Tutorial Fellowship and Associate Professorship/Professorship in Philosophy (EXPIRED)

LINCOLN COLLEGE in association with the Faculty of Philosophy

Lincoln College and the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, propose to make a joint appointment in Philosophy from 1 September 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter. The postholder will be a Tutorial Fellow of Lincoln College and an Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy. The post is for a specialist in the field of the Philosophy of Social Science.

The successful candidate will have a proven record of internationally recognised scholarship and research, or evidence of potential to publish research of this quality, and will be required to provide a high standard of research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the supervision of research students. He or she will provide undergraduate tuition for Lincoln College in a range of subjects in Philosophy at both introductory and advanced undergraduate level. The Faculty of Philosophy expects the successful candidate to give undergraduate lectures, graduate classes and individual graduate supervision in the Philosophy of Social Science, and to conduct advanced research in this area. Applications are welcome from candidates working in any area of the Philosophy of Social Science and it is recognised that candidates who self-identify as specialists in this field may face in different research directions – for example, towards general philosophy of science, towards economics, or towards political theory.

By 1 September 2017, the successful candidate should normally have received the degree of PhD (or equivalent), or attained a comparable level of publications. The appointment will be a permanent post (after initial probation) and the combined college and University salary will be on a scale from £45,562 to £61,179 p.a., plus substantial benefits including free accommodation in college or a taxable and pensionable housing allowance of £9190 p.a. An additional salary payment of £2,626 p.a. would be payable upon award of title of full Professor.

Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/Philosophy, or from the Academic Administrator, Lincoln College, Oxford, OX1 3DR, Tel: 01865 279801, Fax: 01865 279802, email: [email protected] to whom applications should be submitted by 12.00 noon (GMT) on Monday 16 January 2017. Applications should be submitted by email. Candidates should ask their referees to write directly to the Academic Administrator, Lincoln College, by the same date and should supply each referee with a copy of the Further Particulars. Referees may submit their references by email.

Lincoln College and the University of Oxford are Equal Opportunities Employers. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.