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Postdoctoral research fellowship in philosophy of information, Hatfield (U.K.), Deadline: 13 October 2011

AHRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire
Fixed Term Contract for 18 months (1 January 2012 to 30 June 2013).
Salary: UH6 pt 24-30, £25101 - £29,972

Further funding for IT support and conference travelling will be 
available. We invite applications for the position of Postdoctoral 
Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, to work on the project 
"Understanding Information Quality Standards and their Challenges". The 
position is full-time, fixed term (18 months). The project is a two-year, 
knowledge-transfer, in collaboration with Google UK. It is to be funded by 
the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) through a grant awarded 
to the PI (principal investigator), Prof Luciano Floridi. Here is a very 
short description of the project. "The most developed societies live by 
information, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) keep 
them constantly oxygenated. So it seems essential that we should 
understand what it means for such information to be of high-quality, and 
hence fully and safely exploitable as a fruitful resource. And yet, we 
currently have only some approximate and contrasting views about 
information quality (IQ) standards. The project seeks to fill this serious 
gap in our understanding, through a two-way knowledge transfer between the 
PI's theoretical expertise in the philosophy and ethics of information and 
Google's applied know-how in information management." You will be based in 
the Philosophy Department and collaborate full time in the project. The 
starting date of the project is expected to be the first of January 2012. 
You will hold a doctorate or should do so by the starting date, in a 
relevant discipline such as epistemology, logic, philosophy of 
information, or philosophy of science. You will have a proven research 
record in philosophy, preferably some expertise in information theory or 
computing, and an ability to work across disciplines. For further 
information please contact Mrs. Penny Driscoll, by e-mailing 
p.j.driscoll2@herts.ac.uk<mailto:p.j.driscoll2@herts.ac.uk> In order to 
apply, please either visit the University of Hertfordshire?s website at 
www.herts.ac.uk<http://www.herts.ac.uk> and follow the jobs link, top 
right-hand corner.

  Please note that the vacancy reference is 005249 and that the closing 
date is Thursday 13th October.