PhD Position / Research Associate on Applied Computational Linguistics, University of Augsburg, Germany

[Christian Chiarcos]

Dear all,

the Applied Computational Linguistics (ACoLi) lab at the University of Augsburg, Germany, is offering a faculty position (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter TV-L E13, part-time) for an initial period of 3 years to a candidate with keen interest in both linguistic and technological aspects of Computational Linguistics or Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will contribute to research and teaching activities within the group and in the wider context of the University of Augsburg. They are encouraged to participate in grant proposals, research collaborations and scientific networks of the group, and to develop their independent academic profile in this process.

We welcome candidates with research interests in one or more of the following areas:

- natural language understanding
- graph technologies and web standards in NLP (e.g., in the context of Linguistic Linked Open Data)
- computational discourse
- NLP for low-resource or historical languages

Please apply before Dec 15, 2025, with a letter of motivation and the usual documents via email to sekretariat.com...@philhist.uni-augsburg.de. For details, please consult the full English description under https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/philhist/professuren/Applied-Computational-Linguistics/job-offers/. For further questions, please feel free to contact christian...@uni-a.de.

The position is hosted at the chair for Applied Computational Linguistics (ACoLi) at the University of Augsburg, Germany, Munich Metropolitan region. The ACoLi Lab focuses on the intersection of NLP and knowledge graph technology, and applications of these technologies in the Digital Humanities, and the candidate is expected to pursue a PhD thesis in these areas. Please note that this is an on-site position that includes the duty to teach 2.5 hours per week in local programmes on Computational Linguistics, NLP and/or Digital Humanities.

Please feel free to forward this call for applications to interested candidates.

Best regards, and apologies for cross-posting,
Christian Chiarcos
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Prof. Dr. Christian Chiarcos
Chair for Applied Computational Linguistics (ACoLi)
University of Augsburg, Germany