[Sigifp-l] FW: [ICTs-and-Society] Vacancy: University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy : Media and Technology, Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh

[Unsworth,Kristene]

This sounds like a great opportunity!

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Kristene Unsworth, PhD.
Assistant Professor

The College of Computing & Informatics
Drexel University
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Subject: [ICTs-and-Society] Vacancy: University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy : Media and Technology, Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh

From: Mark Coeckelbergh <mark.coeckelbergh at dmu.ac.uk>

Vacancy: University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy
: Media and Technology, Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

At the University of Vienna (15 faculties, 4 centres, about 188 fields of study, approx. 9.700 members of staff, more than 92.000 students)  the position of a University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy is vacant.

Identification number of advertisement: 6184

The advertised position is situated in the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. The Department is large (by international comparison) and its members have a considerable variety of areas of competence. This motivates both the duty to offer a teaching programme that spans the full breadth of the discipline, and the intention to satisfy high standards of research performance. The Department attaches great value to the core areas of philosophy, but it also has the aim to contribute to the philosophical discussion of current problems in philosophy. The intention to acknowledge new philosophical developments and tasks is reflected in the number of co-operations and research fields of the department.

Duration of contract: 6 years.

Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week
Occupation group in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) On top of this relevant chargeable work experience determines the assessment to a particular salary grade.

Areas of work:
The successful candidate will actively participate in research, teaching and administration at the Department of Philosophy in the field of Philosophy of Media and Technology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh).
Working closely with Univ.-Prof. Coeckelbergh, she or he will pursue research in philosophy of technology and ethics of technology, philosophy of artificial intelligence and robot ethics, and in the fields of digital media, technology and enhancement, developped by Mark Coeckelbergh.

The main outcome is to produce a publishable "Habilitation" in the field of philosophy of technology. It is also expected, that the university assistant postdoc will

(1) publish articles in international journals in the area of philosophy of technology and related areas - alone or in collaboration with Prof.
Coeckelbergh,
(2) participate in acquisition of third party funding,
(3) participate in organization of workshops, conferences etc. related to the Chair.

Teaching load to the extent regulated by the collective bargaining agreement.

Profile:
To be successful, applicants must fulfil the following conditions:
- PhD in philosophy,
- high command of written and oral English, good international network,
- publication activity should be shown by having many excellent publications in international peer-reviewed journals in the area of philosophy of technology and / or related areas,
- preferably experience with acquisition of third party funding,
- appropriate teaching experience,
- ability to work as a member of a team,
- the willingness to acquire, within three years from the point of appointment, a command of the German language that is sufficient to teach at the Bachelor- and Master-level and to participate in university committees.

Your application should have the following components:
- academic CV (including certified copies of academic degrees),
- list of publications,
- a Habilitation project outline of about 3,000 words,
- the PhD thesis,
- two published papers and
- two letters of recommendation.

Research fields:
Main research field:
Philosophy, Ethics
Special research fields: Philosophy of technology; Ethics; Philosophy
Importance: MUST 	

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna
(http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 29.11.2015, mentioning reference number 6184.

For further information please contact Coeckelbergh, Mark.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ADVERTISEMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA JOB CENTRE

https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cB35A22A1-8150-0E75-E736-08E76BF2F815_k9E610D7A-0B60-836E-B0FA-E67A928DFB86&tid=55614.28