1 two-year postdoctoral position in philosophical methodology

The Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP), a María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CEX2021-001169-M), offers 1 two-year postdoctoral position in philosophical methodology based at the University of Barcelona.
The gross salary is €36.000 per annum.

The successful candidate is expected to work on issues in philosophical methodology and to contribute to the pursuit of one of the following research objectives:

• to appraise the disagreement confronting exceptionalists and nonexceptionalists on philosophical methodology by examining the dependences between philosophical topics, and whether they manifest worldly or rather conceptual hierarchies;
• to critically examine experimental philosophy studies with a view to determine what the impact of their results should be on philosophical theorizing.

The successful candidate is further expected to actively participate in BIAP's research activities and in the organization of research and outreach events.

Selection criteria

Candidates from any country can apply, including non-EU members. To be eligible, candidates must hold a PhD degree in philosophy. Apart from the standard scientific criteria, selection will be guided by the following criteria:

• Candidates should command the English language in both written and spoken form.
• Candidates should have a solid background in analytic philosophy.
• Candidates should be familiar with tools for addressing issues in philosophical methodology, in particular with methods of experimental philosophy.

BIAP strongly encourages applications from women and members of other groups underrepresented in the profession.

Application material

The application package should include all of the following:
• motivation letter,
• curriculum vitae (incl. list of publications, if any),
• PhD certificate or equivalent,
• research proposal,
• 2 writing samples (in English and of reasonable length - entire theses will not be accepted),
• 2 confidential letters of reference (to be submitted by academic referees under separate cover).

All application documents (except the confidential reference letters) should be converted to PDF, not exceeding 2MB in total.

Applications, including all the requested application material, must be submitted via https://www.ub.edu/insgenct/inici.php?idioma=eng, with the call identifier BIAP _POSTDOC_WP5 mentioned under 'details of request'.

For further details of the call, the eligibility criteria, the application procedure, and the selection process, please go to https://www.ub.edu/biap/news/