Postdoc: Corporate Discourse & Corpus Linguistics

ivm; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 3,622,000 - 4,338,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Training opportunities

Meal allowance

Medical officer on site

Employee discounts

Job summary

Vienna University of Economics and Business is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Institute for Language and Discourse in Business. The role is full-time for 2 years 9 months, starting as soon as possible, with potential for renewal.

The project focuses on discourses of corporate environmental wrongdoing. Responsibilities include conducting research, publishing outputs, and supporting funding applications in an international setting.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in English language and/or linguistics and/or business communication.
• Strong research profile aligned with the Institute's focus on discourse of corporate wrongdoing.
• Evidence of high-quality publications in relevant fields.
• Advanced theoretical and methodological competence in corpus linguistics, discourse studies, and pragmatics.
• Experience with corpus compilation and annotation; familiarity with R, Sketch Engine, Python.
• International experience is a plus and English proficiency is essential (German desired).

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on discourses of corporate wrongdoing, crisis communication, and sustainability communication.
• Publish research in high-quality outlets and contribute to project outputs.
• Support data collection and publishing activities within the team.
• Assist in applying for research funding.
• Support senior faculty in research, teaching, and administration.
• Build and maintain professional networks.

Skills

Research orientation

Strong theory & methods

Corpus linguistics

Discourse studies

Team collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree in English linguistics or business communication

Tools

R

Sketch Engine

Python

Corpus annotation tools

Job description

Vienna University of Economics and Business is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Institute for Language and Discourse in Business. The role is full-time for 2 years 9 months, starting as soon as possible, with potential for renewal.

The project focuses on discourses of corporate environmental wrongdoing. Responsibilities include conducting research, publishing outputs, and supporting funding applications in an international setting.