[PLing] 14 Doktoratsstellen zu besetzen (Projekt MultiLAwa)

Eva Vetter eva.vetter at univie.ac.at
Mon Jun 1 11:29:57 CEST 2026


Liebe Kolleg*innen, dear collegues,

insbesondere jene, die sich für Language Awareness interessieren!


Im MSCA Netzwerk „Multilingual Language Awareness in the European 
Digital Society" (MultiLAwa) sind 14 Doktoratsstellen zu besetzen. Das 
Projekt wird von der Université de Lorraine (Hélène Vinckel-Roisin) 
koordiniert und bieten den Dissertant*innen ein internationales 
Forschungsumeld.

Bewerbungsschluss ist der 8. Juli, die Verträge laufen vom 1.11.2026 bis 
zum 31.10.2029.

Bitte gerne weiter verbreiten und bei Interesse natürlich bewerben!

Alle Infos für Kandidat*innen unter: 
https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions/

Infos zur Bewerbung: 
https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/general-information/#

Projektseite MultiLAwa: https://www.multilawa.eu/about/

Online Info-Veranstaltung am : Dienstag 16 Juni 2026, at 14:00

Ich freue mich über Interesse und Bewerbungen!

Liebe Grüße
Eva / Vetter

Kurzzusammenfasusng weiterer Infos: To be considered eligible, 
applicants must meet the following
conditions:

  	* Be in possession of a Master of Arts, Master of Translation,
Master of Education, or a Master of Science (MSc) or equivalent degree
in Linguistics or similar disciplines that provides the DC with
appropriate background for the MultiLAwa DN-project - with a high mark
in the Master programme.
	* Language skills: At least B2 level (or equivalent) in German and
English are expected. Knowledge of additional (foreign) languages is
an advantage, as described in the open PhD positions.
	* Meet the Mobility rule of the _Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions –
Doctoral Networks_.
	* Not be in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of
recruitment.


  Online Info-Session for all applicants: Tuesday 16 June 2026, at 2:00
pm (CEST).

  List of the 14 open PhD positions:
  1: Discourses on Language Awareness and Pluri-/Multilingualism in
Digital Society: A Meta-pragmatic Analysis
  Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Warsaw
(UW)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Ewa Żebrowska
  Planned Secondment: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS)

  2: Language Ideologies in Industry, Science and Politics
  Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of
Mannheim (UMA)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Florence Oloff
  Planned Secondment: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication
Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI)

  3: Multilingual digital practices and digital literacy: Designing and
using digital applications in the workplace and higher education
  Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Milan
(UNIMI)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Florence Oloff, Prof. Carolina Flinz
  Planned Secondments: Univerbal (UVB), University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

  4: Stereotyped language related to gender, race and ethnicity in
digital dictionaries and thesauri
Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of
Copenhagen (UCPH)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Ass. Prof.
Mirjam Schmuck
  Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities (BBAW), Ordbogen (ORBG)

  5: Multilingual gender fairness in AI-generated texts
  Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Université de
Lorraine (UL)
  Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck, Prof. Hélène
Vinckel-Roisin
  Planned Secondments: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication
Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI), Leibniz Institute for
the German Language (IDS)

  6: Language policy on the European level: Language Awareness and
digitality from a discourse analytical approach
  Joint Doctorate: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
(FAU) and University of Vienna (UNIVIE)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier, Prof. Eva Vetter
  Planned Secondment: Charles University (CU)

  7:  Language policies in France, Germany and Luxembourg: A
Multidimensional Comparative Analysis of Institutional Actors and
Critical Multilingual Language Awareness
  Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of
Mannheim (UMA)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Prof. Henning
Lobin
  Planned Secondments: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS),
Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS)

  8:  Promoting culture and identity-building in digital contexts:
Focus on indigenous regional and minority languages
  Joint Doctorate: University of Warsaw (UW) and Friedrich-Alexander
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ewa Žebrowska, Prof. Ludwig
Fesenmeier
  Planned Secondments: Ministère de la Culture (MC / DGLFLF), UNESCO

  9:  Conception of a specialised multilingual multimedia lexicographic
information system for tourism language
  Joint Doctorate: University of Innsbruck (UIBK) and University of
Milan (UNIMI)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Laura Giacomini, Prof. Carolina Flinz
  Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities (BBAW – Germany), Interhome Group (IHG)

  10:  Dataset and technical design of specialised multilingual
lexicographic information systems for circular economy
  Joint Doctorate: Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) and University of
Milan (UNIMI)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Rute Costa, Prof. Carolina Flinz
  Planned Secondment: Dudenverlag (DUD)

  11: Enhancing Language Awareness in Fintech: Terminology Translation
and Harmonisation towards Cross-Cultural Communication

  Joint Doctorate: University of Milan (UNIMI) and Nova University
Lisbon (NOVA)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Fabio Mollica, Prof. Rute Costa
  Planned Secondment: Swiss National Bank (SNB)

  12:  Students’ language learning motivation from a Critical
Language Awareness perspective
  Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of
Copenhagen (UCPH)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé, Ass. Prof.
Petra Daryai-Hansen
  Planned Secondments: UNESCO, Observatoire Européen du Plurilinguisme
(OEP)

  13: Migration languages in foreign language education in the era of
GenAI
  Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and University of
Mannheim (UMA)
  Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen, Prof.
Johannes Müller-Lancé
  Planned Secondment: Ernst Klett Verlag (EKV)

  14: Language Awareness and communicative ability through exposure:
data-driven approaches with corpora and GenAI
  Joint Doctorate: University of Vienna (UNIVIE) and Université de
Lorraine (UL)
  Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Eva Vetter, Prof. Alex Boulton
  Planned Secondment: Lexical Computing (LC)



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