Lecturer in Philosophy (EXPIRED)

Lecturer in Philosophy

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Work type: Fixed term full time
Vacancy type: External Vacancy, Internal Vacancy
Categories: Academic - Teaching and Research

Macquarie University is a workplace like no other. From our inception we have crossed traditional boundaries. We developed the first electronic calculator for the blind, wireless internet technology and the Macquarie Dictionary. We were the first university in Australia to introduce childcare on campus and the first to appoint a female Vice-Chancellor. We were founded to be different, and we have always been at the forefront of changes to the way we work, live and learn.

We are recognised globally as one of Australia's leading research universities. We recently earned a 5-star rating in the QS World Rankings, including the highest rating for employability. We have been among the top-rated employers in the Australian Workplace Employers Index since it was founded 2010.  We are, definitively, a world-class university for students and staff. We're investing heavily in new buildings, courses and staff, and collaborating with businesses here and around the world including Cochlear Ltd, Intel and the CSIRO.

Our University is set on a wide, park-like campus, with all the facilities you would expect in a world-class CBD. With our new high-tech library, private teaching hospital, gym and pools, childcare facilities, excellent transport, and the newly expanded Macquarie Park shopping mall next door, Macquarie is a great place to work.

The Faculty of Arts is distinguished by its student-centred and research-inspired approaches to teaching and learning. Staff and students work together to ask questions about socially complex problems and reflect on the skills and knowledge the need to understand the world, past and present.

The Department of Philosophy is a pluralist department with recognised research excellence in many areas of Philosophy, including mind and cognition, ethics, European philosophy, and aesthetics. 

The Role

The Department is currently seeking to make a four year fixed-term appointment for a Lecturer in Philosophy. The appointee will be expected to contribute to the teaching of the curriculum in the Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics stream, including existing courses in philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of cognitive science. Applicants who take an empirically-oriented approach to these issues are strongly preferred. The appointee will also be expected to contribute to the delivery of one or more first year philosophy units and to third-year metaphysics. There is the possibility of teaching research-related seminars in our Masters of Research program, and developing new teaching material on empirical approaches to consciousness. There will also be the opportunity to supervise MRes and PhD students.

Selection Criteria

To be considered for this position, applicants must respond to the selection criteria below and attach their application as a separate document in the application process.

·  a PhD in Philosophy by the time of appointment

·  an established research track record of high quality peer reviewed publications, including a list of publications

·  a sample of work

· potential to apply for research grants from national and international research bodies

·  demonstrated success in undergraduate teaching

·  the potential to undertake Postgraduate supervision in Philosophy

·  capacity to work in a pluralist department and collaborate with other teachers and researchers

Salary Package: from $91,403 - $108,146 p.a. (Level B), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading

Start Date: Negotiable, no later than 15 July 2015

Appointment Type: full-time, fixed-term for 4 years (3 years if starting after semester 1, 2015)

Enquiries: Associate Professor JP Deranty on [email protected] 

Applications Close: Monday, 13 October 2014 at 11.55pm

Advertised: 17 Sep 2014 Aus. Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 13 Oct 2014 Aus. Eastern Standard Time