Jobs In Philosophy
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Philosophy. The postholder will be expected to dedicate 50% of her/his time to undertaking research within the Northern Institute of Philosophy. (To clarify, the teaching load will be held to 50% of the standard teaching load in the department and will include probationary relief.)
The Northern Institute of Philosophy—directed by Professor Crispin Wright—is dedicated to collaborative research on fundamental philosophical issues and to the provision of a dedicated training environment for early career (postdoctoral and postgraduate) philosophical researchers. It also runs a programme of wider outreach and societal impact activities co-ordinated to its researches. The work of the Institute centres upon a number of projects in the core areas of analytic philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophies of logic, language, mathematics and mind. We currently host the AHRC-funded project, Basic Knowledge, and the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, Relativism and Rational Tolerance. The Institute is home to a number of associated postdoctoral fellows and PhD students.
This post will involve a balanced commitment to both departmental and Institute activities aimed to enhance the quality and effectiveness of philosophical research and teaching at the University of Aberdeen at all levels. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the collaborative research activities of the Institute, both through supporting Institute activities and through his or her own research and research initiatives. The candidate will be encouraged to establish and lead an Institute research group dedicated to his or her own research project and will be appropriately supported in efforts to seek external funding for research projects.
Salary will be at the appropriate point on the Grade 7 salary scale for Lecturer (£37,012 - £44,166 per annum) with placement according to qualifications and experience.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 22 June 2012.
For more information and to apply please go to http://tinyurl.com/7lvd626
Teaching postdoctoral fellowship in “Biological Futures in a Globalized World,” September 2012 to June 2013 (pending budgetary approval). We seek a recent PhD with AOS in analytic value theory to play a pivotal role in developing an integrated, cross-campus research ethics training initiative in the non-medical sciences at the University of Washington. This initiative is sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities (UW) in collaboration with the Center for Biological Futures at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Experience teaching research ethics in the non-medical sciences will be an asset. Please submit the following electronically as a single PDF or Word.doc file: a cover letter indicating how your research and teaching interests are suited to this position; your CV; a writing sample; a research ethics syllabus and evidence of teaching excellence. Please also request three letters of reference. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2012. They should be directed to the Simpson Center (Attn Biological Futures Postdoc Search): suzelong [__at__] uw [dot] edu. The University of Washington welcomes applications from women and minorities and is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
La Faculté de philosophie de l’Université Laval, http://www.fp.ulaval.ca, souhaite pourvoir un poste de professeur régulier temps plein à rang ouvert.
La personne titulaire assumera des enseignements réguliers aux trois cycles, contribuera par ses publications à la recherche en philosophie des sciences, supervisera les travaux de maîtrise et de doctorat des étudiants(es) et participera également aux activités universitaires et administratives de l’unité de rattachement.
CLÔTURE DU CONCOURS : 10 août 2012
ENTRÉE EN FONCTION : 1er janvier 2013
INFORMATION : http://www.rh.ulaval.ca/sgc/accueil/emplois/emplois_professeurs/cache/by...
The assistant instructor of philosophy will assist two professors in teaching a 100 level philosophy course for four semesters a year. (Each semester lasts for about 11 weeks.) Approximately 600 students register for the course a year. His or her duty includes (1) grading exams, quizzes, term papers, and postings in online discussion boards, (2) commenting on students’ postings in the online discussion boards, (3) responding to students’ email queries, and (4) proofreading the two professors' manuscripts. He or she will not teach any offline classes. So he or she will act more like a teaching assistant than a professor teaching an independent course. Contract can be renewed depending on the job performance.
Yearly Salary: Approximately 25,000 US dollars
Qualification: M.A. in philosophy
Send your C.V. to nature [__at__] unist [dot] ac [dot] kr, not to spark [__at__] unist [dot] ac [dot] kr below.
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation currently has a 2.5 year Post-Doc position available in Dr Sonja Smets' Vidi project on 'Reasoning about quantum interaction: Logical modelling and verification of multi-agent quantum protocols'.
