Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning Cultures Dublin City University in Ireland

Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Linguistics at Dublin City University (24-month fixed-term contract). The project examines the steep decline in Anglophone language-learning by comparing language-learning cultures across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland . The successful candidate will work across four work packages, contributing to comparative policy analysis, mixed-methods data collection and analysis, partnership-building with schools and project stakeholders, and the preparati...

4-year funded PhD position at Michigan State University in Second Language Studies , with a research focus on language assessment . This opportunity is especially relevant for students interested in applied linguistics , second language acquisition, assessment design, and educational measurement in ESL contexts. The post highlights a specific eligibility profile: applicants should have a K-12 ESL license/endorsement and teaching experience . The position is a PhD opening rather than a postdoc or...

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics is advertising a Lecturer-PhD candidate position (1.0 FTE) in French language and culture , with a specific focus on French linguistics , the Francophone world , and language acquisition . This is a doctoral-level opening combined with a lecturer role, suitable for candidates interested in research and teaching in linguistics and French studies. The post is hosted by Leiden University in the Netherlands . Application deadline: 14 September 2026. How to ap...

PhD opportunity in Empirical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Münster in Germany . The Graduate School offers an interdisciplinary doctoral programme with a strong focus on linguistics and related areas, including general linguistics , second language acquisition , applied linguistics , German linguistics , English philology , Romance linguistics (French, Italian, Spanish), Dutch philology , Scandinavian studies , Slavic studies , and psycholinguistics . Doctoral researchers can purs...

The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Testing Center is recruiting a Researcher / postdoc-equivalent fixed-term contract employee to work on Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) question creation and related tasks in Tokyo, Japan. This opportunity is especially relevant for candidates in Japanese language education , Japanese linguistics , linguistics , and language proficiency measurement . The role focuses on developing test questions for the JLPT, one of the world’s largest Japanese lan...