INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION
- Position: Research Assistant (RA)
- Number of vacancies: 1
- Department / Research group: Infant Language and Cognition / Babylab
- Location: Donostia-San Sebastián
- Funding source: BCBL
- Type of contract / Duration of the contract: Temporary. A two-year employment contract linked to a research project
- Job status: Full time
- Hours per week: 35
- Work schedule: The distribution of the 35 weekly working hours will be agreed with the project’s principal investigator, based on mutual convenience. The only requirement is that work must be carried out until 19:00 on at least three days per week.
- Starting date: 16 November 2026
- Application deadline: 16 October 2026

Job description:

The BCBL BabyLab is a laboratory dedicated to the study of early language development in monolingual and bilingual infants and children from 0 months of age until school age. It is directed by Dr. Marina Kalashnikova and primarily used for the research of the Infant Language and Cognition group at the BCBL. Our team is seeking to recruit a Research Assistant (RA)



to support and contribute to the ongoing research projects.

Specifically, the Research Assistant will contribute to the Bilingual LENS project funded by the European Research Council. In this project, we will combine advanced neuroimaging, behavioral and observational methods to follow the language development of children learning Spanish and Basque from birth until 2 years of age. The Research Assistant will join a vibrant team of researchers, research students, and research assistants.

The main responsibilities of the Research Assistant will include:
- Conducting laboratory sessions with young infants
- Administering interviews and questionnaires to infants’ families
- Scheduling laboratory sessions and organizing the lab’s calendar
- Organizing and archiving collected data
- Processing collected audio and video data
- Assisting the lead researchers with overseeing the progress of the rese

📌 Research Assistant (Donostia / San Sebastián)
🏢 BCBL BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
📍 Donostia / San Sebastián