VIDI Project: ‘Reasoning about quantum interaction: Logical modelling and verification of multi-agent quantum protocols’:
As for classical computing, logic is expected to play an essential role in the understanding of quantum computation and quantum information, and especially in the formal verification of quantum communication protocols. Such multi-agent applications involve quantum information flow and classical knowledge transfer (by classical communication) between the agents. So one of our aims in the Vidi research project is to develop the logical tools for modelling complex situations where different types of informational dynamics (classical and quantum) are combined. Our goal is to develop and use a combined classical-quantum logic for the full specification and formal verification of agent-based quantum protocols for secure communication. Towards this goal, we propose to use formalisms based on modal logic, especially combinations of dynamic (or temporal) logics and epistemic (or “spatial") logics. But other logical formalisms, such as probabilistic logic, linear logic and coalgebraic logic (or categorical logic, in general), are also useful in this context.
Tasks:
The task of the post-doctoral researcher is to join the Vidi team working on the development of the above mentioned logical tools for 1) the verification of quantum protocols where probabilities play an essential role (such as in Quantum Key Distribution) and 2) the study of the (classical and quantum) information flow in protocols dealing with the anonymity of an agent’s identity such as in the Quantum Dining Cryptographers and Quantum Electronic Voting.
Requirements:
We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in Quantum Information Theory and Logic (especially in any of the areas such as Modal Logic, Epistemic Logic, Dynamic Logic, Linear Logic, Categorical Logic or Quantum Logic).
Candidates should have (or obtain before 1st June 2012) a PhD degree in any area connected to Logic, Physics, Computer Science, Philosophy or Mathematics. Fluent English is a prerequisite.
Application instructions and further information can be found at:
http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/DE54516B-BAC5-4091-B048465780A...
Deadline for applications : 6 June 2012
The assistant instructor of philosophy will assist two professors in teaching a 100 level philosophy course for four semesters a year. (Each semester lasts for about 11 weeks.) Approximately 600 students register for the course a year. His or her duty includes (1) grading exams, quizzes, term papers, and postings in online discussion boards, (2) commenting on students’ postings in the online discussion boards, (3) responding to students’ email queries, and (4) proofreading the two professors' manuscripts. He or she will not teach any offline classes. So he or she will act more like a teaching assistant than a professor teaching an independent course. Contract can be renewed depending on the job performance.
Yearly Salary: Approximately 25,000 US dollars
Qualification: M.A. in philosophy
The assistant instructor of philosophy will assist two professors in teaching a 100 level philosophy course for four semesters a year. (Each semester lasts for about 11 weeks.) Approximately 600 students register for the course a year. His or her duty includes (1) grading exams, quizzes, term papers, and postings in online discussion boards, (2) commenting on students’ postings in the online discussion boards, (3) responding to students’ email queries, and (4) proofreading the two professors' manuscripts. He or she will not teach any offline classes. So he or she will act more like a teaching assistant than a professor teaching an independent course. Contract can be renewed depending on the job performance.
Yearly Salary: Approximately 25,000 US dollars
Qualification: M.A. in philosophy
Ass. Prof., tenure-track, beginning June 2013. Normal teaching load: 4 courses/year (undergraduate/graduate). Some thesis supervision. Usual non-teaching duties. AOS: Ethics; AOC: Social Philosophy (competence in feminist thought an asset). Ph.D. prior to appointment. Salary competitive. EO/AAE.
All qualified candidates encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Fluency in French expected. Send complete dossier (including a cover letter, a c.v. in french, a sample of written research and 3 letters of recommandation) to:
Professor Alain Voizard, Chair
Département de philosophie
Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal, (Québec) H3C 3P8
(1- 514) 987-3000, ext. 8942
This is an abbreviated text; for full advertisement, see www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en. (Will be posted around 10-5-2012.)
The Department of Philosophy of the University of Twente in the Netherlands is looking for an Assistant Professor (full-time, tenure-track) in Applied Ethics and/or Political Philosophy with a (future) emphasis on technology
The Challenge
You teach ethics and political philosophy in the master program in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society (PSTS) and teach professional and applied ethics and other areas of philosophy for bachelor and master programs in engineering and social science. You are involved in the supervision of master’s theses in the PSTS program and will at some point supervise PhD students in our PhD program in Ethics and Technology. You perform research in the area of political philosophy and/or ethics, with a focus on the role of technology in society.
