A PhD fellowship on gender bias and stance detection is available in CopeNLU. The position is funded by a basic research project on the same topic funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF). The fellowship offers the applicant employment as a PhD fellow for a period of three years. The successful candidate will be advised by Isabelle Augenstein and co-advised by Ryan Cotterell (ETH Zurich). Funding for bilateral visits is available. The call is open until 1 December 2019 for a start in Spring 2020.
Candidates are expected to hold a Master’s degree in computer science or a related relevant area or be near completion for one. There are no restrictions on citizenship, and a language certificate is not required at application time. Candidates from traditionally underrepresented minorities in natural language processing are particularly encouraged to apply.
Read more about reasons to join us in our recent blog post. Before applying, you are welcome to get in touch to informally if you have questions about the call. When you’re ready, you can apply here.
If you are interested in joining CopeNLU as a PhD student, but would prefer to research a different topic, please keep an eye on the TALENT PhD fellowship website, which offers successful candidates the opportunity to propose any research topic. The next call for this is expected to be published on 2 January 2020 for a start in Summer 2020. Note that even though TALENT is a very competitive program, CopeNLU’s Pepa Atanasova and Dustin Wright hold such fellowships, so we are in a good position to advise on application procedures.