MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship on Artificial Intelligence for Inclusive and Digital Humanities (A[...]

Deapartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Organisation / Company Università degli Studi di Verona Department Deapartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures Laboratory Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH) Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

TheDigital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH) (University of Verona), directed byProf. Dr. Marco Rospocher , invites outstanding early-career researchers inComputer Science / Artificial Intelligence to express their interest in applying for aMarie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF 2026) with DAIH as host institution.

DAIH offers a scientifically ambitious and interdisciplinary environment wherestate-of-the-art AI meets languages, literary studies, and inclusive innovation . We seek candidates eager to advance methods inKnowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Semantic Technologies, and Information Retrieval , with a strong interest inresponsible and inclusive AI .

We welcome MSCA-PF proposals that develop novel AI methods, resources, and/or applications aligned with one or more of the following themes:

• Natural Language Processing and the extraction of high-quality knowledge from textual resources (including cultural heritage and scholarly corpora).
• Knowledge representation and robust semantic modelling of extracted knowledge; automated reasoning to generate new insights from text-derived evidence.
• Semantic Web , Linked Data , and interoperability-by-design: resources and applications following best practices in open, reusable, and FAIR -oriented data ecosystems.
• Information and document retrieval : improved ranking, retrieval-augmented methods, evaluation, and user‑centred access to complex textual collections.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion : measuring and mitigating (social) bias in language technologies; developing methods that support inclusion and reduce discrimination in knowledge access.

Proposals may be methodological (core AI), applied (AI for DH), or hybrid—provided they are scientifically rigorous and deliver clear impact consistent with MSCA evaluation criteria.

Hosting research group / Supervisor

DAIH is an interdisciplinary hub dedicated to digital technologies and computational methods for languages and literary studies , with a centre‑wide commitment to inclusion across research, infrastructure, training, and dissemination. Established within the Italian Departments of Excellence 2023–2027 funding framework (MUR), DAIH promotes sustained collaboration between AI and the humanities to address societal challenges related to inequalities and discrimination.

Prof. Dr. Marco Rospocher provides long‑standing expertise in AI, particularly in Knowledge and Natural Language Processing , and will supervise the fellow throughout proposal preparation and the project implementation.

Selected candidates will also receive academic and administrative support from DAIH and the University of Verona Grant Office for proposal development and submission.

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates must be eligible according to the criteria established by the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship call:

• To have a PhD at the call deadline (September 9, 2026)
• To have up to 8 years research experience after PhD
• To be citizens of an EU State or of an Associated Country or long‑term resident in Europe (only for Global Fellowship)
• Not to have resided or carried their main activity in Italy for more than 12 in the 36 months before call deadline (September 9, 2026) – for European Fellowship
• Not to have resided or carried their main activity in the country of the Host Institution in the third country for more than 12 in the 36 months before call deadline (September 9, 2026) – for a Global Fellowship.

Besides, candidates should be fluent in English, should have excellent teamwork attitude, organizational skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment.

APPLICATION

Candidates should send the following documents to the address by June 30, 2026, at the very latest.

• Cover letter (max 1 page) outlining motivation and fit with DAIH/AI4IDH
• Academic CV including personal data (name, date of birth, current position) and contact details for two referees
• Research proposal synopsis (max 2 pages) describing objectives, methodology, novelty, expected results, and planned secondments/collaborations (if any).