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Professor in Philosophical Anthropology (EXPIRED)

Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven - University of Leuven

Job category Faculty (open rank) / Contract type open
AOS Existential phenomenology, psychoanalysis, philosophy of psychiatry, philosophical anthropology, philosophical psychology.
AOC Existential phenomenology, psychoanalysis, philosophy of psychiatry, philosophical anthropology, philosophical psychology.
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Organization's reference number ZAP-2013-316
Location Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
Start date 1 October 2015
Job description

The Institute of Philosophy of the KU Leuven is pleased to announce a full-time academic position in the domain of philosophical anthropology. We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with an excellent research record and educational competence.

Academic vacancy

The Institute of Philosophy offers academic education in English and Dutch, to both graduate and undergraduate students; it has about one hundred doctoral students. The faculty has an extensive national and international academic network and has an excellent library.

Duties

Candidates are expected to

  • develop a research programme at an international level in the area of philosophical anthropology. Ideally, their research perspective on philosophical anthropology can be situated within one, or more, of the following areas: existential phenomenology, psychoanalysis or philosophy of psychiatry.
  • set up collaborations inside and outside of the department, to support and extend the research group’s national and international collaborations, and to set up new forms of collaboration.
  • acquire competitive funding and supervise PhDs.
  • teach high-quality courses within the area of philosophical anthropology, with a clear commitment to the quality of the programme as a whole. They are prepared to teach courses and seminars in Dutch and English, to graduate and undergraduate students both at the Institute of Philosophy and other KU  Leuven faculties.

Requirements

Candidates are expected to

  • possess a PhD in Philosophy.
  • have a strong research profile in the field of philosophical anthropology. The quality of their research is proven by publications in leading journals and books and through international research experience.
  • have demonstrable qualities related to academic education. Teaching experience is an advantage.
  • have a cooperative attitude and possess organizational and leadership capacities.
  • A good command of English is required.

The administrative and educational language at KU Leuven is Dutch. If, at your appointment, you do not speak Dutch at all or do not speak it well, you will be expected to learn the language to a sufficient level within three years; KU Leuven will provide a training offer to that end. If your teaching assignment is exclusively in a language other than Dutch, then it is expected that after three years you will have mastered Dutch sufficiently to allow you to participate in administrative meetings.

Offer

We are offering full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. It focuses on inter- and multidisciplinarity and strives for international excellence. In this regard, it actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad. It provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.

You will work in Leuven, a historic, dynamic and lively city located in the heart of Belgium, about 20 minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.

Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years; after this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as an associate professor.

Interested?

  • For more information, please contact Prof. G. Van Riel, chair of the Appointment Committee of the Institute of Philosophy, Kard. Mercierplein, 2, B-3000 Leuven, e-mail: [email protected] or Prof. Bart Raymaekers, dean of the Institute of Philosophy, Kard. Mercierplein, 2, B-3000 Leuven, e-mail: [email protected]
  • If you have problems submitting your application online, please contact Valerie Vander Borght, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +32 16 328325.

KU Leuven is committed to creating a diverse environment and is therefore an equal opportunity employer. It explicitly encourages candidates from groups that are currently underrepresented at the university to submit their applications.

You can apply for this job no later than September 30, 2014 via the online application tool

How to apply
Application type Online
Instructions
For more information, please contact Prof. G. Van Riel, chair of the Appointment Committee of the Institute of Philosophy, Kard. Mercierplein, 2, B-3000 Leuven, e-mail: [email protected] or Prof. Bart Raymaekers, dean of the Institute of Philosophy, Kard. Mercierplein, 2, B-3000 Leuven, e-mail: [email protected] If you have problems submitting your application online, please contact Valerie Vander Borght, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +32 16 328325.
Web address to apply https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/52...
Email to apply
Hard deadline September 30, 2014, 7:59pm CET
Contact
Web address for more information http://hiw.kuleuven.be/eng/jobsscholarships.html
Contact name Prof. Gerd Van Riel
Contact email
Contact phone +32 16 32 63 31
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Scheduled expiry date September 30, 2014, 7:59pm CET
Expired on October 1, 2014, 7:59pm CET
Last updated May 21, 2015, 3:00pm UTC
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