English & Sociolinguistics: PhD Student, Roskilde University

Institution/ Organization: Roskilde University
Department: CALPIU Research Centre
Web Address: http://calpiu. dk

Level: PhD

Duties: Research,Teaching

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics
Interactive Sociolinguistics, Ethnomethodology
Required Language(s): Danish (dan)
English (eng)

Description:

The Department of Culture and Identity at Roskilde University, Denmark, is
offering a Ph.D. scholarship granted under the auspices of the Centre for
Cultural and Linguistic Practices in the International University (CALPIU) by
the Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication.

The centre invites applicants to propose projects dealing with student-student
or student-administrat ion (e.g. supervision) communicative interaction within
international study programmes.

The successful applicant should have a background in
Ethnomethodology/ Conversation Analysis, Interactive Sociolinguistics or
Discourse Analysis, preferably in combination with studies in Anthropology,
Linguistics, Sociology or similar fields. The successful applicant should be
proficient in both Danish and English. It would be an advantage, but not a
requirement, to have some competence in one other language of relevance to
CALPIU, such as Polish or Mandarin.

The Ph.D. scholarship will be available from the 1st of August, 2009.

The scholarship will last for a period of three years. The successful applicant
will be asked to contribute 840 hours of work to the Department (teaching on one
of the Department's Master's programmes and disseminating research to a broad
audience etc.). Danish candidates should also expect, preferably, to carry out
research abroad for at least six months. The Department's research programme
cooperates with GradEast ("Forskerskole Øst"), and the Ph.D. candidate will be
expected to enrol in GradEast.

The salary and other terms of employment are based on the general agreement
between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional
Associations (AC). All qualified candidates are urged to apply regardless of
age, gender, religion or ethnic background.

The application must be in Danish or English and include a CV, documentation
(copies) of examinations passed, and a project description of a maximum of 5
pages. The description should include an outline of the problem area to be
studied, the research questions raised, the theoretical approach taken as well
as methodological considerations and a work and time plan. The project
description and other material should be forwarded in three copies.

For further information about the application, the Ph.D. programme and the
research activities, please contact: Prof Bent Preisler (see contact information
below), or Ph.D. secretary Marianne Sloth Hansen (msha@ruc.dk; telephone +45
4674-2518).

More information concerning CALPIU can be found at http://calpiu. dk

Please send the application, the project description and other material - in
three hard copies, and contained in an envelope marked "CALPIU PhD Scholarship"
- to the address provided below.

Deadline for applications is the 2nd of June, 2009, at 12.00 noon.Material
received after this time will not be taken into account.

Application Deadline: 02-Jun-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Ms Marianne Sloth Hansen
Roskilde University, Dept of Culture and Identity
Building 3.2.4, Universitetsvej 1, P.O. Box 260
Roskilde DK4000
Denmark

Contact Information:
Prof. Bent Preisler
preisler@ruc. dk
Phone:+45 4674 2374