Researcher at the Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies

Department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies  – Faculty of Arts
Deadline: 11 May 2025
Start date: 01. 07. 2025 / by agreement
Job type: full-time
Job field: Science and research

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

Researcher

Workplace: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
EU Researcher Profile: R2
Amount of Working Hours: full-time - 40 hours per week
Number of Open Positions: 1
Expected Start: 1 July 2025 or by agreement
Type of Employment Contract: 3 years​
Application Deadline: 11 May 2025

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking to fill a Researcher II position (roughly equivalent to a postdoc) in morphosyntax at the Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies. The successful candidate will work within a research project hosted at Masaryk University, Brno and investigated jointly with the Charles University in Prague and the Czech Academy of Sciences (PI Pavel Caha). The specific research area for this position is the morphosyntactic variation in Germanic. The goal of the project is to investigate models that relate such variation from the inventory of lexical items, Nanosyntax in particular. The mentor of the postdoc is Tarald Taraldsen.

MAIN JOB CONTENT

Framework

• Independent research on the topic of the project
• Work within a research team/group
• Publishing research results (ideally in Q1 journals)
• Writing and submitting grant applications
• The content of the research activity:
• microvariation in Germanic nominal and verbal morphosyntax
• Late insertion models (Nanosyntax, DM)

Other

• Carrying out administrative duties related to the position

WE REQUEST

Professional education, qualifications and experience

• The candidate must have a Ph.D. in linguistics or a related field. In the ideal case, the candidate will have a PhD in hand by the start date (July 1st) or shortly thereafter.
• It is necessary that within the last 5 years, the candidate held at least a 0.5 academic position outside Czechia for at least 2 years, or was a PhD student outside Czechia for the same period. Czech citizens are not excluded.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 3 publications (article, book, bookchapter, letter or review) in WoS/Scopus within the last 3 years. The postdoc is the main (first/corresponding) author of at least one of these publications. Alternative publication records will be considered.
• Prior work on the research topic and/or experience with research projects is an advantage.

Other knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of English at the C1 level.
• Knowledge other Germanic languages (in addition to English) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Czech is not required.

WE OFFER

Working environment

• employment in a prestigious institution awarded by the HR Excellence in Research
• the opportunity to work in an international, interdisciplinary team
• friendly and inspiring working environment
• convenient location of the faculty in the city centre
• a friendly approach to 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 by 11. 05. 2025 (please use the link in the Electronic Application section below) and please attach all required documents.

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

• cover letter
• CV with an overview of scientific and publishing activities
• copies of proof of education
• the names and e-mail addresses of 2 references (may be included in the CV or the cover letter)

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. Eva Brázdová Urbanová, e-mail: eva.urbanova@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 German, Scandinavian and Netherland 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: Pavel Caha

E-mail: pavel.caha@phil.muni.cz

Telephone: +420 549 49 8884