Vacancy: University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy : Media and Technology, Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh

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At the University of Vienna (15 faculties, 4 centres, about 188 fields of
study, approx. 9.700 members of staff, more than 92.000 students)  the
position of a
University Assistant (post doc)
at the Department of Philosophy
is vacant.

Identification number of advertisement: 6184

The advertised position is situated in the Department of Philosophy in
the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. The Department is large (by
international comparison) and its members have a considerable variety of
areas of competence. This motivates both the duty to offer a teaching
programme that spans the full breadth of the discipline, and the
intention to satisfy high standards of research performance. The
Department attaches great value to the core areas of philosophy, but it
also has the aim to contribute to the philosophical discussion of current
problems in philosophy. The intention to acknowledge new philosophical
developments and tasks is reflected in the number of co-operations and
research fields of the department.

Duration of contract: 6 years.

Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week
Occupation group in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48
VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)
On top of this relevant chargeable work experience determines the
assessment to a particular salary grade.

Areas of work:
The successful candidate will actively participate in research, teaching
and administration at the Department of Philosophy in the field of
Philosophy of Media and Technology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh).
Working closely with Univ.-Prof. Coeckelbergh, she or he will pursue
research in philosophy of technology and ethics of technology, philosophy
of artificial intelligence and robot ethics, and in the fields of digital
media, technology and enhancement, developped by Mark Coeckelbergh.

The main outcome is to produce a publishable "Habilitation" in the field
of philosophy of technology. It is also expected, that the university
assistant postdoc will

(1) publish articles in international journals in the area of philosophy
of technology and related areas - alone or in collaboration with Prof.
Coeckelbergh,
(2) participate in acquisition of third party funding,
(3) participate in organization of workshops, conferences etc. related to
the Chair.

Teaching load to the extent regulated by the collective bargaining
agreement.

Profile:
To be successful, applicants must fulfil the following conditions:
- PhD in philosophy,
- high command of written and oral English, good international network,
- publication activity should be shown by having many excellent
publications in international peer-reviewed journals in the area of
philosophy of technology and / or related areas,
- preferably experience with acquisition of third party funding,
- appropriate teaching experience,
- ability to work as a member of a team,
- the willingness to acquire, within three years from the point of
appointment, a command of the German language that is sufficient to teach
at the Bachelor- and Master-level and to participate in university
committees.

Your application should have the following components:
- academic CV (including certified copies of academic degrees),
- list of publications,
- a Habilitation project outline of about 3,000 words,
- the PhD thesis,
- two published papers and
- two letters of recommendation.

Research fields:
Main research field:
Philosophy, Ethics
Special research fields: Philosophy of technology; Ethics; Philosophy
Importance: MUST       

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should
be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna
(http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 29.11.2015, mentioning
reference number 6184.

For further information please contact Coeckelbergh, Mark.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values
equal opportunities, as well as diversity
(http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on
increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given
equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

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