Research Associate (EXPIRED)

College of Arts

School Of Humanities (Philosophy)

Research Associate

Vacancy Ref: 090068
Salary, Grade 7, £36,382 - £40,927 per annum

This position is full time with funding up to 31 August 2025.

We have an opportunity for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to an AHRC project ‘Digital Knowledge: A New Framework for Digital Epistemic Virtues’ working with Dr J Adam Carter (PI, Glasgow/COGITO Epistemology Research Centre) in collaboration with Prof Jesper Kallestrup (Co-I, University of Aberdeen). The successful candidate will produce high-quality research in accordance with the project’s aims (see project overview below).

Project overview: ‘Digital Knowledge: A New Framework for Digital Epistemic Virtues’

The three core research questions this project will investigate are:

Q1: How should our epistemological theorising respond to the influx of cognitive offloading, and associated risks of misinformation online?

Q2: Are there such things as 'digital' epistemic virtues and vices, and if so, how are these related to more traditional intellectual virtues?

Q3: What is needed to convert digitally stored information into digital knowledge, and how might we best communicate, and educate for, such knowledge?

For more information on the project and to apply online: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=090068

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr J Adam Carter, [email protected].

Closing date : 27 July 2022

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We aim to reflect and celebrate in our workforce the diversity and global reach of our wider community. We also strongly endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, including a supportive and flexible working environment, with commitment from all levels of the organisation to promoting [inclusion, diversity and] gender equity. Applications are particularly welcome from women, ethnic minorities and other under-represented groups.  In line with the commitments in the University of Glasgow’s Gaelic Language Plan, we also welcome and value skills in Gaelic language for anyone working within areas where key Gaelic services are delivered, in particular within the School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan and the College of Arts.

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