Dear colleagues,

The School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University, Denmark invites applications for the position of either assistant professor, associate professor or full professor of cognitive science, based at the Department of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics.

The assistant professorship is a full-time, three-year fixed-term position, and subject to appropriate funding, there will be an opportunity to apply for a subsequent associate professorship. The associate and full professorships are both full-time, tenured positions.

We are looking for an applicant who can strengthen our research profile in computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or computational modelling of social processes. The ideal applicant will contribute to the department’s collective research on cognitive and social processes and to the continued development of courses on mathematical and computational modelling of cognition within our BSc and MSc cognitive science programmes.

Please note that this can also include computational linguistics and natural language processing, particularly in applied contexts.

The deadline for applying is January 8th 2026. You can read the full job listing and apply here:

https://international.au.dk/about/profile/vacant-positions/job/assistant-pro...

— Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan Associate Professor, PhD Department for Linguistics, Cognitive Science, and Semiotics Aarhus University