Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Moral Cognition, University of Oxford, USA
Job Description:Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work on a project that is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, and jointly hosted by the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics (both of which are within the Faculty of Philosophy). The project is entitled Emotion and Intuition in Moral Decision-Making: Empirical Evidence and Ethical Implications.
The fellowship is for a fixed-term of two years from the date of appointment. The Research Fellow will be based at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, which is located at Littlegate House in central Oxford, where the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics is also based.
The Research Fellow’s primary role will be to conduct research for the project, by studying the philosophical and ethical implications of scientific accounts of morality, and will also be an integral part of the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics. In addition to research responsibilities, s/he will be expected to contribute in other ways which may include, for example, involvement in conference or other event organisation and editing a collected volume.
The successful candidate will have a strong academic background in ethics and/or philosophy of psychology and neuroscience, and an outstanding research record. By the date of appointment, applicants will be expected to have received (or submitted their thesis for) the degree of PhD (or equivalent).
Further particulars, including details about how to apply are available from the websites at http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk and http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk or directly from Nicholas Iles, Suite 8, Littlegate House, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT (tel: 01865 286279; email: Nicholas.iles@philosophy.ox.ac.uk).
The deadline for receipt of applications is noon on Monday 2 August 2010.
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