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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A Marie Curie PhD position is
available at
the HCI@UCD group in the School of Information &
Communication Studies,
under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Cowan</span><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"> in collaboration with Dr Madeleine Steeds</span><span
lang="EN-US"
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The PhD project aims to
investigate how
the use of foreign accented speech by conversational AI agents
can be used as a
way to influence user partner models, how this impacts language
production
during human-conversational AI dialogues.</span><span
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none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Doctoral
Candidate
(DC) will be part of an international network of 13 research
labs located
throughout Europe who work on the EU funded HUM.AI.N-ACCENT
project. The full
consortium has a total of 24 academic and non-academic partners
in Europe,
Canada and the USA. As part of the training, the DC will attend
regular events
across Europe and will take short stays (secondments) to at
least two
Beneficiary/Partner Organizations.</span><span
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As a student, you would be enrolled in
the 4
year Information & Communication Studies PhD programme at
University
College Dublin, Ireland. The position offers a work contract for
3 years with
an additional funded year. The position includes a gross
baseline annual salary
of up to €49,396 + approx. €7,000 p.a. mobility allowance (for 3
years) and approx.
€5000 p.a. family allowance (if applicable for 3 years). The
position covers academic
fees and includes funding for research training and travel.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
lang="EN-US"
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"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">About the Project: </span></b></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">HUM.AI.N-ACCENT is an
interdisciplinary
research project that explores the neurocognitive and social
impacts of
foreign-accented speech in human-human and human-AI
interactions. With millions
of new arrivals to the European Union each year, there is an
urgent need to
understand how foreign accents influence communication,
decision-making, and
social dynamics. Research has shown that foreign-accented speech
can generate
biases and increase cognitive load, yet the origins and
consequences of these
effects are still poorly understood. The HUM.AI.N-ACCENT project
aims to fill
this gap by combining insights from cognitive psychology,
neuroscience, AI
engineering, human-computer interaction, and social science,
with lifespan
perspectives. Using advanced methodologies like neuroimaging,
eye-tracking,
virtual reality, and neural tracking, the project will
investigate how
foreign-accented speech affects neural responses, attention
allocation, and
social judgments. By studying both human-human and human-AI
interactions, the
project will provide critical insights into how accents shape
communication and
behaviour in diverse contexts. </span><span
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information about the project: </span><span
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href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226709"><span
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0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226709</span></a></span><span
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text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"
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description:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"
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lang="EN-US"
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none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The successful
candidate will receive interdisciplinary training in </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">theories
and
methods for the study of psycholinguistics, more specifically,
native- and
foreign-accented speech processing. This includes many
network-wide events and
other (international) training opportunities.</span><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Research
Environment: </span></b><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University College Dublin is one of
Europe's
leading research-intensive universities and is ranked within the
top 1% of
higher education institutions world-wide. </span><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The School of Information &
Communication
Studies is also an internationally leading information school,<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>part of the iSchool
initiative and is ranked
in the Top 100 in the world by QS Rankings. </span><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The successful
candidate will join the HCI @UCD group, a highly
inter-disciplinary research
group, specializing in researching how AI technologies impact
and are impacted
by users (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://hci.ucd.ie/">https://hci.ucd.ie/</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><span
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"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">The HCI@UCD group, is one of the largest and leading HCI labs in
Ireland. We are a friendly, collaborative and highly research
active group,
publishing regularly in leading HCI research venues (e.g. CHI,
Mobile HCI, HCI
Journal, TOCHI, IJHCS, ACM CUI, DIS, JMIR). Members of the group
are heavily
involved in major internationally leading Research Centres (RI
ADAPT-</span><span
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href="https://www.adaptcentre.ie/" target="_blank"><span
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EN-GB">https://www.adaptcentre.ie/</span></a></span><span
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Insight-</span><span
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href="https://www.insight-centre.org/" target="_blank"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">https://www.insight-centre.org/</span></a></span><span
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D-REAL-</span><span
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href="https://d-real.ie/" target="_blank"><span
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EN-GB">https://d-real.ie/</span></a></span><span
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with
access to major national and international academic and industry
networks and
infrastructure. <br>
<br>
The group’s faculty within ICS focus on a number of areas of
research including
Cognition and Conversational AI (Prof. Benjamin Cowan- ICS);
Ethics,
Communication and Design (Assoc. Prof Marguerite Barry- ICS);
Human-Centred
Health (incl. Mental Health) Technology Design (Assist. Prof.
