Position: Research Fellow (Moral and/or Social Philosophy)
Duration: 2 years (potentially renewable)
Number of positions: 1 (full time)
Disciplines: Philosophy
Location: Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
Start date: 1 September 2025 (preferred but negotiable)
You will be employed at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice, Czechia, as part of “Combatting self-righteousness: a vice of the digital age” (ERC CZ Grant No. LL2308), a prestigious five-year research project led by Professor John Lippitt. The post is a full-time, research-only position within a small project team of five researchers. The successful applicant will be given academic and administrative support to pursue their research within the broad bounds of the project and the opportunity to participate in the Centre’s lively research environment. In return, they will be expected to make a significant contribution to the project’s publication outputs, including single- and/or co-authored articles in well-regarded international journals, and to help with organising up to two international conferences.
We especially welcome candidates who are keen to pursue research on at least one of the following topics:
- moralism
- other vices relevant to self-righteousness (e.g. pride, hypocrisy, closed-mindedness)
- vices and virtues in digital environments
- collective/group vices and virtues
- humility, open-mindedness, love or compassion (insofar as they relate to the project)
- ethical aspects of epistemic/affective bubbles and echo chambers
- moral grandstanding/virtue-signalling
- the ethics of anger and moral protest
- ethical aspects of polarization and moral disagreement
- moral criticism and the ethics of social punishment
Further details of the project may be found here: Self-righteousness | Centre for ethics (upce.cz)
For more information on the advertised position (including details of documents required from applicants) please see: Research Position in Moral/Social Philosophy | EURAXESS or Official advert site
We especially welcome applications from members of underrepresented groups.
Requirements:
- Ph.D. or equivalent, awarded by the intended start date
- track record of independent publications
- research interests relevant to the project topic
- fluency in English.
For further inquiries, contact Prof. John Lippitt (johnandrew.lippitt@upce.cz) or Dr. Kamila Pacovská (kamila.pacovska@upce.cz).
Applications should be sent by March 31th, 2025 to Gabriela Kaufmanová (gabriela.kaufmanova@upce.cz). Please state “Research position, Self-Righteousness Project” in the e-mail subject line.