Departement of Philosophy

2-year Postdoc position
70 %

The Department of Philosophy has around 80 employees, including nine professors. We are committed to internationally visible research and an attractive and broad range of courses for over 800 students.

Your responsibilities

Willingness to work in a collaborative research environment and to take an active part in ZEGRa's and the department's activities (seminars, workshops, etc.) Willingness to write and publish excellent papers on the nature, aims and norms of legal inquiry, in the context of the SNF-research project «The Varieties of Inquiry». The successful candidate will work on questions such as the following:

i. How do legal inquiries differ from scientific and ordinary inquiries, whether teleologically or normatively?
ii. What are the respective places of epistemic and practical considerations in legal inquiries?
iii. How to solve the «puzzle of statistical evidence»?
iv. Are profiling and profile evidence morally and/or epistemically permitted in legal inquiries?

Your profile

PhD in philosophy, preferably in epistemology and/or philosophy of law. The successful candidate is expected to have defended their PhD by the time they take up the position. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of German is not required but may be an advantage.

What we offer

The Department of Philosophy, the University of Zurich, and Zurich as a university location offer a stimulating environment for research and teaching, a wide range of opportunities for professional exchange, and interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary cooperation in research and teaching. In the area of teaching, you can take advantage of a wide range of continuing education opportunities and work with colleagues to develop new ideas (also for digital teaching). The Department of Philosophy attaches great importance to intensively supervised teaching units, as well as to inclusion, diversity and sustainability in teaching. Inter- and transdisciplinary subject areas and courses are also further developed through participation in international study programs.
The University of Zurich strives to increase diversity in research and teaching and therefore expressly invites applications from qualified women and persons from other underrepresented groups.

Place of work

Zürichbergstrasse 43, 8044 Zürich, Switzerland

Start of employment

01/09/2024

Please submit your application by April 30, 2024. Please apply via our job portal www.jobs.uzh.ch. Candidates are requested to submit the following application material:
i. a cover letter (1 page);
ii. a CV;
iii. an anonymized short research proposal (2 to 3 pages);
iv. an anonymized sample of written work (30 pages maximum).

Please send (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) in one single PDF file, entitled «Application YOURNAME»

Please apply via our job portal http://www.jobs.uzh.ch.