The Department of Bioethics is pleased to offer a limited number of two-year post-doctoral and post-baccalaureate fellowships. Fellows participate in the activities and the intellectual life of our interdisciplinary department and study ethical issues related to biomedical research, clinical practice, genetics, biotechnology, public health, and health policy. They conduct mentored theoretical and empirical research on a range of bioethical fields of interest. For a typical fellow, this research yields multiple first-authored publications in premier academic journals. In addition to research and writing, fellows participate in weekly bioethics seminars, case conferences, ethics consultations, and IRB deliberations, and have access to multiple educational opportunities at NIH.  No prior bioethics experience is required or expected. 

Fellowships begin in September 2018. Stipends are commensurate with NIH Intramural Research Training Award guidelines.

Applicants for post-baccalaureate fellowships must have earned their degree no more than 3 years prior to the start date of the fellowship. Students planning to pursue MD, JD, PhD or other graduate degrees are encouraged to apply for post-baccalaureate fellowships. Only U.S. citizens are eligible.

Applicants for the post-doctoral fellowship must have earned their degree no more than 5 years prior to the start date of the fellowship. U.S. and non-U.S. citizens are eligible for post-doctoral fellowships.

Applications comprise: resume/CV, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, a statement of interest, and one or two writing samples. Writing samples should total fewer than 30 double-spaced pages and should demonstrate analytical or critical thinking ability. They need not be on a bioethics topic. Most successful applicants submit samples that defend a position or analyze an argument. The statement of interest should be up to 1000 words and explain how the fellowship fits into your career goals and what potential bioethics topics you would like to investigate. You may also choose to discuss how you can lend a unique perspective to the department or contribute to the department’s diversity. The NIH is dedicated to building a diverse community in its training and employment programs.
 
Apply on-line at http://bioethics.nih.gov/education/index.shtml.  

For further information see www.bioethics.nih.gov or contact bioethics-inquiries [__at__] mail [dot] nih [dot] gov, or call 301-496-2429.

Application Deadline Date:    
Post-doc Application Deadline: Midnight December 31, 2017
Post-bac Application Deadline: Midnight January 15, 2018

AOS: Ethics (broadly construed) or Feminist Philosophy
AOC: Feminist Philosophy or Ethics (broadly construed) - whichever is not an AOS should be an AOC

The Department of Philosophy at Skidmore College invites applications for an open rank tenure-track position in Ethics (broadly construed) or Feminist Philosophy beginning in Fall 2018. We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups as well as individuals who have experience working with diverse student populations and who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their teaching, scholarship, and service.

The faculty member in this position will teach introductory philosophy courses and upper-level courses in their areas of expertise. Within the context of a 3-2 teaching load, the position also includes teaching a first-year interdisciplinary seminar (open topic) on rotation. Depending upon departmental need, the faculty member may be asked to teach introductory logic on rotation.

Ph.D. is expected at time of appointment. Candidates should submit all materials online by November 6, 2017, including a cover letter, a current CV, sample syllabi, graduate transcripts, teaching evaluations scanned together into one pdf file, a writing sample attached under additional materials, and names and contact information for three references (who will be contacted only after consultation with the applicant). In addition may also include optional documents: research statement, teaching philosophy, and teaching statement. Associate or Full Professor applicants may omit transcripts. We request that all candidates describe explicitly in their cover letter the nature of their commitment and experience with underrepresented groups, and their ability to teach and retain a broadly diverse student body.

The Department of Philosophy at Skidmore emphasizes the history of philosophy, innovative scholarship, and the lively teaching of primary texts. Also highly valued are a commitment to the goals of liberal arts education and an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research. The department welcomes Non-Western philosophical traditions and pluralist approaches. For more information about the department, please visit our website at: http://www.skidmore.edu/philosophy .

Skidmore College is a coeducational liberal arts institution in upstate New York that fosters creative approaches to teaching and learning. Skidmore's faculty are devoted to the instruction and mentoring of approximately 2,500 undergraduate students, with 22% students of color and 11% international students. Skidmore offers support for faculty development in many ways, including pre-tenure sabbaticals and internal grants.

Review of applications begins November 6, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

To learn more about and apply for this position please visit us online at:

https://careers.skidmore.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58219

Skidmore College is committed to being an inclusive campus community and, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, familial status, dating violence, or stalking, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Employment at Skidmore College is contingent upon an acceptable background check result.

CREATIVE THOUGHT MATTERS.

The University Center for Human Values (UCHV) and the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) at Princeton University invite applications for a fulltime postdoctoral research associate or more senior position working at the intersection of ethics and global change to contribute to the Climate Futures Initiative in Science, Values, and Policy (CFI) – a jointly supported research program. Our aim is to support a scholar whose research agenda focuses on the ethical dimensions of climate change, informed by knowledge of climate science and policy. Applicants trained in moral and political philosophy, political theory, normative economics, and related areas are encouraged to apply.

