(part-time 50 %, E 13 TV-L)Reference no.: 2025/180.The start date is 20th October 2025 or soon thereafter and is available for three years initially.The Multilingualism Group at the University of Konstanz headed by Prof. Dr. Theodoros Marinis is recruiting a PhD candidate to work within his team and conduct research on morpho-syntactic processing in multilingual children with typical language development, children with DLD or autistic children. The Multilingualism Group is part of the Linguistics Department that combines theoretical with experimental linguistics and offers a lively and internationally well-connected research environment, where students are integrated in scholarly life and research at all levels. The department's research infrastructure includes the Psycholinguistics Lab, the Neurolinguistics Lab, the Baby Speech Lab, the MuSe Lab, the Phonlab, the Computational Linguistics Lab, and the Centre for Multilingualism that conducts, disseminates, and communicates research on multilingualism to academic and non-academic audiences. The doctoral researcher will join the doctoral programme of the Linguistics Department and will be supervised by Prof. Dr. Theodoros Marinis.Your responsibilitiesConducting research on language development in multilingual children with focus on morpho-syntactic processingWorking towards a PhDTeaching on our BA/MA programmes (1 course each semester)Supervising student theses at the BA, BEd levelContributing to national and international research projects. Contributing to administrative duties within Multilingualism teamPresenting research at national and international conferencesContributing to transfer activities at the Centre for MultilingualismYour profileExcellent MA/MSc degree in Bilingualism/Multilingualism/Linguistics/Speech & Language Therapy, or related disciplineResearch interest in morpho-syntactic processingSome experience working with primary school childrenVery good proficiency in English and ideally also GermanExcellent organizational and interpersonal skillsKnowledge of statistics and previous teaching or tutoring experience is desirableExperience with reaction time experiments, eye-tracking or ERP experiments is desirableWe offerThe opportunity to do a PhD within the international and research-intensive Multilingualism GroupThe opportunity to be part of a friendly, lively linguistics department with a broad range of research specialisms, an international profile, and a strong record of third-party fundingSalary according to the pay-scale for University employees (TV-L 13)Career development opportunities and supportTraining in Science CommunicationQuestions can be directed to Prof. Dr. Theodoros Marinis via e-mail:t.-. We look forward to receiving your application by via ourOnline Application Portal. Applications should contain: i) a short motivation letter, ii) an academic CV, iii) copies of all previous degrees, including detailed transcripts of records, iv) the names and email addresses of two academic referees (one from the supervisor of the BA/MA/MSc thesis or equivalent), v) optional: a research proposal for the dissertation project in the relevant areas including a time schedule (maximum five A4 pages).The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity, as well as a good balance between university and family life. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through ourdual career programme. Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact -,