Dear colleagues This may interest you, your students or others around you – please feel free to circulate. Corpus linguistics feature in several of the PhD topics; I'm involved in DC14 in particular for DDL and GenAI for language learning. Best wishes alex
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for 14 fully-funded doctoral contracts in the context of the European Horizon program "Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society" (MultiLAwa) – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA).
MultiLAwa is coordinated by the Université de Lorraine (France), including the co-supervision of four of the contracts. The topics relate to language awareness with a broad coverage, including computer-assisted language learning, corpus linguistics, multi/plurilingualism, language identity and bias, etc. Please note that English and German are both required to at least B2 level for all contracts, with additional languages preferred.
Deadline: 8th July 2026
Open online information session : 16 June 2026, 2pm (France)
Successful candidates will spend part of their time in the two partner universities involved, as well as a period on secondment with an associated partner.
Further information on the project and how to apply can be found at [ https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions | https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions ] Especially:
[ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/general-information/ | General information ]
[ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/application-process/ | Application process ]
[ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/selection-and-evaluation-p... | Selection and evaluation process ]
[ https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions/ | Open PhD positions ]
Additional information:
Contract and salary. Recruitment will be for a single 36-month contract. Gross monthly salary is €4010 (apply country-based coefficient) plus a monthly mobility allowance (€710) and, where relevant, family allowance (€660).
Detailed information is provided here on p118: [ https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horiz... | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horiz... ]
Eligibility. Applicants must:
* not already hold at doctorate at the time of recruitment * have good marks in a graduate degree such as as Master of Arts, Master of Translation, Master of Education, Master of Science or equivalent in a relevant field and providing an appropriate and sufficient background training for the programme * respect the mobility requirements of the MSCA doctoral networks programme * have a level equivalent to at least B2 in English and German; knowledge other languages is preferred, especially where the partner university is in another country
Thesis topics:
1: Discourses on Language Awareness and Pluri-/Multilingualism in Digital Society: A Meta-pragmatic Analysis
Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Warsaw (UW)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Ewa Żebrowska
Secondment: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS)
2: Language Ideologies in Industry, Science and Politics
Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Mannheim (UMA)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Florence Oloff
Planned Secondment: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI)
3: Multilingual digital practices and digital literacy: Designing and using digital applications in the workplace and higher education
Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Milan (UNIMI)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Florence Oloff, Prof. Carolina Flinz
Planned Secondments: Univerbal (UVB), University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
4 : Stereotyped language related to gender, race and ethnicity in digital dictionaries and thesauri
Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck
Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), Ordbogen (ORBG)
5: Multilingual gender fairness in AI-generated texts
Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Université de Lorraine (UL)
Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck, Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin
Planned Secondments: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI), Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS)
6: Language policy on the European level: Language Awareness and digitality from a discourse analytical approach
Joint Doctorate: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University of Vienna (UNIVIE)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier, Prof. Eva Vetter
Planned Secondment: Charles University (CU)
7: Language policies in France, Germany and Luxembourg: A Multidimensional Comparative Analysis of Institutional Actors and Critical Multilingual Language Awareness
Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Mannheim (UMA)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Prof. Henning Lobin
Planned Secondments: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS)
8: Promoting culture and identity-building in digital contexts: Focus on indigenous regional and minority languages
Joint Doctorate: University of Warsaw (UW) and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ewa Žebrowska, Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier
Planned Secondments: Ministère de la Culture (MC / DGLFLF), UNESCO
9: Conception of a specialised multilingual multimedia lexicographic information system for tourism language
Joint Doctorate: University of Innsbruck (UIBK) and University of Milan (UNIMI)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Laura Giacomini, Prof. Carolina Flinz
Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW – Germany), Interhome Group (IHG)
10: Dataset and technical design of specialised multilingual lexicographic information systems for circular economy
Joint Doctorate: Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) and University of Milan (UNIMI)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Rute Costa, Prof. Carolina Flinz
Planned Secondment: Dudenverlag (DUD)
11: Enhancing Language Awareness in Fintech: Terminology Translation and Harmonisation towards Cross-Cultural Communication
Joint Doctorate: University of Milan (UNIMI) and Nova University Lisbon (NOVA)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Fabio Mollica, Prof. Rute Costa
Planned Secondment: Swiss National Bank (SNB)
12 : Students’ language learning motivation from a Critical Language Awareness perspective
Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé, Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen
Planned Secondments: UNESCO, Observatoire Européen du Plurilinguisme (OEP)
13: Migration languages in foreign language education in the era of GenAI
Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and University of Mannheim (UMA)
Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen , Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé
Planned Secondment: Ernst Klett Verlag (EKV)
14: Language Awareness and communicative ability through exposure: data-driven approaches with corpora and GenAI
Joint Doctorate: University of Vienna (UNIVIE) and Université de Lorraine (UL)
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Eva Vetter, Prof. Alex Boulton
Planned Secondment: Lexical Computing (LC)
Participating organisations:
The project is led by the Université de Lorraine (Nancy, France – ATILF) and includes 9 other partner universities in Europe:
* University of Innsbruck (AT), University of Vienna (AT), University of Zurich (CH), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE), University of Mannheim (DE), University of Copenhagen (DK), University of Milan (IT), University of Warsaw (PL), Nova University Lisbon (PT)
and 16 associated partners:
* Switzerland: Univerbal, Banque Nationale Suisse (CH), Czech Republic: Université Charles de Prague, Lexical Computing (CZ), Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (DE), Berlin-Branderburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (DE), Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (DE), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH (DE), Ordbogen A/S (DK), WeDo – Project Intelligence Made Easy (ES), Ministère de la Culture (FR), Observatoire européen du plurilinguisme (FR), UNESCO (FR), Interhome Group (IT), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (LU)
Website: [ https://www.multilawa.eu/ | https://www.multilawa.eu ]
_____________________________ Alex Boulton (he/him) Professor of English and Applied Linguistics (+33) 06 24 57 28 80 alex.boulton@univ-lorraine.fr
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