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PhD in Multisensory Prosody in Portuguese Sign Language at Universitat Pompeu Fabra Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain

Degree Level

PhD

Field of study

Computer Science

Funding

Fully funded four-year doctoral position funded by the ERC Advanced Grant PROSODY-SENSES. Includes a competitive salary on Spanish doctoral funding scales, full tuition coverage for the doctoral degree at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the University of Lisbon, full social security coverage and employment benefits, and financial support for research-related travel and conferences.

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Nov 26, 2026

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Spain

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Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Keywords

Computer Science
Psychology
Cognitive Science
Neuropsychology
Motion Capture
Multimodal Communication
Linguistics

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Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Department of Translation and Language Sciences) is recruiting a fully funded PhD candidate for the ERC Advanced Grant PROSODY-SENSES: Prosody across senses. The position is titled PhD Position 6: Multisensory Prosody in Portuguese Sign Language and is based in Barcelona, Spain, with a cotutelle arrangement between Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the University of Lisbon.

The project sits at the intersection of linguistics, experimental phonetics, cognitive science, and multimodal communication. The successful candidate will investigate how prosodic functions such as prominence and grouping are realized in Portuguese Sign Language (Língua Gestual Portuguesa, LGP) across speech, facial expressions, head and body movements, and manual/non-manual articulations. The work combines controlled production experiments, multimodal corpora, kinematic analysis, and three-dimensional motion capture to model modality-neutral principles of prosodic organization.

The PhD is article-based and expected to result in three to four publishable papers. The candidate will work closely with the ERC postdoctoral researcher on multimodal motion-capture modelling and will be jointly supervised by Prof. Sónia Frota, Dr. Marisa Cruz (University of Lisbon), and Prof. Pilar Prieto (ICREA–Universitat Pompeu Fabra).

Eligibility highlights: a completed or near-complete Master’s degree in Linguistics, Experimental Phonetics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field; strong interest in multisensory prosody and experimental research; quantitative data analysis experience; scientific writing experience; excellent English; and knowledge of Portuguese Sign Language or another sign language is an advantage. Experience with motion capture, ELAN, R, Python, or audiovisual annotation is also beneficial.

Funding: fully funded four-year doctoral position with a competitive salary, full tuition coverage, social security, employment benefits, and travel/conference support.

Deadline: 26 November 2026, 23:59 (Europe/Madrid). Apply via Interfolio and include the requested documents: cover letter, CV, transcripts, MSc certificate, writing sample, referee contacts, and ID/passport copy.

Funding details

Fully funded four-year doctoral position funded by the ERC Advanced Grant PROSODY-SENSES. Includes a competitive salary on Spanish doctoral funding scales, full tuition coverage for the doctoral degree at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the University of Lisbon, full social security coverage and employment benefits, and financial support for research-related travel and conferences.

What's required

Applicants should hold or be close to completing a Master's degree in Linguistics, Experimental Phonetics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related discipline. Strong interest in multisensory prosody, multimodal communication, language production, or experimental phonetics is required, along with experience in experimental research and quantitative data analysis. Previous experience writing scientific articles or conference papers is expected. Knowledge of Portuguese Sign Language or another sign language is desirable. Excellent written and spoken English is required; Catalan is not required at entry, but the candidate is expected to begin learning Catalan and Portuguese. Experience with motion capture, audiovisual annotation, ELAN, R, or Python is an advantage.

How to apply

Apply through the Interfolio portal using the provided application link. Submit a cover letter, CV, academic transcripts, MSc degree or expected completion certificate, one writing sample, contact details of two academic referees, and a copy of passport or national ID. Review the eligibility criteria and selection weights before applying.

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