Research Associateship in Philosophy (3-year position)
Salary: £24,402-£25,889

Matching awards from the Leverhulme and the Isaac Newton Trusts have
enabled the Department of History and Philosophy of Science to seek to
appoint a Research Associate to work on a 3-year philosophical project on
biological accounts of human nature and their applications to ethical and
political theory. The candidate must be able to take up the post by October
2007. Ideal candidates will have a PhD, and a first-rate research record in
a relevant area of philosophy. The research area lies at the intersection
of philosophy of biology, ethics and political philosophy, so candidates
specialising in any one of these areas would be considered, providing they
can demonstrate an interest in the other areas. The candidate's research
record should be such as to strengthen the Department's submission in the
upcoming Research Assessment Exercise. The candidate will collaborate
closely on research with Dr Tim Lewens, and will produce both single- and
joint-authored articles under his guidance. The successful applicant will
also provide teaching and administrative cover for Dr Lewens while he is on
leave in the academic year 2007-8. For the remaining 2 years of the project
the candidate will focus on research, and teaching and administrative
duties will be light.

Applications, in hard copy only, should be sent to The Administrator,
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge,
Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH (telephone: 01223 334540, fax: 01223
334554, e-mail: th10001@cam.ac.uk). This should include:

the University's coversheet for applications for employment, form PD18;
a cover letter containing details of your research;
a full CV, including details of teaching experience;
a list of publications;
a writing sample of up to 20,000 words;
the names of two referees.
Applicants should ask their referees to send or e-mail references to the
Administrator (th10001@cam.ac.uk) to arrive by the closing date.

Informal enquiries can be made to Tamara Hug (th10001@cam.ac.uk) or Tim
Lewens (tml1000@cam.ac.uk).

Closing date: 25 May 2007
Interview date: 18 June 2007
Further details: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/jobs/further.pdf
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