1 two-year postdoctoral position in analytic philosophy: 'Evidence and the law' (EXPIRED)

In 2022, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIN) recognized the Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP) as a María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence, a status involving a 2M Euro grant for a 4-year collaborative research project on the nature and role of evidence.
The project’s main objectives are to (1) explore and systematize the different roles, and scope, assigned to evidence in a variety of well-defined contexts of enquiry, (2) develop a coherent overall conception of the nature of evidence, and of evidential support, across the aforementioned contexts of enquiry, (3) determine the lessons to be drawn from this conception for the uses and roles that evidence should have in the public sphere. The project is articulated into 6 research work packages, of which one, WP2, is in legal philosophy (for further information, go to https://www.ub.edu/biap/). As part of its strategic research programme, BIAP seeks to attract national and international talent working on issues within the project’s remit.
The successful candidate is expected to work on issues in legal epistemology and the law of evidence and to contribute to the pursuit of one of the following research objectives:

-To provide an analysis of factual statements in legal reasoning.

-To elucidate the notion of a legal standard of proof and examine how such standards operate in legal decision making.

-To clarify the role of expert evidence in legal procedures.

-To develop a view about the optimal institutional design for the admissibility, presentation at trial, and assessment of evidence.

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