Research Associate

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The Role
We are recruiting a Research Associate to work on an ongoing ESRC-funded project awarded to Laurence White and Julie Morris. The project will examine how, in spoken interactions, listeners make predictions about speech timing to facilitate both their comprehension and their coordination of turn-taking. See the ECLS website for more information about the team and the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, including our Speech and Language Sciences subject area.

You should have a PhD in a relevant discipline, will be responsible for the setting up and running of speech perception experiments in the laboratory and online, and the processing and statistical analysis of experimental data. You will also be actively involved in writing and dissemination of research outcomes, taking a leading role where appropriate, and in engagement beyond academic audiences via workshops and other activities. In the later part of the project, they will collaborate with another researcher to run and analyse perception studies with people with aphasia.

We are committed to building and maintaining a fair and inclusive working environment. We would be happy to discuss arrangements for flexible working, including a combination of working on campus and remotely, and flexibility around start and finish times, appropriate to the needs of the role.

Informal enquiries are welcome. Please contact Dr Laurence White (Laurence.White@newcastle.ac.uk) to discuss the role.

This is a fixed-term post with a potential start date of 1st July 2025 (sooner if possible) running until 30th June 2027.

Interviews to take place on Tuesday, 29th April.

To apply, please upload an up-to-date CV and letter of application outlining specific examples around how you meet the requirements set out in ‘The Person' section below.

Key Accountabilities

• Organising data collection, including setting up, implementation and analysis of speech perception studies run in the laboratory and online.
• Conducting research-related administration to ensure ethical research procedures and security of data management.
• Developing and maintaining knowledge of relevant research findings and experimental and analytical techniques.
• Collaboratively working to prepare research outcomes for submission to high-quality refereed journals and presentation at national and international conferences.
• Collaboratively working on the organisation of workshops for research planning and dissemination.
• Working flexibly at an appropriate stage with an additional researcher dedicated to the project.
• Undertaking appropriate training and career enhancement activities, including the development of skills relevant to wider academic responsibilities, e.g., undergraduate project supervision.

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