Research positions available at Uni Digital in Bergen, Norway
Uni Research (uni.no) is a research company with over 500 research staff from more than 30 nations and a turnover of NOK 450 million (ca. 50 million Euro). Uni Research’s majority owner is the University of Bergen. Uni Research conducts R&D in the areas of health, language and information technology, marine biology, environment, climate, petroleum, and the social sciences.
Uni Digital, with its 30 employees, is the smallest of the nine R&D departments. Uni Digital’ current research areas (computational and corpus linguistics, language testing, electronic publishing, digital media, and e-learning) have evolved over more than 30 years through projects and cooperation with national and international research institutions. We are now expanding our activities and announce several new positions in ICT and its creative use, e.g., data mining, gaming, Web 2.0, education, health, mobile applications, and HCI.
Candidates
- with minimum 3 years of experience in academia or industry after completion
of a PhD,
- with a proven research record,
- with experience in project management, and
- with an interest in building up and leading a research group to
international level
are invited to apply. Engagements can be full or part-time and are initially limited to two years. Relocation within the first two years is not required. Working language is English or Norwegian.
We offer a competitive salary, extensive social benefits, a cooperative and international working environment, and we’re located near the prize winning fjords of Western Norway. Positions remain open until filled.
For more information please consult uni.no/digital or contact Research Director Dr. Eli Hagen (mailto:eli.hagen@uni.no, +47 55 58 29 48). Please send application (cover letter, CV, and publication list) electronically to digital@uni.no.
[published October 2009]
