2 Doctoral Fellowships at MCMP (LMU Munich) 1361 views

The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich invites applications application for two Doctoral Fellowships.

Duration: 3-year

Starting date: October 1, 2018 (later starting date is possible)

Research fields:

• General Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy of Physics
• Philosophy of the Social Sciences
• Philosophy of Statistics
• Formal Epistemology
• Formal Philosophy of Science
• Social Epistemology
• Philosophy and Psychology of Reasoning and Argumentation
• Agent-Based Modeling in Philosophy
• Decision Theory

Requirements:

1. Applicant must submit blinded application which does not mention the applicant’s name and must include the following:

• Cover letter that addresses, amongst others, one’s academic background, research interests and the proposed starting date
• CV
• List of publications (if applicable), BA and (if applicable) MA certificates
• Sample of written work (max 3000 words)
• Description of the planned PhD-project (about 2000 words).

2. A separate title page, containing the applicant’s name and contact information.
3. Both documents (1 and 2) should be sent as two separate PDF documents to office.hartmann@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.
4. 01 confidential letter of reference addressing the applicant’s qualifications for academic research should be sent to the same email address from the referees directly.

Note:

• Applicant who has not finished their MA at the time of the application deadline has to provide evidence (in the cover letter or in the reference) that they will have their MA in hand at the time the fellowship starts.
• The official language at the MCMP is English and fluency in German is not mandatory.

Fellowship value:

• 468 €/month (paid out without deductions for tax and social security)
• The MCMP also provides funds to cover costs to attend some workshops and conferences.