E-mail from Martin Schweinberger, U of Queensland, Australia:
Dear colleagues,
My name is Martin Schweinberger (see martinschweinberger.de or my UQ profile for details). I am a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane), and I am currently looking for motivated PhD students with strong skills in R and experience in quantitative analysis. Please feel free to forward this call to colleagues or networks where potential candidates might be reached.
Research focus
I welcome candidates interested in developing quantitative research projects using English (corpus) data. While I am open to a broad range of proposals within my expertise, I am particularly interested in supervising projects on:
- Sociolinguistics / Language Variation and Change / World Englishes
- E.g., General extenders, terms of address and salutations, vulgarity
- Learner Language / Applied Linguistics / Corpus Phonetics / Learner Corpus Research
- E.g., Vowel production and voice onset times among L1 and L2 English speakers, Discourse particles and markers in learner and L2 English speech, Fluency and pausing in learner and L1 speech, Accent, intelligibility, and comprehension
- Text Analytics / Digital Humanities / Corpus Linguistics
- E.g., Speech recognition, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text, Evaluation of association and keyness measures
Candidate requirements
Potential candidates should:
- Meet the PhD entry requirements at UQ
- Have prior research experience (e.g., publications, co-authored papers, book chapters, or conference presentations)
- Submit a 2-page research proposal outlining their intended project to me at m.schweinberger@uq.edu.au
Application process
In Australia, PhD entry is tied to scholarship applications rather than standard job-style applications. Once I have confirmed my supervision of a project, candidates will need to prepare and submit their materials through the UQ system. Detailed information and scholarship opportunities can be found here
Scholarship application deadlines:
- RQ1 (Start January): 30 September
- RQ2 (Start April): 31 December
- RQ3 (Start July): 31 March
- RQ4 (Start October): 30 June
About UQ
The University of Queensland is consistently ranked among the world’s top 50 universities. It offers a vibrant international research culture, excellent resources, and an active PhD community. Brisbane is a dynamic, welcoming, and affordable city – an outstanding place to live and study.
If you know of any promising students who may be interested, I would be very grateful if you could share this information with them.
Best regards,
Martin Schweinberger
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
School of Languages and Cultures
The University of Queensland
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