Kevin Doherty-
ICS); Misinformation and Disinformation (Assist. Prof. Brendan
Spillane- ICS); Cognitive
and Social Psychological Processes in HCI (Assist. Prof.
Madeleine Steeds- ICS).</span></p>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US"
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Supervisors/Collaborators:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"
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lang="EN-US"
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof. Benjamin
Cowan
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://people.ucd.ie/benjamin.cowan">https://people.ucd.ie/benjamin.cowan</a>) is Professor of
Human-Computer
Interaction and Conversational Informatics at UCD’s School of
Information &
Communication Studies (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ucd.ie/ics/">https://www.ucd.ie/ics/</a>).<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He is the co-founder and
co-director of HCI@UCD
group (</span><span
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href="https://hci.ucd.ie/"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://hci.ucd.ie/</span></a></span><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">), leading
research on
Cognition and Conversational AI. His work is highly
interdisciplinary, </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">fusing
psychology,
human-computer interaction and conversational AI to investigate
how people
interact with collaborative conversational interfaces. His
recent research has
focuses specifically on how theory and quantitative methods from
psychological
science can be applied to understand and design collaborative
conversational AI
experiences. He is co-founder of the ACM Conversational User
Interfaces
conference and is a Co-PI on the Research Ireland ADAPT Centre,
which focuses
on conducting human-centered AI research.</span><b><span
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Madeleine Steeds (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://people.ucd.ie/madeleine.steeds">https://people.ucd.ie/madeleine.steeds</a>) is
Assistant
Professor within the School of Information & Communication
Studies at UCD. Their
research is centred around technology augmented cognition and
conversation. Madeleine's
research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer
interaction and
cognitive and social psychology. They are particularly
interested in how
stereotypes held about devices and people may influence
interaction, and in
these cases, how the potential harm may be mitigated. They are
also
particularly interested in the effects of technology on human
memory, and how
interacting with technology may help or harm these processes. Dr
Steeds is
Deputy Director of the MSc in Human-Computer Interaction and is
Subcommittee
Chair for the Understanding People- Statistical and Quantitative
Methods Subcommittee
at ACM CHI 2026.</span><span
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to
apply</span></b></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:benjamin.cowan@ucd.ie">benjamin.cowan@ucd.ie</a> with:</span></p>
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for applications is 19<sup>th</sup> November 2025</b></span></p>
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for shortlisted candidates will then take place in
November/December with a
planned starting date in January 2026 or as close to this date
as possible. </span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Skills/Qualifications</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The candidate
should
have a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Psychology, Cognitive
Science, Psycholinguistic,
Human-Computer Interaction or related fields. Previous
experience with
experimental psychology and/or quantitative research methods is
required, as
well as good knowledge of psychology of language, conversational
user interface
and conversational AI research. The candidate should have strong
background in
experiment programming and statistical analyses and excellent
English written
and oral communication skills.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Potential
candidates must
also comply with the Marie Curie Actions mobility rule: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The researcher must not have
resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies,
etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (in this case:
Ireland) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately
before their appointment.</span><span
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">The researcher cannot already be in possession of a doctoral
degree.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Specific
Requirements</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">Previous experience in participating in research projects (e.g.,
data
collection, analysis).</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">Methodological and technical skills: experimental paradigms in
the
psychology of language, human-computer interaction and
conversational AI,
experiment-based programming and statistical analysis skills</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">Interest in the psychology of language, conversational user
interface,
conversational and collaborative AI</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">Strong scientific writing skills and high attention to deta</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As part of the Marie
Curie Doctoral
Network, other </span><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD positions are also
available
at</span></u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Nebrija
University, Spain</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/372608"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/372608</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Basque
Center on Cognition, Brain & Language, Spain</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368766"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368766</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> and </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offers/funded-phd-candidate-position-accented-speech-processing"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offers/funded-phd-candidate-position-accented-speech-processing</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University
