Research Associate for the Project “Linguistic diversity and social participation across the lifespan,” University of Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 8 April 2026.
The Faculty of Education at the University of Hamburg is a leader in conducting innovative and future-oriented research related to the educational and social consequences of diversity resulting from migration and globalization. This strength is now further expanded through the award of a Humboldt Professorship to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller as part of the faculty research center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS).”
The Humboldt Professorship is devoted to “Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan” and is closely integrated with the activities of the Language on the Move platform. The research focus will be on migrant language socialization, language learning, and settlement across the lifespan and outside of institutions of formal education. This includes digital spaces as well as language brokering and other forms of informal language assistance that often undergird institutional communications in linguistically diverse societies. Your responsibilities: Duties primarily include teaching and research. Research associates may also pursue further academic qualifications outside of their work responsibilities.
This is a unique opportunity to become part of an education-focused research center that aims to make major contributions to social cohesion in linguistically diverse societies. Together, participants will pursue a 5-pronged work strategy of:
- original research through a series of interconnected sociolinguistic ethnographies
- methodological innovation in multilingual qualitative data-sharing
- capacity building in open digital research related to linguistic diversity, language development, and language learning in social life
- industry transfer through the co-design and delivery of professional development programs that make institutions more accessible to linguistically diverse populations
- knowledge dissemination to contribute positively to public debates and policy discourses about linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and language learning
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