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Job Announcement Research Fellow in Science and Religious Conflict Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford Oxford (UK) __________________________________________________ Applications are invited for the post of Research Fellow (Science and Religious Conflict) within a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The project is based in the Faculty of Philosophy, and will be directed by Professor Julian Savulescu, who also directs the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, the Programme on Ethics of the New Biosciences, and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics. The AHRC project will relate closely to these, and starts on 1 January 2009, for three years. The Research Fellow will conduct research which aims to understand the ways in which cognitive and affective biases and heuristics affect the reasoning, judgments, and ultimately the behaviour of people in states of moral disagreement, and the causal processes which thereby lead to conflict. A secondary aim is to use the case of religious disagreement as a model to draw lessons about the nature and the ethically acceptable management of interpersonal disagreements and conflicts. The successful candidate will have outstanding analytical skills and the ability to rapidly comprehend new material from a variety of disciplines, including psychology and philosophy. As a key member of the research team (there will be two Research Fellows working on this project), the post-holder must be able to work in a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality academic and policy outputs. AOS is ideally a background in or relevant to Philosophy or Psychology, or a related discipline. Knowledge or experience of Theology would be an advantage. This position will offer the best candidate excellent career opportunities to work on a project that benefits from stimulating facilities for research and teaching, and the presence of Professor Julian Savulescu, an internationally renowned philosopher and ethicist. The post will be made on the University's grade 7 scale, up to Grade 07S.03 (£27,466 - £29,138), with increments in years two and three. Further particulars, including how to apply, are available at: http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.htm or from [email protected]. The deadline for applications is Friday, 7 November 2008. Interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing 1 December 2008. The University of Oxford is an equal opportunities employer. __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
