"Department of Philosophy and Humanities - Institute for German and Dutch Philology, Department of Neuroscience of Language and Pragmatics"

Scientific employee (m/f/d) with 50% part-time employment, limited until September 30, 2026, salary group 13 TV-L FU, ID: WiMi_MatCo50_09-2025

Application deadline: June 18, 2025

Within the framework of the European Research Council-funded Advanced Grant project "Material Constraints Enabling Human Cognition" (MatCo, www.fu-berlin.de/matco ), neuroscientifically sound models of language processing and cognition are being developed whose internal structure reflects important neuroanatomical aspects of the human brain. To this end, neural network simulations and neurophysiological and neurometabolic experiments are being conducted to test the models. The goal is to explain aspects of human communication and cognition based on neurobiological principles. For this project, we are seeking a research associate who will apply brain-based computational models to explain the development and impairment of language and communication and test model predictions in neurophysiological and neuroimaging experiments.

If you have any questions, please contact friedemann.pulvermuller@fu-berlin.de.

Responsibilities:

- Further development and application of neural network models of language and cognition

- Tractography analyses and the use of their results in model optimization

- Preparation, implementation, and evaluation of neurocognitive experiments on language and cognition (ECoG, EEG, fMRI) 

Requirements:

Completed university degree in a field relevant to the neuroscience of language (linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, medicine); PhD in the field of neuroscience of language, neurolinguistics, or cognitive linguistics. 

Desired qualifications:

- Research experience with biologically based neural network models and network simulations of cognitive processes

- Experience in empirical-experimental language research

- Research experience in the areas of syntax, semantics, or pragmatics

- Excellent programming skills

- Excellent German and English skills (at least C1 level) 

Further information

Applications with relevant documents, stating the identifier , should be sent electronically by email in PDF format (preferably as a single document) to Prof. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller: admin@brainlang.fu-berlin.de or by post to the 

Freie Universität Berlin

Department of Philosophy and Humanities

Institute of German and Dutch Philology

Department of Neuroscience of Language and Pragmatics

Prof. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller

Habelschwerdter Allee 45

14195 Berlin (Dahlem) 

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