Postdoc in Corpus Linguistics & Corporate Discourse

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien; Wien; Sur place; EUR 51 000 - 61 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working hours

Training opportunities

Wide range of benefits

Meaningful work

Modern campus in Vienna

Excellent public transport access

Résumé du poste

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral researcher position at the Institute for Language and Discourse in Business. You will join a project funded by FWF and work on discourses of corporate environmental wrongdoing, collaborating with a team in Vienna.

The role emphasizes publishing in corpus pragmatics and corpus linguistics, data collection, and funding applications.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in English language and/or linguistics and/or business communication.
• Strong research orientation aligned with the Institute for Language and Discourse in Business.
• Promising portfolio of high-quality publications.
• Theoretical and methodological competence in corpus linguistics, discourse studies and pragmatics; experience with corpus compilation and annotation.
• Potential for acquiring research funding.
• International experience in an anglophone environment is a plus.
• Expert command of English; willingness to develop German knowledge.
• Social skills and ability to work with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in website administration and social media communication.

Responsabilités

• Research on discourses of corporate wrongdoing, crisis communication, and corporate sustainability communication.
• Publish research in high-quality outlets, especially in corpus‑assisted discourse studies and corpus pragmatics.
• Collaborate within the team, engage in data collection, and support publishing activities.
• Assist in applying for research funding.
• Support senior faculty in their research, teaching, and administration.
• Networking to create professional connections.

Connaissances

Doctoral degree

Research profile

Research output

Advanced skills

Research funding

International experience

Language skills

Social skills

Organizational skills

Formation

Doctoral degree in English language and/or linguistics

Outils

R

Sketch Engine

Python

Description du poste

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral researcher position at the Institute for Language and Discourse in Business. You will join a project funded by FWF and work on discourses of corporate environmental wrongdoing, collaborating with a team in Vienna.

The role emphasizes publishing in corpus pragmatics and corpus linguistics, data collection, and funding applications.