Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy University of Jyväskylä in Finland

The Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy for a 3-year fixed-term project appointment beginning on 4 January 2027, or later by mutual agreement. The position is embedded in Professor Jari Kaukua’s research project Illuminationist Philosophy in the Islamic World (ISHRAQ) , funded by the Research Council of Finland . The project investigates the philosophical legacy of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī from the t...

Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä , Finland, in Professor Jari Kaukua’s ISHRAQ project on Illuminationist philosophy in the Islamic world. The project studies Suhrawardī’s philosophical legacy from the 13th to the 17th century and aims to build an online database of Illuminationist texts. The doctoral dissertation should focus on the reception of Suhrawardī’s philosophy in 14th- and/or 15th-century CE philosophical, theological, or Sufi authors in the Islamic world...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Legal History at the University of Helsinki , Finland, within the Centre of Excellence in Meliorist Philosophy of Suffering (MePhiS) . The position is hosted by the Faculty of Theology on the City Centre Campus and sits in the research team History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering (WP3). The project explores how historical crisis situations such as wars, famine, and natural catastrophes challenged ethical and legal norms, especially in the medieval and earl...

The University of Helsinki is inviting applications for a fixed-term University Researcher position in Intellectual History within the Centre of Excellence Meliorist Philosophy of Suffering (MePhiS) , funded by the Research Council of Finland and hosted at the Faculty of Theology, City Centre Campus. The position sits in the research team History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering . The project examines how medieval and early modern thinkers conceptualised suffering and developed ethic...

University of Helsinki, Faculty of Humanities, is inviting applications for 1-2 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in the study of Ancient Near East . The project is part of the ANEE+ research community , with research themes spanning the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia from prehistory to late antiquity. The call especially welcomes proposals that connect different fields of science and fit the network’s interdisciplinary goals. Relevant academic backgrounds include Assyriology, Egyptology...