of Barcelona, Spain</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please,
check the university job vacancies in the following days for
further
information: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://www.neurociencies.ub.edu/job-offers/"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://www.neurociencies.ub.edu/job-offers/</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Open
University of Catalonia, Spain</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please,
check the university job vacancies in the following days for
further
information: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/uneix-equip/ofertes/index.html"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/uneix-equip/ofertes/index.html</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Bangor
University, UK</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#psychology"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#psychology</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Radboud
University, Netherlands</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-accented-speech-processing__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WlJJ_vi568uoKFbIhuNepqaTrTZCuEwaI0-YSptHPhK5EGCfKKrYqjogGt86KZm0W0Q-o22RZaq0DmC9LkdTZJrVgxY$"
title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-accented-speech-processing__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WlJJ_vi568uoKFbIhuNepqaTrTZCuEwaI0-YSptHPhK5EGCfKKrYqjogGt86KZm0W0Q-o22RZaq0DmC9LkdTZJrVgxY$"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-accented-speech-processing</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University
of Padova, Italy </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(2
positions) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/373324"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/373324</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University
of Oslo, Norway</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/374275"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/374275</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
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color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University
of Lille, France</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/373010"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/373010</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
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color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Free
University of Brussels, Belgium</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
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href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/370780"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/370780</span></a></span><span
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"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University
of Bern, Switzerland</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> (funded by the SERI) </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/372867"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/372867</span></a></span><span
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"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> and </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a
href="https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/77c6f78a-ac01-4c09-9908-66b17fbc18ce"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/77c6f78a-ac01-4c09-9908-66b17fbc18ce</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;
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Benjamin R Cowan PhD
Professor
School of Information & Communication Studies
University College Dublin
NB- I do not respond or check emails at weekends or in the evening.
=====================
Interested in HCI? Then check out the Human in the Machine podcast, a weekly podcast of talks and chats with leading researchers in HCI
Spotify: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/02tLoEest27CcsxRybsWvX?si=a17032380749449b">https://open.spotify.com/show/02tLoEest27CcsxRybsWvX?si=a17032380749449b</a>
Apple Podcasts: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-in-the-machine/id1731316638">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-in-the-machine/id1731316638</a>
YouTube: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKvUyXDcg9Qg5hDy1GapoCXVL2V7cV9ZV&feature=shared">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKvUyXDcg9Qg5hDy1GapoCXVL2V7cV9ZV&feature=shared</a>
Recent papers:
Doyle, P.R., Gessinger, I., Edwards, J., Clark, L., Dumbleton, O., Garaialde, D., Rough, D., Bleakley, A.,
Branigan, H.P. and Cowan, B.R., (2025). The Partner Modelling Questionnaire: A validated self-report measure of perceptions toward machines as dialogue partners.
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/451bSID">https://bit.ly/451bSID</a>
Gessinger, I., Seaborn, K., Steeds, M., & Cowan, B. R. (2025). ChatGPT and me: First-time and experienced users’
perceptions of ChatGPT’s communicative ability as a dialogue partner. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/4o2laNc">http://bit.ly/4o2laNc</a>
Cooney, O., Doherty, K., Barry, M., Coyle, D., Doherty, G., & Cowan, B. R. (2024). Using speech agents for mood
logging within blended mental healthcare: mental healthcare practitioners' perspectives. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (pp. 1-11).
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/40tEyZw">https://bit.ly/40tEyZw</a>
Jaber, R., Zhong, S., Kuoppamäki, S., Hosseini, A., Gessinger, I., Brumby, D. P., Cowan, B.R. & McMillan, D. (2024).
Cooking with agents: Designing context-aware voice interaction. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human
Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13). <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/451bEkL">https://bit.ly/451bEkL</a> - ACM CHI 2024 Best Paper Award.
Peña, P. R., Doyle, P., Edwards, J., Garaialde, D., Rough, D., Bleakley, A., Clark, L. H. M, Tobar Henriquez, A., Branigan, H. P., Gessinger, I, & Cowan, B. R. (2023).
Audience design and egocentrism in reference production during human-computer dialogue.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/3ByXmJS">https://bit.ly/3ByXmJS</a></pre>
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