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In the face of contemporary technological change, how might the methods of ethics of technology be modified or improved? As part of the inter-university research consortium, “Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies” (ESDiT), Philosophy & Ethics at TU/e is hiring a three-year post-doc to investigate what methodological innovations or modifications the ethics of technology requires in response to socially disruptive technologies.
Application deadline: May 10, 2026.
The University of Twente is hiring a 3-year full-time postdoc within the ESDIT project. Application deadline: April 27, 2026.
This postdoctoral project develops new methods for the ethical assessment of socially disruptive technologies. It is part of the ESDiT programme on the ethics of SDTs (see below), specifically a research line in ESDiT on methodological innovation, and involves close collaboration with another postdoc working on complementary approaches, as well as other scholars in the programme.
Are you interested in exploring systemic solutions to the challenges posed by the attention economy? Do you have a scholarly interest in Buddhist ethics? Are you enthusiastic about engaging in collaborative research within a large network of philosophers of technology as part of the ESDiT project? Then this vacancy at Eindhoven University of Technology may be of interest to you. The application deadline is 22 June 2025.
Join the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University for three years as a postdoctoral researcher! You will carry out research within the project “The Impact of Socially Disruptive Technologies on Epistemic Agency”, as part of the inter-university Gravitation consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technology (ESDiT). The application deadline is 3 June 2025.
In this project at the philosophy section of Delft University of Technology you will investigate the politics of conceptual engineering from a pluralist perspective, taking socially disruptive technologies (SDTs) as a case in point. The application deadline is 29 June 2025.
Join the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University for four years as a PhD candidate! You will carry out research within the project “Assessing the Legitimacy of Global Governance in a Polycentric World of Socially Disruptive Technologies”, as part of the inter-university Gravitation consortium Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technology (ESDiT). The application deadline is 3 June 2025.
Our TU Delft partners are looking for a PhD candidate to work on the project “Towards an intercultural ethics of existential risks” embedded in our programme. Application deadline: 30 August 2024.
Our TU Delft partners are looking for a PhD candidate to work on the project “The Role of Moral Creativity in Responsible Technology Development” embedded in our programme. Applications deadline: 30 August 2024
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is looking a PhD student for a four-year project on whether (and if so, how) philosophers can use AI technologies to improve ethics methodology. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the final deadline for application is 31 August.
The Ethics Institute of Utrecht University’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies seeks a researcher for a four-year, full-time PhD project “Reconceptualising Solidarity for Technologically Disrupted Contexts”. Applications deadline: 7 June 2024.