Postdoctoral Researcher

Grade UE07: £41,064- £ 48,822 per annum

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed Term: 64 months

The Opportunity:

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 1 st of March 2026.

The successful candidate will work alongside Dr Bert Remijsen and other team members as part of an ERC funded grant "The evolution of suprasegmental morphology in West Nilotic" (Nilomorph). The postdoc will be responsible for conducting descriptive research on the Burun languages within the wider West Nilotic group, resulting in analyses of the sound system and morphosyntax of the target languages. The position involves collaborative research and regular (annual) fieldwork in East Africa throughout the duration of the role.

As a School we acknowledge that people's career paths are rarely linear and welcome applicants to expand on their professional and personal journeys where appropriate.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Appropriate degree in Linguistics, with relevant post-graduate research and/or teaching experience. Normally a PhD (pending or assumed complete may be considered).
• Extensive expertise in qualitative analysis of the sound system of an understudied language based on data collected first-hand.
• Extensive expertise in qualitative analysis of the morphosyntax of an understudied language based on data collected first-hand.
  Experience with the study of suprasegmental phenomena.

Full job description can be found here.

Application information:

We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made). We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role.

More information on how to submit your application can be found here .

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Bert Remijsen ).

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of £41,064- £ 48,822 (pro rata for part time) . Annual increments through the scale will occur with each year's continuous service.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

Key dates to note:

The closing date for applications is 17th December

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Interviews are expected to be held in January 2026; we aim to give successful candidates 2 weeks' notice ahead of interviews.