Full time PhD scholarship (4-year duration) on the Meta-ethical implications of Evolutionary Explanations of Morality, from May 1st, 2014, at Utrecht University, The Netherlands

The Netherlands Foundation for Scientific Research (NWO) finances the research project “Evolutionary Ethics? The (Meta)-Ethical Implications of Evolutionary Explanations of Morality” from February 1st, 2014, onwards. The programme is supervised by Prof. dr. Herman Philipse (Philosophy, main supervisor) and Prof. dr. Johan J. Bolhuis (Cognitive Neurobiology, co-supervisor). There still is one vacancy for a doctorate student (see sub-project 3 of the research project).

Job category: 1 PhD position
Duration: Maximally 4 years (PhD)
Workload: Full time
Disciplines: (Meta-)Ethics; Philosophy of Biology.

PhD position:
We offer one full-time PhD position (1.0 fte), consisting of an initial period of 18 months which, after a satisfactory first year, will be extended by another 30 months (4 years in total), with a gross monthly salary starting at € 2,083,- in the first year, ending at € 2,664,- in the fourth year (1,0 fte). Utrecht University offers a pension scheme, a holiday allowance of 8% per year, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and flexible employment conditions. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. More information: http://www.uu.nl/EN/informationfor/jobseekers/Working-for-Utrecht-Univer...

Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Deadline for receipt of applications: 15 April 2014
Further Inquiries: Professor Herman Philipse: Herman [dot] Philipse [__at__] phil [dot] uu [dot] nl

Job Description:
Planned Deliverables: the PhD project will result in a dissertation and 2 research articles based on the dissertation.

Eligibility/required qualifications:
Applicants for the PhD position are expected to hold a good honours degree in a relevant subject and to have obtained a good result (merit or distinction or equivalent) in a postgraduate qualification (MA or equivalent) in Philosophy and, preferably, also in another discipline relevant to the research project, such as Behavioral Biology. They should be ambitious and aim at a career in research.

Additional information:
For an outline of the research project, go to the application page: http://www.uu.nl/NL/Informatie/sollicitanten/Pages/vacatures.aspx?refer=...

Application procedure:
Please use the ‘apply’ button on the application page and upload the following material before 15 April 2014:
1. A personal statement stating clearly why you wish to prepare your doctorate at the Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (in cooperation with the Departments of Biology and Psychology);
2. Your curriculum vitae, including academic qualifications and a list of publications;
3. An official university transcript of your grades;
4. The names and e-mail addresses of two academic referents;
5. A brief personal elaboration (max. 800 words) of sub-project 3.