity and want to further develop their, research, data analysis, technical, industrialization, and commercialization skills in the dynamic environment of ARiEAL Core Research Platform.

By collaborating with McMaster's industry liaison offices, MILO and FORGE, the postdoctoral fellow will gain the skills and acumen required to engage in market research and develop a business plan.

The postdoctoral fellow will also have the opportunity to network with industry and community partners, growing their own professional and academic network.

Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of language scientists, the postdoctoral fellow will also provide technical and data analysis support within a variety of laboratories, including eye-tracking, phonetics, and electroencephalograph labs, that are a part of ARiEAL Core Research Platform, and will have the opportunity to further develop new skills with the key concepts, methods, and approaches related to the main research foci at ARiEAL and its labs.

A PhD in cognitive science, linguistics (or other languagerelated disciplines) with some background and/or experience in business and/or marketing.
An excellent academic record for their career stage, including a beginning record of publications, conference presentations, and research agenda aligned with the position.
Extensive knowledge of the field of experimental and applied Cognitive Science of Languages.
Knowledge of and experience with at least one or two of the following: relevant data analysis and research methods, and/or research equipment such as, but not limited to, eyetrackers, ultrasounds, electroencephalographs, and electroglottographs.

- (An asset) Knowledge of marketing and/or business research methods, including market research, survey research, and mixed mode research.

Knowledge of research principles and practices for equity, diversity, and inclusion.
A 2page letter of interest, including relevant experience, knowledge, and skills

- _Curriculum Vitae_

Proof of completion of PhD (awarded within 5 years prior to the proposed start date) or proof of upcoming thesis defence
One example of recent scholarly writing (e.g., thesis chapter or publication)
Names and contact information for three references

ARiEAL is housed within the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University.

ARiEAL is a research centre that brings together a community of researchers ranging from undergraduate trainees to established scholars and enables the researchers to excel in their problem-driven language science research in fundamental, experimental, and applied linguistics.

For more information on our researchers, research labs, and research areas, please visit our website.

How To Apply

A 2page letter of interest, including relevant experience, knowledge, and skills

- _Curriculum Vitae_

Proof of completion of PhD (awarded within 5 years prior to the proposed start date) or proof of upcoming thesis defence
One example of recent scholarly writing (e.g., thesis chapter or publication)
Names and contact information for three references

Employment Equity Statement

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the "Dish With One Spoon" wampum agreement.

The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence.

In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity.

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