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Call for Applications Theme: Globalizing Minority Rights Subtitle: Cosmopolitanism, Global Institutions, and Cultural Justice Type: PhD Candidate Position in Political Philosophy Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Tromsø Location: Tromsø (Norway) Date: 2017–2020 Deadline: 18.12.2016 __________________________________________________ One PhD Candidate position in political philosophy is available at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT). The position is affiliated with the research group in political philosophy: Pluralism, Democracy and Justice. The appointment is a fixed term position for a period of three years. The PhD position is a part of the research project Globalizing Minority Rights: Cosmopolitanism, Global Institutions, and Cultural Justice (2016-2020) (financed by the Norwegian Research Council), and will be placed within the research group in political philosophy Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice. The more specified PhD project should relate to one or more of the following themes: 1) Conceptual issues relevant for the understanding of a particular type or types of minorities and/or minority rights in global contexts. 2) Normative issues relevant for the justification of minority right(s), and/or the role of different actor(s) in global contexts. 3) Issues relating to the implementation of a particular type or types of minority protections in global contexts. We are especially interested in projects that discuss the above issue(s) in relation to 1) minorities in the developing world, 2) indigenous peoples, or 3) refugees, although we also welcome projects with other focuses within the thematic issues above. Applications shall be marked: 2016/8092 For full details, see: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/130828/phd-candidate-in-political-philosophy __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