The incumbent will be expected to be an active contributor to CFI and, in concert with the program’s faculty leadership and steering committee, will play a central role in planning the group’s activities. He/she will be encouraged to participate in the UCHV and PEI communities and will have responsibility for contributing the equivalent of one course each year to the undergraduate or graduate programs of the Institute or University Center. This contribution may be fulfilled by teaching a course on a topic related to the ethical issues of global change, subject to the needs of the Institute and University Center, sufficient enrollment and approval by the Dean of the Faculty, or other forms of service as suggested by the Institute or University Center.

For more information on the Climate Futures Initiative, see http://scholar.princeton.edu/cfi/home.

Qualifications
To be eligible, an applicant must have completed his/her Ph.D. The applicant’s dissertation need not be specifically in the ethics of climate change, but persons applying to this position will be expected to demonstrate relevant background and commitment to working on a research project in the focal area during their time at Princeton.

Applications will be evaluated on the basis of previous accomplishments, the promise of the proposed research in ethics, climate science, and policy, and the likelihood that the project will be enhanced by being carried out in an interdisciplinary environment. The capacity to contribute to the University’s teaching program may also be taken into account.

Term of Appointment
The term of appointment is one year, normally beginning September 1, 2017, with the expectation of renewal for an additional year, assuming good performance. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to be in residence for the duration of his/her appointment. Princeton offers competitive salary and employee benefits. This is a full time position. As such, the individual accepting this position may not be employed by another institution during the term of his/her appointment at Princeton.

How to Apply You may submit an online application at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/641 and include the following materials:

1. A current curriculum vitae;
2. A research proposal (not to exceed 1,500 words) conforming to the expectations stated above. Please identify a statement of research plans and its connection to the focal area described for this position. Also, please indicate a title for the research project at the beginning of the proposal;
3. A scholarly paper or dissertation chapter (not to exceed 12,000 words) representative of your scholarly achievement or potential; and
4. Contact information for two referees, each of whom will be asked to comment specifically on your qualifications for the proposed research project. Referees will be contacted directly by email with instructions for uploading letters of reference.

All materials must be submitted online by April 3, 2017. We cannot accept application materials by any other method. Letters of reference are to be submitted by end of business day on April 6, 2017. Decisions will be announced by June 1, 2017.

This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.
Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For 2017-18 and 2018-19, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics will take “Political Economy and Justice” as its leading theme. Our work in areas such as diversity, justice, and democracy; bioethics; and institutional corruption will also continue. But for the next two years, we will concentrate a significant portion of our fellowships, resources, and energy around the theme of Political Economy and Justice.

To this end, we invite applications for our Fellows-in-Residence program. We expect to award 8-10 fellowships.

While most admitted fellows will work on the theme, we also expect to admit some applicants whose work does not directly relate to the theme; such applicants can apply for an “open” fellowship. In addition, please note that in 2016, the Edmond J. Safra Center inaugurated a partnership with the Berggruen Institute's Philosophy and Culture Center, whose goal is “to develop fresh ideas through comparative and interdisciplinary work and to relate these insights to the pressing issues of our day.” A subset of our fellows will be designated as Edmond J. Safra-Berggruen Fellows. Edmond J. Safra-Berggruen Fellows engage in scholarship of broad social and political importance from cross-cultural perspectives, and demonstrate a commitment to the public dissemination of their ideas. Priority for holding a Berggruen Fellowship at the Edmond J. Safra Center will be given to scholars working in the following areas: equality and hierarchy; democracy and meritocracy; neuroscience, culture, morality; sustainable innovation; diversity, justice, and democracy; political economy and justice. Berggruen Fellows have the distinctive opportunity to take up a second fellowship year at a university in Asia.

For specifics about the application process, please see the Details section at the bottom of this page.

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND JUSTICE

Almost no one any longer defends “unregulated capitalism.” But what passed for communism has been tried and has failed; Europe has largely backed away from at least one vision of “socialism” as a model; and in the U.S. there is high frustration with government regulation even as there is high frustration with economic and political arrangements that have worked poorly for lower and middle income Americans over recent decades. Where is political economy to go, and how do decisions about political economy intersect with understandings of justice, legitimacy, human flourishing, ethics, and moral commitments?

Capitalism is not a “single-level system” consisting merely of property rights and markets but a “multi-level” system of economic governance involving economic markets that are embedded in institutions created and governed by political authority, accountable to political markets, resting on social norms, and instantiating specific values. Most public firms are hierarchical organizations with carefully structured decision rights and autocratic tendencies (stemming from espoused goals related to wealth maximization and related capital market and product-market performance metrics). As pressing as ever is the question of how principles of legitimacy and justice, of rights, liberties, and a just distribution of resources, can best be served through structured hierarchies of decision-makers set up to serve, primarily, capital market and product market constituencies. Can answers be found along this path?

