Postdoctoral Fellow in Linguistics

Linguistic Convergence Laboratory in St. Petersburg, Russia, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of Natural Language Processing.  

Requirements

The general requirements for the postdoctoral fellowship positions are the following:

• Candidates must hold a recent PhD in the field of Computer Science or related areas which was awarded over the last 5 years or received before starting work at HSE in a relevant field by an internationally recognized university and has been assessed by external reviewers as having the potential to pursue research that is publishable in leading peer-reviewed journals;
• Candidates should have a strong background in machine and deep learning for NLP tasks and an ability to work with textual and audio data.
• Fluent English is an obligatory condition as research and other activities are conducted in English. Knowledge of Russian is not required;
  
• Relevant experience will be an asset although not required.

The position involves:

• working under the direct supervision of Professor Anastasia Kolmogorova, laboratory head.
• participants are encouraged to pursue their own research along with working on Linguistic Convergence laboratory research projects such as:

o  atypical speech analysis: classification of speech samples of aphasia speech of different types,
o  automatic speech recognition for people with speech impairments,
o  sentiment analysis of texts of different domains in Russian.

• writing research papers for international peer-reviewed journals in co-authorship with the members of the Lab;
• participation in the events of the Lab and other contribution to the Lab’s development;
• public presentations of candidate’s own research to the academic community;
• some teaching is encouraged, though not required.

Conditions

Appointments are made for one year. Postdoctoral fellows have high opportunity of renewal of the contract (no more than two times) in case of outstanding performance.

HSE University offers postdoctoral fellows a competitive salary, the standard medical insurance plan; a working space equipped with a computer and free Internet access at the University.

The Lab offers access to its databases, analytical software and computational resources.

Application Process

Applications must be submitted online. Please provide a CV, a statement of research interest and a recent research paper submitted via the online application form. At least two letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the International Faculty Recruitment Office at fellowship@hse.ru before the application deadline. Please note that direct applications to the hiring laboratory may not be reviewed.

Read more about the application process here.

The deadline for the applications is January 31, 2026

Apply now

For more information:

• about Postdoctoral Fellowship -Frequently Asked Questions
  
• about HSE university –official web-site,
• about the Linguistic Convergence Laboratory– official web-site of the Laboratory or contact laboratory head, Anastasia Kolmogorova, directly at akolmogorova@hse.ru
  
• about international specialists' life in Russia -International Faculty Support page

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact the International Faculty Recruitment Office at fellowship@hse.ru