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Two PhD student positions (3y, 65%) in theoretical philosophy, Bamberg/Bayreuth (Germany), Deadline: 15 Dec 2020
*Two, three-years PhD positions* (65%, 13 TV-L) in Theoretical Political
Science and in Philosophy, at the University of Bamberg and the
University of Bayreuth.
The positions will be affiliated with the Chair of Theoretical Political
Science (Prof. Dr. Johannes Marx) at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität
Bamberg or the Chair of Philosophy I (Prof. Dr. Olivier Roy) at the
University of Bayreuth, as part of the research project ?Simulating
Collective Agency? (SColA), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Description: The SColA project aims at identifying mechanisms underlying
the emergence and stability of collective agency. It will, first,
investigate the role of shared beliefs and intentions for the emergence
and stability of collective agents and, second, it will study how these
shared attitudes contribute to the stability, growth or decline of
autonomy in such groups. The project will do so through a computational
and game-theoretical study of so-called ?team reasoning? (Bacharach,
2006), an extension of classical non-cooperative game theory in which the
players can reason either individually or as a team member. By means of
computer simulations, the project will try to identify conditions that
foster the emergence and stability of team reasoning.
The successful applicants will be embedded in a lively research community
centered around a cluster of six research projects on collective agency,
each employing one PhD student or Postdoctoral Researcher, at the
University of Bamberg. In that context, the theoretical analysis in SColA
will be brought to bear on findings in the other projects, by calibrating
the models? parameters to the data obtained in those projects.
Candidate profile:
? Initiative and aptitude for teamwork.
? Masters degree in Philosophy or Political Science, with interest in
theoretical questions and computational approaches.
? Familiarly with Decision and Game Theory, and practical philosophy in
the analytic tradition.
? Basic experience with programming.
More information on the respective Chairs:
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/poltheorie/team-politische-theorie/marx/ and
https://www.philosophie1.uni-bayreuth.de
Application:
Applicants should send a cover letter, CV including publication list,
and two recommendation letters as one pdf document to
sekretariat.poltheorie@uni-bamberg.de. For questions about the position
please write directly to Johannes Marx (johannes.marx@uni- bamberg.de)
and Olivier Roy (olivier.roy@uni-bayreuth.de)
Application Deadline: December 15th, 2020
Contacts:
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Prof. Dr. Johannes Marx
Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie
Feldkirchenstraße 21
96052 Bamberg
E-Mail: johannes.marx@uni-bamberg.de or
sekretariat.poltheorie@uni-bamberg.de
Universität Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Olivier Roy
Lehrstuhl für Philosophie 1
Universitätstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth
E-Mail: olivier.roy@uni-bayreuth.de or
monika.schecklmann@uni-bayreuth.de
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