Dear colleagues,

conditional on a funding commitment, we are offering a 75% position leading to a PhD in computational linguistics on the topic of developing computational methods for the analysis of (multimodal) metaphors in contemporary, colloquial communication in online forums.

The position is funded (E13, 75%) from July 1 2026 to Dec. 31 2029.

Application deadline: March 30, 2026.

More details can be found in the job ad: https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f67b2069885e8908b2b3078b550e37a9d...

Please feel free to forward this opportunity to suitable candidates!

best regards Tatjana Scheffler

--- Tatjana Scheffler (she/her) GB 5/157 Ruhr-Universität Bochum Digital Forensic Linguistics Fakultät für Philologie, Germanistisches Institut Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany

Mail: tatjana.scheffler@rub.de Web: http://staff.germanistik.rub.de/digitale-forensische-linguistik/ Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@tschfflr Tel.: +49 234 32-21471