Faculty/Department: Humanities/ Philosophy Seminar/Institute: Philosophy Universität Hamburg invites applications for a Research Associate (“Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in”) for the project "Ontology after Quine" (Ontologie nach Quine) in accordance with § 28 (3) of Hamburg's Higher Education Act (HmbHG1). The position is funded through the DFG as part of the Emmy Noether Research Group led by Dr. Richard Woodward. The post is full time and commences on 1st July 2015 at the latest. The position is remunerated at the salary level TV-L 13 and calls for 39 hours of work per week. The contract will end after a period of one year. The short-term nature of this contract is based upon § 2 of the Academic Short-Term Labor Contract Act (WissZeitVG). The University aims to increase the number of women in research and teaching and explicitly encourages women to apply. Equally qualified female applicants will receive preference in accordance with Hamburg’s Higher Education Act (HmbHG). Tasks: The successful applicant will be integrated fully in the Research Group. They will thereby conduct independent research on the topics of its project, participate in regular research events, and take on administrative duties such as the organization of workshops and conferences. Given the collaborative nature of the research setting, the successful applicant is expected to work together with other project members to ensure that the Group’s goals are achieved. There are no formal teaching obligations associated with the position. Area(s) of Responsibility: The successful applicant should have previous knowledge appropriate to the topics of the project, which include first- and second-order metaphysics and ontology, and connected issues in metaphilosophy and in the philosophies of logic and language. More information about the project can be found at the relevant page of its website: http://carvingnature.net/project/. Requirements: The successful applicant is expected to have completed postgraduate level research on topics related to the project. Though applicants are not required to have been awarded their PhD, it is expected that the successful applicant will have submitted their doctoral thesis by the time they take up the position Candidates must have excellent research skills commensurate with their early career stage. Applications will benefit if they evidence that the candidate has - the ability to carry out independent research resulting in publishable papers - experience of giving research presentations 1 Hamburg Higher Education Act Seite 2/2 - excellent organizational skills the willingness and ability to work in a collaborative research environment relevant teaching experience, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills Mastery of the German language is not required. Mastery of the English language is required. Applications should be in English and be comprised of: - a covering letter, with brief descriptions of the applicant’s relevant experience and qualities, and a short outline of the applicant’s research plans - a curriculum vitae - two letters of recommendation - copies of degree certificates - one or two samples of written work, together not exceeding 10,000 words. Applications can be sent to Dr. Richard Woodward, Emmy Noether Research Group Ontologie nach Quine, Philosophisches Seminar der Universität Hamburg, Von-Melle Park 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic applications are preferred and can be sent to: [email protected]. Applicants are asked to ensure that all documents are submitted in PDF format with clear and informative filenames. “CV.pdf” is a bad filename; “CV (Schmidt).pdf” is a good one, at least if one’s name is Schmidt. Disabled candidates (“Schwerbehinderte”) will receive preference over equally qualified nondisabled applicants. The deadline for applications is 17:00 local time on January 31st 2015. If job interviews are deemed to be necessary in light of applications, they will take place in early March and may be conducted via Skype. For further information, please contact Dr. Richard Woodward at [email protected] or consult our website at http://carvingnature.net/project/