4-Year Full-Time Paid PhD Position (EXPIRED)

We have 1 PhD position available. We are currently open to supervising research on the following topics (all broadly construed).

• Applied Philosophy of Language, Intra-Organizational Communication, Linguistic Context-Sensitivity [Alex Davies ([email protected])]

• Early Modern Theories of Imagination (esp. British), Contemporary Views on Religious Imagination. [Roomet Jakapi ([email protected])]

• Ethical Decision-Making, Medical Ethics and Bioethics, Ethics Teaching Methodology, Organizational Ethics and Nudging, Research Ethics and Integrity [Kadri Simm ([email protected])]

• 20th Century German Philosophy, 20th Century French Philosophy, Friedrich Nietzche. [Jaanus Sooväli ([email protected])]

If you are interested in working on one of these topics, then please get in touch with the corresponding member of our faculty (your prospective supervisor), to discuss the fit of your research interests and the application process.

About the Position

You will be employed as a junior research fellow with student status at the University of Tartu Department of Philosophy.

• https://filsem.ut.ee/en/content/department-philosophy

This makes you eligible for mobility grants as a student, but as a junior research fellow, you will receive the salary of a junior research fellow. This salary is pegged to the minimum salary for junior research fellows at the University of Tartu, which is itself tied to the average Estonian salary -- and therefore automatically goes up with inflation. In 2023, the minimum salary for a junior researcher is 1720 euros per month. Your contract is performance-based. During the first 5 months of your postion, you will write a research plan for the 4 years of your position, along with milestones to be met each year. Your contract will be continued for each year, provided you reach the planned milestone by the planned time. The curriculum for the PhD at the University of Tartu includes professional development courses and courses that develop transferable skills i.e. that have application beyond a purely academic career. But the vast majority of the curriculum will be dedicated to your research.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a Master's degree. Although most of our PhD students have a Master's degree in Philosophy, several do not. Those who don't, typically pursue a PhD research project that is transdisciplinary (and are co-supervised accordingly).
• Applicants must have good proficiency in spoken and written English (proof of this will be required from non-native speakers).

Applying

Applicants will be asked to submit the following:

• Doctoral thesis project (3–5 pages + references): this should state the research question(s) to be addressed; contextualize the research question(s) in the relevant literature as it currently stands; describe the strategy for answering your research question(s); present a workplan for how this will be accomplished within the timeframe of the position.
• CV
• Writing sample (of roughly the length of a typical paper in philosophy).

Information will be made available on how to submit these documents by the 15th April here: https://ut.ee/en/content/phd-open-calls. The deadline for submissions is 15th May.