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3 Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Université de Fribourg
Applications are invited for three postdoctoral fellowships at the Université de Fribourg (Switzerland) as part of the research project “Liberty, Equality, and Utility: Assessing the trade-offs between individual liberty, well-being, and material equality” funded by the John Templeton Foundation and directed by Prof. Ralf Bader.
Project description: The research project will shed new light on the conflicts between liberty and material equality, as well as between individual well-being and material equality. It will do so by examining the price of equality, assessing whether and in what ways it can be traded off against liberty and well-being. By drawing on formal methods and results from economics, especially from social choice theory and decision theory, the project aims to identify the precise ways in which individual freedom is incompatible with a commitment to material equality and aims to develop dynamic models and calibration arguments that examine the conflicts between material equality and well-being.
Salary:
Roughly CHF 70,000 per annum.
Duration of employment:
1st September 2025 -- 31st May 2028.
Applications received by 15th January 2025 will be given the fullest consideration. Applications consisting of:
1. curriculum vitae,
2. an outline of the research to be carried out during the fellowship of about 1-2 pages,
3. a writing sample of about 15-20 pages
should be sent by email to Stéphanie Jorge-Niklaus: stephanie.niklaus@unifr.ch
Two confidential letters of recommendation should also be sent by email to: stephanie.niklaus@unifr.ch
Questions about the positions should be directed at Prof. Dr. Ralf Bader: ralf.bader@unifr.ch
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2 Funded PhD positions at the Université de Fribourg
Applications are invited for two funded PhD positions at the Université de Fribourg (Switzerland) as part of the research project “Liberty, Equality, and Utility: Assessing the trade-offs between individual liberty, well-being, and material equality” funded by the Sir John Templeton Foundation and directed by Prof. Ralf Bader.
Project description: The research project will shed new light on the conflicts between liberty and material equality, as well as between individual well-being and material equality. It will do so by examining the price of equality, assessing whether and in what ways it can be traded off against liberty and well-being. By drawing on formal methods and results from economics, especially from social choice theory and decision theory, the project aims to identify the precise ways in which individual freedom is incompatible with a commitment to material equality and aims to develop dynamic models and calibration arguments that examine the conflicts between material equality and well-being.
Requirements:
- Master's degree or equivalent in philosophy.
Salary:
Roughly CHF 35,000 per annum.
Duration of employment:
1st September 2025 -- 31st May 2028.
Applications received by 15th January 2025 will be given the fullest consideration. Applications consisting of:
1. curriculum vitae,
2. a research proposal for a doctoral thesis of about 2 pages,
3. a writing sample of about 15-20 pages
should be sent by email to Stéphanie Jorge-Niklaus: stephanie.niklaus@unifr.ch
Two confidential letters of recommendation should also be sent by email to stephanie.niklaus@unifr.ch
Questions about the positions should be directed at Prof. Dr. Ralf Bader: ralf.bader@unifr.ch
Lehrauftrag (m/w/d) für Logikkurse an der Université de Fribourg
An der Université de Fribourg (Schweiz) ist ab Herbstsemester 2025 die Stelle eines Lehrbeauftragten (m/w/d) für Logik (2 SWS pro Semester) zu besetzen.
Voraussetzungen:
- Promotion in Philosophie (vorzugsweise in Logik, z.B. formaler Logik, Geschichte der Logik, Argumentationstheorie).
- Lehrerfahrung in Logik und Argumentationstheorie an einem Institut für Philosophie (formale Logik, Geschichte der Logik, philosophische Logik, angewandte Logik).
- Sehr gute Französisch- und Deutschkenntnisse.
Aufgaben:
- Unterrichten des obligatorischen Einführungskurses in die formale Logik abwechselnd auf Deutsch und Französisch (2 Stunden pro Woche, jeweils im Herbstsemester).
- Unterrichten des zweisprachigen Wahlfachs „Outils formels en philosophie/Formale Hilfsmittel in der Philosophie“ jeweils im Frühjahrssemester (2 SWS).
Beginn der Tätigkeit:
1. September 2025
Bewerbungen, die bis zum 31. Oktober 2024 eingehen, werden in vollem Umfang berücksichtigt.
Die Bewerbungen sollten umfassen:
1. Lebenslauf,
2. Motivationsschreiben mit Angaben zu einschlägigen Lehrerfahrungen,
3. einer Schriftprobe von etwa 15-20 Seiten.
Bewerbungen sind per E-Mail einzureichen an: beatrice.lienemann@unifr.ch
Ein vertrauliches Empfehlungsschreiben sollte ebenfalls per E-Mail an folgende Adresse
geschickt werden: beatrice.lienemann@unifr.ch
Lecturer in Logic at the Université de Fribourg
Applications are invited for the position of a lecturer (charge de cours) in logic (2 hours per week each semester) at the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland.
Requirements:
- PhD degree in philosophy (preferably in logic, e.g. formal logic, history of logic or theory of argumentation).
- Experiences in teaching logic and argumentation theory (formal logic, history of logic, philosophical logic, applied logic).
- Very good knowledge of both French and German.
Responsibilities:
- Teaching the compulsory introductory course into formal logic alternating in German and French (2 hours per week).
- Teaching the optional bilingual course “Outils formels en philosophie/Formale Hilfsmittel in der Philosophie” each spring term (2 hours per week).
Start of employment:
1st September 2025
Applications received by 31st of October 2024 will be given the fullest consideration.
Applications consisting of:
1. Curriculum vitae;
2. Motivation letter including information on prior experiences in teaching logic classes;
3. a writing sample of about 15-20 pages
should be sent by email to: beatrice.lienemann@unifr.ch
One confidential letter of recommendation should also be sent by email to:
beatrice.lienemann@unifr.ch