Vacancies within the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences.
Research Fellow in Cantonese Teaching & Learning
Reporting to the director of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, this Research Fellow post supports a major strategic initiative to expand Cantonese teaching and learning at Trinity College Dublin. The role aligns with Trinity’s commitment to presenting Chinese civilisation as linguistically diverse rather than monolithic and responds to long-standing student and public demand for formal Cantonese instruction.
More information can be found here: Research Fellow in Cantonese Teaching.pdf
Khyentse Visiting Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies
The Khyentse Visiting Research Fellowship in Buddhist Studies is a new initiative designed to support exceptional early-career scholars working in any area of Buddhist Studies. The fellowship provides a dedicated two-year period for research, academic development, mentoring, and public engagement within the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies (TCAS).
More information can be found here: Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies
Research Fellows positions for LIFELANGS Project
The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences is seeking to recruit two highly motivated and outstanding Research Fellows (‘postdoctoral researcher’) for a period of 4 years (48 months). More information can be found here: Post-Doc job-spec-TCD-LIFELANGS
The project website can be accessed here: https://lifelangs.com/
Research Fellow in Computational Linguistics for ERC project “Lo-Rig”
The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and outstanding Research Fellow (‘postdoctoral researcher’) for a period of 3 years (36 months). More information can be found here
Native-Speaking Language Assistants (Chinese, French, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)
The Centre for Language and Communication Studies (CLCS) is seeking TCD-registered students to serve as native-speaking Language Assistants for the Trinity Language and Culture Electives during the 2025/26 academic year (Chinese, French, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Spanish). The role involves assisting language instructors during face-to-face classes for 1–2 hours per week. Classes are held on Tuesday mornings (09:00–11:00) and Thursday afternoons (16:00–18:00). The rate of pay is € 121.5 per term, per class (€13.50 per hour for a maximum of 9 hours per term, per module). For further details, please contact Hongfei Wang at wangh11@tcd.ie
Adjunct French language teacher
The Centre for Language and Communication Studies seeks expressions of interest for an adjunct French language teacher available to teach optional modules during the academic year 2025-26. If you are interested, please email your details to clcsinfo@tcd.ie
Doctoral researcher in Descriptive Linguistics for ERC project “Lo-Rig
The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and outstanding doctoral researcher for a period of 4 years (48 months). Candidates are given the opportunity to work on a structured PhD in descriptive linguistics, writing a grammatical description of the Mönpa language of Bhutan based on a corpus of natural speech and elicitation. We are seeking applicants who are intrinsically motivated in working on the European Research Council-funded project “Lo-Rig”.
More information can be found here: PhD vacancy Lo-Rig project
Adjunct Irish language teacher
The Centre for Language and Communication Studies seeks expressions of interest for an adjunct Irish language teacher available to teach optional modules during the academic year 2025-26. If you are interested, please email your details to clcsinfo@tcd.ie