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Institution Faculty of Languages and Literatures Remuneration group BesGr W3 Start date 1 April 2028
Full Professorship (W3) of Phonetics and Speech Processing (Chair)
The chair is expected to represent the full breadth of the discipline in both research and teaching. We are looking for candidates with outstanding, internationally oriented academic qualifications who have an excellent track record in the following areas:
- Experimental phonetics, in particular speech production and perception
- Combination of basic research and language technology
- Cognition and human speech processing
The professorship will also supervise and develop the Bavarian Archive for Speech Signals (BAS), including the BAS Web Services and industrial connections, as well as supervise and further develop the existing Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in phonetics.
Close cooperation with the existing AI Chair of Spoken Language Processing at the Institute is anticipated. The willingness to engage in interdisciplinary cooperation within the faculty and university by participating in the development of the Munich Center for Linguistics, the faculty’s doctoral program of the Class of Language and the Center for Information and Language Processing (CIS) is also expected.
The Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing ranks among the world's leading centers for research into spoken language. It features a range of well-equipped laboratory facilities designed to support experimental research across all areas of spoken language, providing high-quality, applied training as well as the opportunity to undertake advanced research projects.
Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification, teaching skills at university level, excellent academic achievements and a productive and promising research program.
LMU Munich makes a point of providing newly appointed professors with various types of support, such as welcoming services and assistance for dual career couples.
LMU Munich is an equal opportunity employer. The University continues to be very successful in increasing the number of female faculty members and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members.
People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.
Contact:
Please submit your application comprising a curriculum vitae, documentation of academic degrees and certificates as well as a list of publications and teaching to the Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Literatures (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, D-80539 Munich, Germany), preferably via e-mail in one PDF-file to , no later than 15 April 2026.
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München