The Natural Language Understanding Research Group at the Department of Computer 
Science, University of Copenhagen is seeking to recruit PhD students for a 
start in Spring or Autumn 2026.

- A fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship on Explainable Natural Language 
Understanding for a start in Spring 2026 is available as part of the 
ExplainYourself 
project<https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2021-starting-grants-results> on 
Explainable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking. The position requires 
candidates to have completed a Master’s degree by the start date. The 
successful candidate will be supervised by Isabelle 
Augenstein<http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/> and co-supervised by Pepa 
Atanasova<https://apepa.github.io/>. Read more about the position and apply 
here<https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentId=18970&ProjectId=164789&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false>
 by 31 October 2025.
- A fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship in Trustworthy Natural Language 
Processing with expected start date of 1st March 2026 (or as soon as possible 
thereafter). The successful candidate will engage in developing innovative 
methods for trustworthy NLP models, including but not limited to mechanistic 
interpretability, explainability, reasoning, factuality, safety mechanisms, and 
practical applications of trustworthy AI. This independent fellowship offers 
flexibility in developing your research direction within trustworthy NLP, 
tailored in collaboration with the candidate to align their interests and the 
group’s research goals. The fellowship is offered with Pepa 
Atanasova<https://apepa.github.io/> as the main project supervisor and will be 
co-supervised by Isabelle Augenstein<http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/>. 
Read more about the position and apply 
here<https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1307&ProjectId=164924&DepartmentId=18970&MediaId=5&IsAdPreviewRequest=true&AdvertisementId=118926>
 by 31 October 2025.
- For a start in Autumn 2026, we are considering candidates on any topic 
aligned with the focus areas of our lab<https://www.copenlu.com/#projects>. 
Candidates should express their interest by applying to the ELLIS PhD 
programme<https://ellis.eu/news/ellis-phd-program-call-for-applications-2025> 
by 31 October 2025, naming Isabelle Augenstein as a supervisor.

More information about the positions can be found 
here<https://www.copenlu.com/news/phd-fellowships-for-start-in-spring-or-autumn-2026/>.

Informal enquiries about the positions can be made to Professor Isabelle 
Augenstein, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, e-mail: 
[email protected].

Isabelle Augenstein, Dr. Scient., Ph.D.
Professor and Head of the NLP Section, Department of Computer Science (DIKU)
Co-Lead, Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence

University of Copenhagen
Østervold Observatory
Øster Voldgade 3
1350 Copenhagen

[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/

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