Department of linguistics
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Computational Linguistics is an interdisciplinary research field that deals with computational models of natural language. Computational Linguistics is also a research and teaching profile at the Department of Linguistics, alongside General Linguistics, Child Language Development, Phonetics, and Sign Language (please visit the department's website at www.ling.su.se). Research in Computational Linguistics has been conducted at the Department of Linguistics since the 1960s. The current research focuses on the analysis of both contemporary and historical texts from different eras and places in many different languages, with applications in language technology and digital humanities.
The duties include research, teaching, course development, supervision, and examination at various levels in linguistics, primarily within computational linguistics, but also other suitable teaching within the department's existing course offerings. The offerings include courses in computer systems, programming and machine learning, mathematics, statistics, natural language processing, corpus linguistics, essay and project work, semantics, as well as an introductory course in linguistics. The courses are offered at the bachelor's and master's levels. The duties of an Associate Senior Lecturer also include participating in scientific, pedagogical, and administrative development work, as well as actively engaging in the department's research environment and conducting individual research.
To be eligible for appointment as a Associate Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, the candidate must have a relevant doctoral degree (e.g., in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language Technology, or Computer Science), documented scientific competence in Computational Linguistics, machine learning and large language models (LLMs), and documented pedagogical proficiency. General eligibility requirements include the ability to cooperate and the competence and suitability necessary to perform the duties well.
In the selection among eligible applicants, great and equal weight will be placed on pedagogical and scientific proficiency in linguistics with a specialization on computational linguistics, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs). Great importance will also be placed on the breadth of these proficiencies. The breadth of pedagogical proficiency refers to the ability to teach subjects within the department's course offerings. The breadth of scientific proficiency refers to the ability to conduct interdisciplinary research projects, in line with the other research conducted at the department.
In this recruitment, Stockholm University will primarily consider those who, after a comprehensive assessment of competence, merits, skills, and personal abilities, have the best conditions to carry out the current tasks and contribute to the positive development of the department.
Particularly meritorious are the following:
Documented ability to teach a course offering relevant to the department. Experience in applying for and obtaining external research funding. Experience of research and teaching in natural language processing and machine learning incl. LLMs.
Meritorious are the following:
Ability to collaborate with the surrounding community and to inform about research and development work. Documented ability for interdisciplinary collaboration, preferably in one of the areas where research is conducted at the department. Supervision at the doctoral level. Documented administrative proficiency. Proficiency in Swedish (or Norwegian or Danish) as required for collaboration within the department, faculty, university, and society at large in accordance with the description above of the main duties.
Higher Education Pedagogical Training
Meritorious is higher education pedagogical training of at least 15 ECTS credits or equivalent knowledge acquired in other ways. Also meritorious is completed doctoral supervisor training.
This position (in Swedish, “biträdande lektor”) is a tenure track position, and the qualification requirements and terms of employment are regulated by the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100).
For this tenure track position, the associate senior lecturer is employed until further notice, but no longer than 4 years. The contract may be extended by 2 years under special circumstances, such as due to sick leave or parental leave.
An associate senior lecturer, may, on application, be promoted to a permanent position as senior lecturer. Specific criteria for the promotion have been established by the Board of the Human sciences area.
An application for promotion to associate professor should be submitted to the faculty at least nine months before the appointment as assistant professor expires.
Proficiency in Swedish is not a requirement at the time of appointment, but the candidate should be prepared to carry out teaching and administrative duties that require proficiency in Swedish within two years of employment.
With us, you will experience the dynamic interaction between higher education and research that makes Stockholm University an exciting and creative environment. You will work in an international environment and get favourable conditions. The university is located in the National City Park with good transport links to the city.
Stockholm University strives to be a workplace free from discrimination and with equal opportunities for all.
Information about the position is provided by the head of the department, Professor Mattias Heldner, phone +46 8 16 1988, [email protected], or by the subject coordinator of Computational Linguistics, Associate Professor Robert Östling, [email protected].
For questions regarding the application process, please contact administrator Kenneth Hjalmarsson, phone: +46 8 16 21 30, [email protected].
Apply for the position at Stockholm University's recruitment system. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the University’s instructions, and that it is submitted before the deadline.
We would appreciate it if your application is written in English. Since it will be examined by international experts, English is the working language.
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Anställningsform: tidsbegränsad anställning | Anställningens omfattning: heltid | Antal lediga befattningar: 1 | Sysselsättningsgrad: 100 % | Ort: Stockholm | Län: Stockholms län | Land: Sweden | Referensnummer: SU FV-1481-26 | Facklig företrädare: ST/OFR ST/OFR 08162000, ST/OFR ST/OFR 08162000, Saco-S Saco-S 08162000, Saco-S Saco-S 08162000, Seko Seko 0770457900, Seko Seko 0770457900, | Publicerat: 2026-06-18 | Sista ansökningsdag: 2026-08-31
