Research Assistant/Associate (f/m/d) - PhD Position

Weitere Informationen

The successful candidate will be employed under a regular employment contract.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term for 4 years.
This is a part-time position (75 % of the standard weekly hours for full-time employees).
75 % of the standard weekly hours for full-time employees.
The successful candidate has the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree in this position.
The salary is based on the German public service salary scale (TV-L).
The position corresponds to a pay grade of EG 13 TV-L.

Unser Profil

The Chair of Psychological Diagnostics and Intervention at the Institute of Psychology is led by Prof. Dr. Thomas Günther. Our mission is to accurately describe, classify, and predict human behavior and experiences, as well as to provide effective measurement tools. In psychological intervention, we focus on the treatment of mental disorders and support for psychological stress. We offer a young, dynamic team along with collaborations with strong national and international partners.

A position for a PhD candidate is available as part of a DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft)-funded project (4 years, 75%, TVL13). The project is part of the Research Unit “Bilingual Flexibility – The Psychology of Language Control”. Expected start date would be January 1, 2026, or soon after. The project title is “Bilingual Flexibility: Language control in the interplay of cross-linguistic transfer and language prediction in morphosyntactic processing for adults and children”. The goal of the project is to better understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying bilinguals’ ability to flexibly switch between using one language versus another.

Ihr Profil

• Very good academic degree (Master or equivalent) in psychology, speech and language therapy, cognitive sciences, psycholinguistics or a comparable field.
• Team spirit, reliability, independent working style, and excellent communication skills.
• A strong interest in language acquisition research and bilingualism.
• Very good English language skills.
• Knowledge of German and/or French is an advantage but not mandatory.

Ihre Aufgaben

You will be part of a team within an ongoing project that investigates processes of code-switching among bilingual children and adults. There will be close cooperation with other projects from the DFG Research unit "Bilingual Flexibility." Your activities include:

• Recruiting participants
• Conducting experiments
• Documenting results up to evaluation
• Publishing results (English-language scientific articles & conference contributions)
• Independent research as part of your dissertation

Teilzeit-Informationen

75 % of the standard weekly hours for full-time employees.

Über uns

RWTH is a certified family-friendly University. We support our employees in maintaining a good work-life balance with a wide range of health, advising, and prevention services, for example university sports. Employees who are covered by collective bargaining agreements and civil servants have access to an extensive range of further training courses and the opportunity to purchase a job ticket.
RWTH is an equal opportunities employer. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly from groups that are underrepresented at the University. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or age. RWTH is strongly committed to encouraging women in their careers. Female applicants are given preference if they are equally suitable, competent, and professionally qualified, unless a fellow candidate is favored for a specific reason.
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Besoldung / Entgelt

EG 13 TV-L