Offer
You are appointed as assistant professor (full-time). A Tenure Track contract enables you to direct your own career based on fixed performance agreements, in relation to which promotion from UD (assistant professor) to UHD (associate professor) and subsequently to full professor is possible. A definitive assessment will take place no later than five years after commencement of the employment, following which employment for an indefinite period and promotion to associate professor may be agreed upon.
Salary is competitive: initial assistant professor salary is € 44,590 – € 69,360 per year, depending on experience. Starting date is January 2013 (negotiable). The University of Twente has excellent terms of employment.
Your profile
You hold a Ph.D. in philosophy, preferably with a specialization in ethics or political philosophy. You have either had a focus on technology in your past research or you have a demonstrable interest in focusing on technology for your future research. You already have an excellent list of publications in peer-refereed journals, and have relevant international experience.
You also have experience in teaching at the university level, preferably including students in science & engineering, social science, or other nonphilosophical fields, and preferably including professional and/or applied ethics. You are able and willing to teach in areas of philosophy outside your philosophical specialization and are willing and able to collaborate with researchers and teachers from nonphilosophical disciplines. You have an excellent command of the English language.
The department of philosophy is internationally leading in the philosophy and ethics of technology. It participates in the interuniversity 3TU.Center for Ethics and Technology (www.ethicsandtechnology.eu), and will house the directorship of the Center starting 2013. Both the department and the Center have a strong international orientation and include members from many different nationalities.
Information and application
For more information, please contact Prof. dr. Philip Brey, full professor and chair (email: p [dot] a [dot] e [dot] brey [__at__] utwente [dot] nl; phone: +31-53-4894426).
Your application should reach us by September 24th, 2012, and should include a CV, a letter of application (including a summary of your teaching evaluations), a summary and table of contents of your dissertation (or your full dissertation), a recent paper, and contact information for 3 or more references. Applications should be uploaded via www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en.
SIE International Summer School invites applications for a 6-week Visiting Professor position at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China from July 2nd to August 10th, 2012. Candidates from all areas of Philosophy are welcome to apply. The Visiting Professors will usually teach 2-3 courses (Introduction to Philosophy and Modern Philosophy).
Compensation Package:
•Salary of $6,000USD per course taught (after-tax), we typically ask each Visiting Professor to teach between two to three courses;
•Free hotel accommodation during the term of teaching;
•Free round-trip economy class air-ticket for you and a family member between the U.S. and China;
•RMB3,000 in food expense reimbursement for you and family while in China;
•RMB1,000 for laundry expense reimbursement for you and family;
•Airport pickup and drop-off services;
•RMB1,000 for transportation expenses incurred within China;
•Accident insurance coverage;
•One teaching assistant;
•One welfare assistant to help with your daily living needs in China.
If you are interested in joining us as a teaching faculty next summer, please forward us a copy of your curriculum vitae to chengcheng [dot] li [__at__] sieschool [dot] org. Once we receive your CV, we will get back to you within three business days. Should you have any question regarding our 2012 program, please contact us at chengcheng [dot] li [__at__] sieschool [dot] org or at (86)-10-57853185-608, we will be happy to answer your questions.
About SIE
Founded in 2009, Sinoway International Education Group (“SIE”) is a joint-effort by four prestigious Chinese universities to offer international standard summer school programs. . SIE is the largest operator of international summer school programs in China, co-hosted by East China Normal University，Nanjing University, and University of International Business and Economics in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing. Our courses (with the exception of Chinese language classes) are taught exclusively by professors from the U.S., and they are designed to be eligible for college academic credit transfer to American universities. Since 2009, over 1,200 students and over 50 professors from the U.S. have participated in our summer school programs. Over 2,000 students are expected to attend our four university summer programs in 2012. Please visit our official site at summer.sieschool.org
In addition, the dates of our summer school program are as follow:
Welcome orientation for faculty：June 28
The first faculty meeting day: June 29
The first day of school: July 2
The last school day (Final exam day): August 10
The program will last six weeks, each class meets four time a week (Mon. to Thur.), except the third and the sixth weeks meet from Mon. to Fri. The total class hours are 39 hours (26 class sessions) for each course. Each class time is 90minutes in length.