At the Department of Philosophy’s Chair of Theoretical Philosophy, at the University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, there is a position which is expected to be available from 1 April 2024, subject to budgetary regulations, for a full-time

Postdoctoral Fellow.

The fixed-term contract is for a period of three years. Payment will be made according to pay group 13 TV-L Wissenschaft if the personal and pay group qualifications are met. The position on offer is suitable for part-time employment.

Job Description:

• Academic research and teaching services in the field of theoretical philosophy
• Independent academic research in the field of metaphysics, epistemology, and/or the philosophy of science applying formal research methods
• Participation in the chair’s research colloquium
• The position serves to qualify in the second qualification phase; it is assigned tasks that are conducive to the preparation of a Habilitation or comparable qualification

Job Specification:

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) and doctorate in philosophy, preferably theoretical philosophy
• Publications in leading international journals
• Expertise in the use of formal research methods
• Research plan for the next three years
• Excellent knowledge of both written and spoken English
• Experience in university teaching

Desirable:

• The ability to teach in German is a plus

The position is open to all persons, irrespective of gender.

The University would like to increase the proportion of women in areas in which they are underrepresented and thus applications from women are particularly welcome and will be treated with priority if they have the same qualifications and as long as there are no clear reasons which make a fellow applicant more suitable.

Severely disabled applicants with the same qualifications will be considered with preference.

According to § 68(3) PersVG M-V, the Staff Council will only be involved in staff matters of the academic or artistic staff on request.

Please only submit copies of your application documents as they cannot be returned. Unfortunately, application costs (e.g. travel expenses for interviews) will not be reimbursed by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Applications comprising all usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, research plan, recent articles) must be sent with reference to the job advertisement number 23/E29 by 31 December 2023, preferably via email (one PDF file), to:

Universität Greifswald

Institut für Philosophie

Prof. Dr. Allard Tamminga

Baderstraße 6/7

17489 Greifswald

schluens@uni-greifswald.de  (office)

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