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PPE-Related Job Opportunities

PPE-Related Job Opportunities

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Assistant Professor, PPE Program

Deadline: (Open Until Filled) October 15, 2024

The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor to serve as a core faculty member in our thriving Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program and to take a leading role in developing and expanding the PPE Program and the PPE Society.   The position will begin on July 1, 2025.  The successful candidate will likely have a primary appointment in the Philosophy Department, which houses the PPE Program and the PPE Society, although appointment in either Political Science or Public Policy is a possibility, depending on the candidate’s qualifications. We welcome applications from candidates whose work aligns with our departmental mission as outlined on our website.

Salary commensurate with qualifications. Normal responsibilities include a standard 2-2 teaching load, graduate student supervision, committee work, and active support and engagement with PPE-related extracurricular activities.

Applications received by October 15, 2024 will receive full consideration. We will try to give the same consideration for applications that are received after October 15, 2024, but we cannot guarantee it. We will continue our review of applications until the position is filled.

Your application should include:

  • a cover letter that speaks explicitly and substantively to your interests in and ability to contribute to a Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program,
  • a curriculum vitae,
  • a writing sample,
  • a description of your research,
  • evidence of teaching quality, and
  • the names, titles, affiliations, and email addresses of those who are writing letters of recommendation for you (three are required, five are permitted). Recommenders identified by the applicant will be contacted via email with instructions for uploading their letters of support. Alternatively, applicants may list Interfolio as a reference and the application system will solicit recommendations directly from Interfolio. Please see the Interfolio information about Online Application Delivery. Finally, applicants may also and instead list the email address of a Graduate Coordinator willing to upload their confidential references instead of the referring faculty.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Kori Hensell at ppeprogram_hiring@unc.edu.

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Assistant Professor

Deadline: (Open Until Filled) October 15, 2024

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the level of Assistant Professor to begin in August 2025 with specialization in the field of ethics and competence in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Ability to teach normative ethics is a plus. We seek candidates with strong research potential who are committed to excellence in undergraduate teaching and identify with the mission of UMBC, in particular concerning furthering the goals of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.

UMBC is a dynamic and growing public research university located in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor. The university is a Carnegie Research 1, community-engaged institution, with a diverse student population of 14,148 graduate and undergraduate students. US News and World Report regularly ranks UMBC in the top 10 of most innovative universities, and the Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes UMBC as one its “Great Colleges to Work For” in categories including cooperative governance, compensation, teaching environment, and work-life balance. The Philosophy Department currently has 10 full-time faculty, a very active undergraduate philosophy club, and an award-winning ethics bowl team. The Department is also home to UMBC’s newly created Center for Ethics and Values: https://ethics.umbc.edu/. To learn more about the department, visit us at: https://philosophy.umbc.edu. 

The person appointed will teach 5 courses a year, distributed over two preps each semester. The successful applicant is expected to maintain an active research agenda and to participate in the Department’s advising and service responsibilities, as well as meet the very highest standards of teaching quality.

Required components for application: 

  • Cover letter
  • CV
  • 3 confidential letters of recommendation
  • Writing sample with abstract
  • Research statement, including dissertation abstract and plans for future research
  • Teaching portfolio and statement, including how the applicant foresees designing and teaching courses in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, in particular at the intersection of the social sciences and empirically-informed applied political philosophy and ethics
  • Statement of commitments concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion, in which applicants describe the ways in which their research, teaching, and/or life experience contribute to inclusive excellence, such as their ability to work with underserved and diverse populations and their capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the competence, aspirations, and needs of students from diverse backgrounds.
  • PhD in Philosophy, to be completed no later than August 2025

For full consideration all materials should be received by October 15, 2024. 

UMBC encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.

To apply, go to https://apply.interfolio.com/151355

Questions: Contact Jessica Pfeifer at pfeifer@umbc.edu

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London School of Economics, Dept. of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Assistant Professor

Deadline: December 2, 2024

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor who will contribute to the intellectual life of the Department and the School by conducting and publishing outstanding research, engaging in excellent teaching, taking on assigned administrative roles, and participating in the wider activities of both. Application deadline: 2 December 2024.

Candidates must have expertise and research interests in at least one of: Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Economics and Philosophy of Social Science, and Philosophy and Public Policy. Candidates must be willing and able to make a research-led contribution to the Department’s BSc and MSc programmes with a focus on Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Economics and Social Science, or Philosophy and Public Policy (More information about our teaching programmes can be found on here.)

Candidates will have a track record or trajectory of internationally excellent publications and proven ability or potential to publish in top journals or with leading book publishers in Philosophy. Candidates must also have a well-developed strategy for future research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications. They will have, or be very near completion of, a PhD in Philosophy or closely related field by the post start date. In addition, candidates will have a proven commitment to excellent teaching and to fostering a positive learning environment for students, as evidenced by feedback from students and colleagues. 

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification for this post, which is available on the LSE’s online recruitment system.

In addition to a competitive salary, the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research incentive scheme with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) and parental leave entitlements, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training, and development opportunities.

This appointment is tenable from 1 September 2025.

Please apply via the LSE job portal.

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University of Pennsylvania, PPE Program

Postdoctoral Researchers

Deadline: Review on rolling basis.

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for two openings for the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher, beginning Fall 2025 (appointment start date July 1, 2025). These positions are designed to support a talented philosopher, political scientist, or behavioral economist. Specific duties will include teaching each semester one advanced interdisciplinary seminar of their choice, and each year one research seminar to train a small number of students to conduct research in their field. The Postdoctoral Researchers will also be invited to conduct research in collaboration with Professor Bicchieri and members of the Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. The appointments will be for an initial year with the possibility of annual renewal for up to an additional four years, contingent upon satisfactory performance review and approval by the Dean.

You can find out more about Penn’s PPE program on our website: https://ppe.sas.upenn.edu/

The positions are open to candidates who have recently earned or will earn their Ph.D. Close familiarity with experimental methods of experimentation is important. In particular, experience in conducting field, lab- based and web-based experiments is desirable. A successful candidate must demonstrate an outstanding capacity to generate original research questions and implement studies to investigate those questions.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and a cover letter describing their research interests. Review of applications is happening now, on a rolling basis.

Application materials should be emailed to mtartag@sas.upenn.edu. Letters of recommendation should be sent directly by references.

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program is strongly committed to Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence and to creating a more diverse faculty (for more information see:

http:// www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n02/diversityplan.html.)

The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities/Women/Individuals with disabilities/Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.

For general questions, please email Marissa Tartaglia at mtartag@sas.upenn.edu.

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