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Postdoctoral position in philosophy of science (2y), Lucca (Italy), Deadline: 9 Nov 2020

Postdoc in Philosophy of Science (2 years) at IMT School for Advanced 
Studies Lucca, Italy

The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (one of the six doctoral 
?schools of excellence? in Italy) invites applications for a postdoctoral 
researcher (?assegnista di ricerca?) in the field of philosophy of 
science, for a period of two years (24 months).

The successful candidate will work in the Lucca research unit (P.I.: Prof. 
Gustavo Cevolani) of PRIN project ?From Models To Decisions?

    https://models2decisions.weebly.com/

funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research. The project is 
run in collaboration with philosophers of science at the University of 
Turin (Prof. Jan Sprenger, national P.I.), and two universities in Milan: 
San Raffaele (Prof. Carlo Martini) and Polytechnic University (Prof. 
Giovanni Valente). The successful candidate will join the MInD

    https://momilab.imtlucca.it/research/mind

research group in the MoMiLab

    https://momilab.imtlucca.it/home

research unit at IMT.

The default starting date is 1 January 2021, but a different date can be 
mutually agreed.


Profile and Evaluation Criteria

Candidates must hold a PhD degree, or provide clear evidence of obtaining 
it in the next months. They must be able to demonstrate their research 
excellence in philosophy of science and show to be able to contribute to 
the project?s goals. The project investigates the interface between 
modeling and decision-making: how scientific models function, how they 
advance our knowledge despite their intrinsic idealizations and 
uncertainty, and how they are interpreted in a decision context. A 
detailed project description is available on the project website and via 
this link

https://models2decisions.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/1/130106085/projectabstract.pdf


Employment Terms and Conditions

The selected candidate will be appointed as a research fellow (assegnista 
di ricerca <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assegnista_di_ricerca>) for a 
period of two years (24 months). The fellowship (?assegno?) is exempt from 
regular income tax under Italian legislation; only social security 
contributions apply. The gross amount of the fellowship is 27,000 ?; this 
translates to a monthly net salary of ca. 2,000 ?. Sufficient travel funds 
are granted by the project.  The selected candidate should collaborate 
with other project members on a regular basis and contribute to the common 
research activities. There are no teaching obligations.


Information and Application

Applications must be made via the PICA system under the link

https://pica.cineca.it/imtlucca/2020-pdf-decisioni-razionali-prin/

Other applications cannot be considered.

The deadline for applications will be 9 November 2020 at 12:00 Central 
European Time.  Interviews will presumably be held in the first days of 
December (also online) and information about the outcome will be sent as 
soon as possible afterwards.

Stefano Bonzio, PhD
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