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PhD scholarship in social epistemology & philosophy of science, Melbourne (Australia), Deadline: 2 Oct 2020
# PhD Scholarship Opportunity in Social Epistemology and Philosophy of
Science
Monash University Arts Graduate Research is offering a PhD research
scholarship, connected to the ARC Funded project ?Governing the Knowledge
Commons?.
The project uses methods from a variety of disciplines to understand the
collective action problems that arise in epistemic communities, including
traditional academic disciplines, Wikipedia, and social media platforms.
These diverse communities enjoy both success and failure in the mission of
improving collective knowledge, but they have very different patterns of
governance, and it is poorly understood what makes them more or less
successful. The project team uses methods from philosophy, behavioural
economics, and agent-based modelling to address these challenges.
The project is led by Professor Toby Handfield, located in the Philosophy
program at Monash University, but involves collaboration with researchers
in the Department of Economics, the School of IT, and international
researchers at University College London and Carnegie Mellon University.
The successful candidate will be expected to carry out independent
research that complements this larger project in some way. For example,
research proposals might focus on
- devising epistemological concepts which move beyond traditional
individualistic settings, to the richer, networked settings in which
knowledge is shared and disseminated
- using methods of experimental philosophy and experimental economics to
study the epistemic properties of social network participants
- developing normative theories to balance the competing goals of fairness
and efficiency in the production of knowledge
- building agent-based models to enrich understanding of the properties of
successful epistemic communities
The precise details of the research project are flexible and responsive to
the successful applicant?s expertise and interests, in consultation with
the supervisors.
Candidates who have some expertise in a complementary discipline such as
experimental psychology, game theory, statistics, or anthropology, are
especially encouraged to apply for this scholarship.
The successful candidate will be supervised by researchers in the
Philosophy department within the School of Philosophical, Historical and
International Studies. As one of Australia?s leading centres for
philosophical research, Monash Philosophy received a top rating of 5 in the
2018 Excellence in Research Australia ranking exercise, indicating an
?outstanding performance well above world standard?. The department as a
whole has a well-established track record of success in research
publications and grants, including seven ARC Future Fellowships and at
least 15 ARC Discovery Projects in the past ten years.
## Candidate Requirements
The successful applicant will have an excellent academic track record in
philosophy or other relevant disciplines (e.g. psychology, economics,
evolutionary biology, anthropology).
Applicants will be considered provided that they fulfil the criteria for
PhD admission at Monash University.
The successful applicant will be expected to enrol before March 2021.
However, there may be some flexibility as to the date of commencement.
## Enquiries
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the project leader
prior to submission of a formal expression of interest:
Professor Toby Handfield, toby.handfield@monash.edu
## Closing date
Friday 2 October 2020, 11:55pm AEDT
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Toby Handfield
Professor
Philosophy Department, SOPHIS
Monash University
toby.handfield@monash.edu
+61 3 9905 3202
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