Postdoctoral Research Associate

Queen Mary University of London - School of the Arts

Placed On: 12th March 2026

Closes: 26th March 2026

Job Ref: 9280

About the Role

The School of the Arts is looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work closely with Principal Investigators on the child strand of the Generations of London English project. Project website here. The post-holder will undertake research activities to support the ongoing acoustic analysis of a large child speech dataset, and the data collection of an additional timepoint in school, under the supervision of the PIs.

This is a fixed-term and full-time post available due to research grant funding for 4 months only, with an ideally start date of 01 June 2026 (or sooner, if possible).

About You

You must hold a PhD in Linguistics or a related field. You must have prior experience working with large speech datasets, conducting acoustic analyses of child speech, collecting child speech and language data in schools, and writing up research results. You should have excellent communication and organisational skills and maintain a high level of accuracy in your work. You should be able to work both independently and as part of a team and possess strong interpersonal skills to deal professionally with people at all levels.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

Further details about the School can be found here.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.