At the same time, views under the general heading of “socialism” are attracting renewed interest from philosophers and the general public. Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ideological development of China, socialist views are implemented in many versions around the world. Some philosophers have argued that much further-reaching versions than are currently implemented are both institutionally possible and even required to bring about true human flourishing. Others have argued that the cultural penetration of capitalism is the root cause of many social evils from terrorism to widespread loneliness in mass-societies. How should we assess these arguments? How do they relate to efforts to re-imagine capitalism or a mixed economy?

Because of the widespread sense that economic problems are connected to political problems, the issues of political economy and justice are also closely connected to the topic of democracy, as both a theoretical and practical question. With sharp divisions about what ought to be done—compare Trump supporters with Sanders supporters in the U.S.; Leavers to Remainers in the Brexit vote and so on—politics can look intractable, and current trends are ugly and dangerous in many ways.

Merely recognizing these facts does not answer the questions of whither political economy nor of how to define justice and legitimacy in relation to economic questions. Sustained, hard-hitting, multi-disciplinary conversation is necessary.

We expect that serious conversations about the intersections of political economy and justice, will take up issues of human flourishing, ethics, and moral commitments; of democracy, system governance, and legitimacy; of corporate governance and legitimacy; of alienation and consumerism; of labor and quality of life; of social, political, and economic equality and opportunity; of inclusion and sustainability; of globalization, cosmopolitanism, and tribalism. We do not begin with a pre-conceived view about whether solutions lie in capitalism, socialism, or a mixed economy. We seek proposals that address any of these broad topics or others that we have not considered. We seek scholars and practitioners, philosophers and political theorists, economists and decision-makers, and many more besides. We seek a diversity of viewpoints. Our goal will be to craft a conversation that will help us deepen our collective understanding of political economy and human well-being.

DETAILS

Residency and Requirements: The one-year fellowship term runs the course of the academic year, typically from the beginning of September through the end of May. All Fellows-in-Residence will be expected to devote the majority of their time to their individual projects and to participate in regular work-in-progress seminars as well as attending public lectures. In addition, Fellows whose work intersects most directly with the annual theme will also be encouraged to participate in further thematic components of the Center’s programming, which will consist of additional conferences and workshops.

Eligibility: We invite a broad range of researchers to submit proposals to become residential Fellows. We accept applications from untenured and tenured faculty, as well as post-doctoral applications and proposals from researchers and practitioners in industry, government, or NGOs seeking sabbatical time to pursue research directly relevant to ethical issues. Applicants from any discipline or professional field will be considered. Each applicant should propose an individual research and/or writing project. Applicants must have a PhD, professional degree, or a minimum of 5 years of equivalent professional experience. The Fellowships are open to all regardless of citizenship. Those who have previously held a year-long residential Fellowship at the Center are not eligible; this limitation does not apply to former undergraduate or former graduate fellows. If you have questions about your eligibility, contact us at applications [__at__] ethics [dot] harvard [dot] edu before beginning the application process.
How to Apply


1. Submit the following as a single PDF file via email to applications [__at__] ethics [dot] harvard [dot] edu:

Letter describing the intersection of your work with the theme and/or with issues in ethics generally (approximately 500 words)
Curriculum Vitae
Research Proposal for the project you would undertake (approximately 1,000 words)
Sample of previous work. This can be a scholarly paper or chapter; a think-tank white paper; policy memos; journalistic writing; or a portfolio documenting a major work product-- in English, preferably written, published, or produced within the past two years
The names of two references, which should also be entered in the online form below.

2. In addition to the above materials, please complete and submit this online form.

Deadline: The deadline date for receipt of applications for projects beginning September 2017 is December 1, 2016.

Stipend: Post-doctoral fellows will be paid according to a salary structure that is based on number of years of postdoctoral experience ranging from $42,000 to $53,000. Faculty members based in the U.S. who will spend their sabbatical year at the Center will be eligible to receive up to one-half of their academic year salary (not exceeding a maximum stipend set each fall) for the fellowship period. Their home institution is expected to provide at least half the salary, plus all benefits. The maximum for the 2017-18 year is $75,000. Overseas fellows and those not on an academic track are eligible for stipends depending on circumstance.

All fellowship applicants are expected to report pending or received funding from other sources. If multiple awards are received, an equitable arrangement will be made among the funding agents.

Please note the following:
 We are not able to pre-screen applications, project ideas, or issues of eligibility. Please read the materials available on our website to determine if this fellowship is a good fit for you and your scholarship.
Incomplete or hard copy applications will not be considered.