14 Doctoral contracts – MultiLAwa MSCA Hori zon

Dear colleagues 
This may interest you, your students or others around you – please feel free to circulate. Corpus linguistics feature in several of the PhD topics; I'm involved in DC14 in particular for DDL and GenAI for language learning. 
Best wishes 
alex 


We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for 14 fully-funded doctoral contracts in the context of the European Horizon program "Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society" (MultiLAwa) – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). 

MultiLAwa is coordinated by the Université de Lorraine (France), including the co-supervision of four of the contracts. 
The topics relate to language awareness with a broad coverage, including computer-assisted language learning, corpus linguistics, multi/plurilingualism, language identity and bias, etc. 
Please note that English and German are both required to at least B2 level for all contracts, with additional languages preferred. 


Deadline: 8th July 2026 

Open online information session : 16 June 2026, 2pm (France) 

Successful candidates will spend part of their time in the two partner universities involved, as well as a period on secondment with an associated partner. 

Further information on the project and how to apply can be found at [ https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions | https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions ] 
Especially: 




[ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/general-information/ | General information ] 

[ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/application-process/ | Application process ] 

[ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/selection-and-evaluation-process/ | Selection and evaluation process ] 

[ https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions/ | Open PhD positions ] 



Additional information: 



Contract and salary. Recruitment will be for a single 36-month contract. Gross monthly salary is €4010 (apply country-based coefficient) plus a monthly mobility allowance (€710) and, where relevant, family allowance (€660). 

Detailed information is provided here on p118: [ https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-2-msca-actions_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-2-msca-actions_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf ] 

Eligibility. Applicants must: 


    * not already hold at doctorate at the time of recruitment 
    * have good marks in a graduate degree such as as Master of Arts, Master of Translation, Master of Education, Master of Science or equivalent in a relevant field and providing an appropriate and sufficient background training for the programme 
    * respect the mobility requirements of the MSCA doctoral networks programme 
    * have a level equivalent to at least B2 in English and German; knowledge other languages is preferred, especially where the partner university is in another country 

Thesis topics: 




1: Discourses on Language Awareness and Pluri-/Multilingualism in Digital Society: A Meta-pragmatic Analysis 

Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Warsaw (UW) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Ewa Żebrowska 

Secondment: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) 



2: Language Ideologies in Industry, Science and Politics 

Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Mannheim (UMA) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Florence Oloff 

Planned Secondment: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI) 



3: Multilingual digital practices and digital literacy: Designing and using digital applications in the workplace and higher education 

Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Milan (UNIMI) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Florence Oloff, Prof. Carolina Flinz 

Planned Secondments: Univerbal (UVB), University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 



4 : Stereotyped language related to gender, race and ethnicity in digital dictionaries and thesauri 

Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck 

Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), Ordbogen (ORBG) 



5: Multilingual gender fairness in AI-generated texts 

Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Université de Lorraine (UL) 

Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck, Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin 

Planned Secondments: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI), Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) 



6: Language policy on the European level: Language Awareness and digitality from a discourse analytical approach 

Joint Doctorate: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University of Vienna (UNIVIE) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier, Prof. Eva Vetter 

Planned Secondment: Charles University (CU) 



7: Language policies in France, Germany and Luxembourg: A Multidimensional Comparative Analysis of Institutional Actors and Critical Multilingual Language Awareness 

Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Mannheim (UMA) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Prof. Henning Lobin 

Planned Secondments: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS) 



8: Promoting culture and identity-building in digital contexts: Focus on indigenous regional and minority languages 

Joint Doctorate: University of Warsaw (UW) and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ewa Žebrowska, Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier 

Planned Secondments: Ministère de la Culture (MC / DGLFLF), UNESCO 



9: Conception of a specialised multilingual multimedia lexicographic information system for tourism language 

Joint Doctorate: University of Innsbruck (UIBK) and University of Milan (UNIMI) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Laura Giacomini, Prof. Carolina Flinz 

Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW – Germany), Interhome Group (IHG) 



10: Dataset and technical design of specialised multilingual lexicographic information systems for circular economy 

Joint Doctorate: Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) and University of Milan (UNIMI) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Rute Costa, Prof. Carolina Flinz 

Planned Secondment: Dudenverlag (DUD) 



11: Enhancing Language Awareness in Fintech: Terminology Translation and Harmonisation towards Cross-Cultural Communication 

Joint Doctorate: University of Milan (UNIMI) and Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Fabio Mollica, Prof. Rute Costa 

Planned Secondment: Swiss National Bank (SNB) 



12 : Students’ language learning motivation from a Critical Language Awareness perspective 

Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé, Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen 

Planned Secondments: UNESCO, Observatoire Européen du Plurilinguisme (OEP) 



13: Migration languages in foreign language education in the era of GenAI 

Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and University of Mannheim (UMA) 

Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen , Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé 

Planned Secondment: Ernst Klett Verlag (EKV) 



14: Language Awareness and communicative ability through exposure: data-driven approaches with corpora and GenAI 

Joint Doctorate: University of Vienna (UNIVIE) and Université de Lorraine (UL) 

Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Eva Vetter, Prof. Alex Boulton 

Planned Secondment: Lexical Computing (LC) 







Participating organisations: 

The project is led by the Université de Lorraine (Nancy, France – ATILF) and includes 9 other partner universities in Europe: 

    * University of Innsbruck (AT), University of Vienna (AT), University of Zurich (CH), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE), University of Mannheim (DE), University of Copenhagen (DK), University of Milan (IT), University of Warsaw (PL), Nova University Lisbon (PT) 



and 16 associated partners: 

    * Switzerland: Univerbal, Banque Nationale Suisse (CH), Czech Republic: Université Charles de Prague, Lexical Computing (CZ), Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (DE), Berlin-Branderburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (DE), Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (DE), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH (DE), Ordbogen A/S (DK), WeDo – Project Intelligence Made Easy (ES), Ministère de la Culture (FR), Observatoire européen du plurilinguisme (FR), UNESCO (FR), Interhome Group (IT), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (LU) 





Website: [ https://www.multilawa.eu/ | https://www.multilawa.eu ] 




_____________________________ 
Alex Boulton (he/him) 
Professor of English and Applied Linguistics 
(+33) 06 24 57 28 80 
[email protected] 

Just out! Pérez-Paredes, P., & Boulton, A. (2025). 
[ https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/datadriven-learning-in-and-out-of-the-language-classroom/CAD6EDF4FFDAB24EA501DF73FB819DF6 | Data-driven learning in and out of the language classroom ] . CUP. 

[ https://www.atilf.fr/ | ATILF ] , UMR 7118 - CNRS & Université de Lorraine 
UFR Lansad (Université de Lorraine) 
Editor: [ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall | ReCALL ] (CUP) 
AFLA, EUROCALL, TaLC 
[ https://perso.atilf.fr/aboulton/ | Homepage ]

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