KU Leuven’s Institute of Philosophy is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD position as part of the ERC-funded TRANSFORM project, titled “The Late Scholastic Transformation of Hylomorphism. Philosophical Discussions of Form and Matter in Context, 1400-1600.” The project, directed by Prof. Russell Friedman, investigates the evolution of hylomorphic theories—debates about form and matter—during the 15th and 16th centuries and their influence on 17th-century philosophical thought. The successful cand...

The Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague is offering a fully funded PhD position within the research project "Psychological Limits to Algorithmic Sentencing," supervised by Assistant Professor Michał Kłusek. This four-year doctoral opportunity focuses on the intersection of law, psychology, and artificial intelligence, specifically investigating the psychological and moral boundaries of delegating legal judgment to AI systems. The project addresses critical questions about justice, aut...

The University of Cincinnati's Taft Research Center is offering a postdoctoral fellowship for the 2026–27 academic year, with a focus on the theme “Counter.” This opportunity is open to philosophers and scholars in related fields whose research addresses questions of quantification, representation, and opposition, as well as broader reflections on the challenges facing the humanities. The fellowship encourages engagement with both literal and metaphorical interpretations of the theme, making it ...

The Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for one postdoctoral and two PhD positions as part of the ERC-funded project “Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others” (MoPo), led by Professor Christian F. Rostbøll. The project explores the role of moral judgment in contemporary politics, focusing on how practices such as cancel culture, climate shaming, and discourses around the dignity of work shape democratic accountability, polarization, an...

A fully funded PhD position is available at the University de Lorraine (Archives Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France) in the philosophy of science, focusing on explanatory progress and degrees of understanding in mathematical and mathematized sciences. The doctoral research will investigate how explanations and understanding of scientific phenomena can be gradably improved, especially when these phenomena are described by established theories, laws, or models and explored using mathematical methods. C...

The Center for Critical Computational Studies (C³S) at Goethe University Frankfurt is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in Empirical Computational Ethics. This interdisciplinary position is ideal for candidates whose work intersects Science and Technology Studies (STS), Critical Data Studies, Responsible AI, Feminist Technoscience, and Postcolonial Computing. The successful candidate will join a newly forming research group with strong institutional support and a vibrant, collaborative environme...

Georgetown University’s Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Citizenship (AIDC), in collaboration with the Department of Government, is offering a Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning in August 2026. This unique opportunity, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is designed for scholars interested in exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and democratic citizenship through a humanistic lens. The fellowship focuses on how AI is transforming civic lif...

The Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, is inviting applications for a full-time Assistant Professor (Research Staff) / Postdoctoral Researcher position at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Criminal Law. This opportunity is part of the European Research Council (ERC)-funded project “Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law in the Age of Robots (ROBOCRIM)”. The successful candidate will join a dynamic research team to conduct independent theoretical research on topics i...

The President’s Doctoral Scholar Award at The University of Manchester offers a fully funded PhD opportunity focused on the prevention of species loss and its implications for human health and wellbeing. This interdisciplinary project explores the historical and cultural roots of conservation, de-extinction, and rewilding, tracing their development from the nineteenth century to the present. The research will examine how longstanding ideas about the therapeutic and restorative potential of natur...