We are seeking a highly motivated doctoral researcher to join the What Makes Us Human? Identifying, Evaluating and Modelling Specialist AI Competence (HUMAIN) project, investigating how large language models (LLMs) approximate, extend, or diverge from human expertise across domains. The starting date is negotiable but should be no later than November1, 2026. The position is fully funded until August31, 2030 (46–48months, depending on the starting date).

As LLMs become increasingly embedded in education, work, and everyday life, understanding their relationship to human competence is both scientifically and societally urgent. Existing benchmarks largely measure accuracy or linguistic fluency, but overlook the tacit, contextual, and ethical dimensions that define real‑world expertise.

Role Overview

The HUMAIN project will develop the online Competence Imitation Game (COMIG), a novel, experimentally validated framework that allows domain experts to interrogate...