Postdoctoral research fellowship in the computational analysis of gesture-vocalization interactions (ref 289576)

Organisation/Company

University of Oslo

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions

Postdoc Positions

Country

Norway

Application Deadline

28 Feb 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Oslo)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37.5

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

The project, SongGesture, aims to significantly advance knowledge on how expert vocalists use gesture in support of their performance goals. Building on recent research showing an effect of gesture on co-occurring vocalization, SongGesture will advance the theorization of gesture-vocalization relations in musical contexts by considering also the physical interactions between gesture and vocal production movements (e.g., breathing and articulation). The project looks at co-singing gesturing practices in three different vocal performance traditions: beatboxing, European art song, and karnatak vocal music from South India. The candidate is not expected to have previous experience with these musical traditions, as this is covered by other project personnel. 

The successful candidate for this position is expected to investigate physical interactions between co-singing body movements (gestures) and vocalization. This will involve exploring how vocalists’ gestures affect their own vocal performance (both sound produced and vocal production movements), as well as how vocalists physically adjust to achieve their performance goals when their gesturing or vocalization is manipulated. Tasks will include contributing to project theory and methods development on multimodal communication in song performance; using experimental methods that involve the manipulation of performers’ gestures and/or vocalizations to examine interactions between the two; making either motion capture or multi-camera video recordings (for pose tracking) of human movement; preparing human movement data for analysis; audio feature extraction; the computational analysis of human movement, biomechanics and vocalization; and co-writing articles.

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/289576/postdoctoral-research-fellowship-in-the-computational-analysis-of-gesture-vocalization-interactions

Website

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/289576/postdoctoral-research-fel…

Research Field

Other

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion

Country

Norway

Geofield

City

Oslo

Website

https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/

Street

PO box 1072 Blindern

Postal Code

NO-0316

E-Mail

lara.pearson@imv.uio.no
piason@uio.no

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