PhD Student Position

Position: PhD student (First Stage Researcher, up to the point of PhD) located in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, under the Labour Fund La Caixa Inphinit. The contract is temporary, with a maximum duration of four years and a full‑time commitment of 35 hours per week. The expected start is Fall2026; application deadline is 30October2025.

Project Summary

The PhD student will join an ongoing research line of the Computational Neuroscience research group or develop a new project within the group’s broader scope, supervised by Group Leader Jim Magnuson. Potential research themes include:

• Computational models of multilingual language development and processing
• Integration of realistic speech‑production models with speech‑perception models
• Statistical learning approaches to early language development

Candidate Profile and Selection Criteria

• Excellent written and oral communication ski...