About the PhD Projects

CASCADE is providing funding to cover study fees and to support living costs for 10 doctoral projects. Candidates will study one of the 10 doctoral projects listed below:

PhD1: Computer-assisted exploration of lexicalisation through time (University of Sheffield, UK)

PhD2: Automating the analysis of concepts through time (University of Sheffield, UK)

PhD3: The prototype structure of concept drift (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

PhD4: Underlying dimensions in conceptual change (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

PhD5: Measuring Change in Irish Literature (University College Cork, Ireland)

PhD6: Analysing Parallel Texts (University College Cork, Ireland)

PhD7: Diachronic development of text types in the English Language (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany)

PhD8: Modelling context for the analysis of language variation and change (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany)

PhD9: Political vocabulary of eighteenth-century Britain (University of Helsinki, Finland)

PhD10: Adapting computational methods to challenges in historical research at scale (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Project Timeline

Each project is a full-time PhD position with a start date of September 2024 and a completion date of September 2027.

Each PhD candidate will be co-supervised by two academics within the consortium; they will be based at one of the universities of CASCADE and visit the university of their co-supervisor for a research stay, as well as have a shorter internship at an associated partner. They will be expected to participate in full in the training programme, consisting of summer schools, workshops, a regular online seminar, and other activities. 

CASCADE is committed to creating an environment in which all talents can develop to their maximum potential, regardless of gender, age, cultural origin, nationality or disability. We particularly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups to apply.