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3-year PhD position - Adapting representations after multilingual communication at the SCALab, University of Lille - Starting date: From 15/12/2025 Application deadline: 10/10/2025

Project: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) Doctoral Networks, ‘Bridging Communication Gaps in Human and Human-AI Interactions: The Role of Accented Speech on Neurocognitive mechanisms and Social Dynamics’ (HUM.AI.N-ACCENT)

Submission of the application and documentation:

To submit your application, please send the following documents to angele.brunelliere[chez]univ-lille[point].fr

· A curriculum vitae

· A statement outlining research interests and motivation to apply for the position (1 page maximum)

· Two letters of recommendation (submitted by the referees no later than the application deadline)

· Transcript off records for the master and bachelor degrees, a summary of previous work (Master 1 and Master 2)

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to two online interviews. 

Application process timetable:

1) Deadline for application: 10/10/2025

2) Evaluation by committee: 13/10/2025 – 07/11/2025

3) Interviews: 20/10/2025 – 28/11/2025

4) Final decision: 28/11/2025

5) Feedback to all applicants: 01/12/2025

Required skills:

The candidate should have a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Science Cognitive or related fields. Previous experience with cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology is required, as well as good knowledge of psychology of language and neurocognition of language. The candidate should have strong background in experiment programming and statistical analyses and excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

DCs must comply with the Marie Curie Actions mobility rule:

  • The researcher must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (in this case: France) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their appointment.
  • The researcher cannot already be in possession of a doctoral degree.

Desirable skills:

    Previous experience in participating in research projects (e.g., data collection, analysis).

    Methodological and technical skills: experimental paradigms in the psychology of language, behavioral and EEG data, an interest in signal analysis

    Interest in the psychology of language, neurocognition of spoken language processing, multilingual communication, social interaction, foreign-accented speech

    Good writing skills and rigor

    Experience with acoustic data analysis or verbal transcripts and knowledge of French (or willingness to learn) are a plus

  • Gross salary (per year): 56000€
  • Mobility allowance (per year): 8500€
  • Family allowance (per year, if applicable): 5900€

Training opportunities and Career development plan:

Researchers at any stage of their career, regardless of their contractual situation, are given an opportunity for professional development and for improving their employability through access to a Personal Career Development Plan which includes:

(1) Training through individually personalized research projects under senior supervision

(2) Exchanging knowledge with the scientific community and the general public

(3) Network-wide training in theory and methods

(4) Complementary training courses

(5) Involvement in proposal writing, task coordination

(6) Development of skills for the organization of training and scientific events

Contact details for enquiries: Prof. Angèle Brunellière (angele.brunelliere[chez]univ-lille[point].fr)

Bellegarda, M., Boddaert, G., Dufour, S., Knutsen, D., & Brunellière, A. (2025). Neural evidence for perceiving a vowel merger after a social interaction within a native language. Brain and Language, 261, 105529.

Although previous research has shown that speakers adapt on the words they use, it remains unclear whether speakers adapt their phonological representations, leading them to perceive new phonemic contrasts following a social interaction. This event-related potential (ERP) study investigates whether the neuronal responses to the perception of the /e/-/ε/ vowel merger in Northern French speakers show evidence for discriminating /e/ and /ε/ phonemes after interacting with a speaker who produced this contrast. Northern French participants engaged in an interactive map task and we measured their ERP responses elicited after the presentation of a last syllable which was either phonemically identical to or different from preceding syllables. There was no evidence for discrimination between /e/ and /ε/ phonemes before the social interaction, while mismatch negativity (MMN) and late responses revealed /e/-/ε/ discrimination after the social interaction. The findings suggest rapid neuronal adaptations of phonemic representations thanks to the social interaction.

doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105529