We are looking for highly motivated candidates to join a research group that synthesises theories and methods from cognitive neuroscience, neural network modelling, cognitive psychology, and linguistics in order to understand how the brain represents and creates compositionality during language production and comprehension. The goal of the project is to collect spoken language magnetoencephalography (MEG) data and to test the limits of contemporary neural network models (viz. deep learning) against explicitly symbolic and rhythmic neural networks in predicting the oscillatory and network dynamics there in.

• A doctoral degree in cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, computational cognitive neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, mathematical psychology, formal linguistics, or a related field.
• Affinity for quantitative analyses.
• Strong motivation.
• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Good team spirit and team work.

Fixed-term contract: You will be appointed for an initial period of 12 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, your contract will be extended by 2 years.

• Employment: 32 - 40 hours per week.
• A maximum gross monthly salary of € 4,978 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11).
• The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: You will be appointed for an initial period of 12 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, your contract will be extended by 2 years.
• The intended start date is 1 January 2020.
• You will be appointed at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University.
• Dutch Universities and the institute involved have regulations in place that enable their staff to create a good work-life balance.
• The institute involved is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and as such strongly encourages applications from underrepresented minorities.
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

Radboud University

We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 22,000 students and 5,000 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent and collaboration. You have a part to play!

Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

The Netherlands has an outstanding track record in the language sciences. Dr Andrea E. Martin’s PI group at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (DCCN) at Radboud University, the Language and Computation in Neural Systems Group (LaCNS), is sponsored by a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The DCCN brings together many of the excellent research groups in the Netherlands with a research programme on the foundations of cognition in the brain. LaCNS also has a close working relationship with the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. In addition to excellence in the domain of language and related relevant fields of cognition, our research group provides access to state-of-the-art research facilities and a research team with ample experience in the complex research methods that will be invoked to address the scientific questions at the highest level of methodological sophistication. These include methods from neuroimaging, computational modelling, behaviour, and formal approaches. The research is conducted in an international setting at all participating institutions. English is the lingua franca.