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Tuomo Hiippala
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Language Technology or Digital Humanities University of Helsinki in Finland
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant; includes generous funding for conference travel and networking. Starting salary is 4005 to 4140 euro per month depending on experience and qualifications.
Deadline
Nov 20, 2026
Country
Finland
University
University of Helsinki
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About this position
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Helsinki is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Multimodality Research Group in the Department of Languages. The position is part of an ERC-funded project led by Professor Tuomo Hiippala and focuses on developing novel methods and corpora for studying multimodality: how people communicate through combinations of multiple expressive modes.
The project studies everyday cultural artefacts such as school textbooks, news broadcasts, diagrams and instruction manuals. The successful candidate will contribute to building large multimodal corpora covering page-based and audiovisual media, with multiple layers of cross-referenced annotations. The work combines language technology and digital humanities with computational approaches, including computer vision, large language models and other methods for annotating and analysing research data.
A central part of the role is to refine and evaluate annotations through human-in-the-loop approaches and to help produce lead- and co-authored publications. The research environment is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together scholars with backgrounds in the humanities, computer science and engineering within a vibrant faculty setting at the University of Helsinki.
The project offers access to state-of-the-art computing resources through the CSC – IT Center for Science, and the appointee will join a research community with a strong international profile.
Funding details
Funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant; includes generous funding for conference travel and networking. Starting salary is 4005 to 4140 euro per month depending on experience and qualifications.
What's required
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in language technology, digital humanities or a related field. Previous experience applying computational methods to large volumes of multimodal data is essential, along with solid programming skills and experience working with libraries for machine learning models. Experience building annotated datasets or corpora and managing large volumes of data and high-performance computing is considered an advantage. Applicants must be able to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team, and must have an excellent command of written and spoken English. The appointee is expected to reside in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area while employed.
How to apply
Submit the application and required documents through the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the “Apply now” link. If you are currently employed by the University of Helsinki, apply via the SAP Fiori portal at https://msap.sap.helsinki.fi. Include the motivation statement, CV with two references, and publication list in English.
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Research Interests
Human Geography
Media Studies
Multimodal Analysis
Digital Humanities
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