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3 PhD positions at Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel (Basel, Switzerland)

The Institute for Biomedical Ethics is looking for graduate students (Master’s degree) or medical doctors who are interested in carrying out a PhD in biomedical ethics or bioethics in the field of “Digitalisation in Healthcare”, “Family Building at Advanced parental Age” as well as on a topic of the candidate’s choice.

PhD – Digitalisation in Healthcare:

• Start July 2021; length PhD program 3 years
• For further information please see here.

PhD – Family Building at Advanced Parental Age:

• Start July or August 2021; length PhD program 3-4 years (full-time) 
• For further information please see here.

PhD – topic candidate’s choice

• Start Spring 2022 (position may begin earlier in late 2021 based on agreement); length PhD program 3 years 
• For further information please see here.

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Assistant Professor in bioethics with a focus on new medical technologies (Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Netherlands)

Tenure track, full-time

The full job vacancy can be found here.

For more information, please contact Prof. Dr. Philip Brey (, tel. +31-53-4894426).

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Position as Research Assistant on Ethical and Social Aspects of Nursing Technologies (Oldenburg, Germany)

• The full job vacancy can be found here [GER only].
• Duration: min 3 years 
• For further information please contact Dr. Wilfried Thoben, 0441 9722-131,

Fully funded PhD Scholarship on The Ethics of Carbon Pricing, Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland)

• Applications: Candidates should email their applications in a single PDF file to  and  with “PhD in Climate & Society” in the subject line.
• Deadline for applications: 17May (5 pm, UTC +1). Applications received after this deadline will not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in the last week of May. 
• For more information please see here.

Position as Research Associate (Oldenburg, Germany)

The division of ethics in medicine of the department of health services research at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, offers a position as a research associate.

• For further information please contact: Prof. Dr. Mark Schweda ().
• The full job vacancy can be found here [GER only].
• Deadline: End of Feb 2021

Position as Research Associate (Oldenburg, Germany)

The division of ethics in medicine of the department of health services research at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, offers a position as a research associate.

The full job vacancy can be found here [GER only]:

For more information please contact Prof. Dr. Mark Schweda (). Deadline: 1 December 2020 

Assistant professor in bioethics with a focus on new medical technologies (full-time, tenure-track, for fall 2020 or spring 2021) at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente (Netherlands)

Information: For detailed information please see here.

Contact: Prof. dr. Philip Brey (, tel. +31 53 4894426).

Application: Your application should include a CV (which should include the title of your dissertation), a letter of application (including a brief summary of your teaching evaluations), a writing sample, and contact information for 2 or more references and should be sent no later than June 21st, 2020. Applications should be uploaded here  Since only three documents can be uploaded per application, please combine documents if needed. Interviews will take place in late June and early July.

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Assistant Professor in ethics and epistemology of AI “Philosophy, ethics and regulation of the digital society in relation to AI” (full-time, tenure-track, for fall 2020 or spring 2021)

Information: For detailed information please see here. Contacts: Prof. dr. Ciano Aydin (chair;  tel: +31 53 4893391) or Prof. dr. Philip Brey (), or Prof. dr. ir. Peter-Paul Verbeek () or Prof. dr. ir. Mieke Boon ().

Application: Please upload your application here before June 12, 2020. Your application should include (1) a motivation letter (which states explicitly that you are interested in the position in “Philosophy, ethics and regulation of the digital society in relation to AI”) that states how you meet the selection criteria and also outlining your research and teaching interests, (2) a detailed CV with full publication list, full list of courses taught and if possible a summary of teaching evaluations, and (3) names and contact information of 2 references. Review of applications will start mid-June 2020 and will continue until the positions are filled. Interviews will be planned July 6 to July 17.

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Assistant Professor in philosophy (any area) with a focus on technology and society (full-time, tenure-track, for fall 2020 or spring 2021)

Information: For detailed information please see here. Contacts: Prof. dr. Ciano Aydin (chair; , tel: +31 53 4893391) or Prof. dr. Philip Brey () or Prof. dr. ir. Peter-Paul Verbeek () or Prof. dr. ir. Mieke Boon ().

Application: Your application should include a CV (which should include the title of your dissertation), a letter of application (including a brief summary of your teaching evaluations), a writing sample, and contact information for 2 or more references and should be sent no later than June 24th, 2020.  Applications should be uploaded here. Since only three documents can be uploaded per application, please combine documents if needed. Interviews will take place in late June and early July.