3 year Postdoctoral Fellowships: LMU Munich 3325 views

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships.

Number of positions: 02

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

Duration: 3-year

Fellowship value: 1.853 €/month (paid out without deductions for tax and social security); cover costs to attend some workshops and conferences.

Study 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:

• Applicants must have obtained PhD degree in relevant subject. Those who have not finished their PhD at the time of the application deadline have to provide evidence (in the cover letter or in the reference) that they will have their PhD in hand at the time the fellowship starts.

Applications:

Applications 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
• Sample of written work (max 5000 words)
• Description of a planned research project (about 2000 words)
• All material including application to be sent by email (in one PDF document) to office.hartmann@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
• 2 confidential letters of reference addressing the applicant’s qualifications for academic research should be sent to the same email address from the referees directly.