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Subject: [Intern] Two PhD Positions in FWF Project The Ethics of Blaming
and Praising Group Agents
Date: 03.08.2025 08:01
From: Niels de Haan <niels.de.haan(a)univie.ac.at>
To: intern(a)lists.philo.at
Dear colleagues,
There are two PhD positions within the FWF Project 'The Ethics of
Blaming and Praising Group Agents' that are currently open for
applications. The deadline is 29 August, 2025. I would very much
appreciate it if you could forward this CfA to any students who might be
interested in applying for these positions.
Job: Two 3-yr PhD Positions FWF-Project “The Ethics of Blaming and
Praising Group Agents” University of Vienna
The FWF Project ‘The Ethics of Blaming and Praising Group Agents’
seeks to appoint two doctoral researchers to conduct their PhD in
Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Vienna.
The Principal Investigator of the project is Dr. Niels de Haan. The
project has six internationally renowned collaborators: Prof. Hans
Bernhard Schmid (University of Vienna), Prof. Paulina Sliwa (University
of Vienna), Assoc. Prof. Stephanie Collins (Monash University), Prof.
Gunnar Björnsson (Stockholm University), Prof. Frank Hindriks
(University of Groningen), and Prof. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus
University).
The project focuses on questions related to the moral responsibility of
group agents, and lies at the intersection of social ontology,
collective ethics, moral responsibility and the ethics of blame and
praise. The aim of the project is first to develop a novel methodology
for including moral group phenomena more prominently in the development
of theories of moral agency, moral responsibility, blame and praise. And
in a second step, based on this novel methodology, the project
investigates how cases involving groups matter for our understanding of
the nature of blame and praise, of the conditions under which an agent
is morally blameworthy or praiseworthy, and when blame- or
praise-interactions are appropriate. For more information about the
project, see
https://ethicsofblamingpraisinggroupagents.univie.ac.at/
[1].
The project will run for three years and employ two doctoral researchers
who will conduct their PhD in Philosophy within the scope of the
project. The project is expected to start at November 2025. The two
positions are fully funded for three years according to FWF standards
(approx. 2786,- euro bruto x 14 months per year). The deadline for
applications is 29 August 2025. The online interviews are expected to be
held on 4 and 5 September. For more information about how to apply, see
https://ethicsofblamingpraisinggroupagents.univie.ac.at/apply/ [2].
For any questions, please send an email to niels.de.haan(a)univie.ac.at.
Kind regards,
Niels de Haan (University of Vienna)
Links:
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[1]
https://ethicsofblamingpraisinggroupagents.univie.ac.at/
[2]
https://ethicsofblamingpraisinggroupagents.univie.ac.at/apply/
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