The Département d’Etudes Cognitives at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris invites
applications for a postdoctoral fellowship to work with Brent Strickland and Sharon
Peperkamp in the field of “core cognition” (i.e. early emerging and potentially universal
conceptual representations, such as animacy) and its relationship to cross-linguistically
common grammatical structures (e.g. grammatical marking of animacy).
We are looking for a young researcher with a background in infant cognition, language
acquisition, experimental linguistics, and/or cognitive psychology. The successful
candidate will have prior experience with infant (or child) research, and be able to work
independently in a dynamic, interactive environment.
A completed PhD is a prerequisite. Excellent academic writing skills are essential, and
programming skills are strongly preferred. For projects involving infant studies,
Although scientific interactions in the department are in English, knowledge of
conversational French is a plus (though not absolutely essential) for the interactions with
infants’ parents.
The appointment is for one year or two years. Salary will be set according to the French
pay scale for postdoctoral researchers.
Applications should include:
(i) a CV;
(ii) a cover letter describing research interests;
(iii) examples of published journal articles;
(iv) the names and contact details of two referees;
Application materials should be sent electronically (pdf-format only) to
brent.strickland@ens.fr
and sharon.peperkamp@ens.fr. For fullest consideration, all materials should be
received by April, 1 2017; however, we will consider applications until the position is
filled. The successful candidate must start no later than January 1st 2018.
The Département d’Etudes Cognitives at the Ecole Normale Supérieure offers a vibrant
research environment in central Paris. For more information, visit
http://www.cognition.ens.fr/ and http://www.lscp.net/BabyWeb/
