Location: | Exeter, Hybrid |
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Salary: | Salary The starting salary will be from £32,982 on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience. |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 6th September 2024 |
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Closes: | 10th October 2024 |
Job Ref: | P93861 |
This full time role is available 1st February 2025 to 30th December 2028.
The post
We wish to recruit an outstanding and highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate with expertise in the philosophy of science, in particular where it overlaps with ethics, and with either a special interest in race and racism or a desire to develop in that specialty. You will conduct original research, organize events, undergo training, and assist the ERC-funded project “Human Genomics without Racism – A Philosophical Approach” (HUGERA) led by the Principal Investigator Dr. Celso Neto at Egenis (Centre for the Study of Life Sciences), University of Exeter.
The project will develop an account of how racism can infiltrate and co-opt core methodologies of Human Genomics. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will work closely with the PI to (i) offer an epistemological reconstruction of those methodologies; (ii) examine their assumptions and practices in light of philosophical theories of racism; and (iii) assess ethical risks, as well as epistemic and non-epistemic forms of injustice related to those assumptions and practices.
The project is highly interdisciplinary, including partners from Science and Technology Studies, Anthropology, Human Genomics, and the Philosophy of Race. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will engage with these partners, working closely with another Postdoctoral Research Associate with expertise in Anthropology/Sociology of Race. Together, the PI and the two Postdocs will co-author papers, organize workshops, public talks, a podcast, and edited volumes.
You will be part of the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology at the University of Exeter. The Associated will be housed at Egenis, a vibrant research centre at the University of Exeter. You will be expected to participate in the regular activities of the centre.
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Further information
Please contact Dr. Celso Neto, C.Alves-Neto@exeter.ac.uk or (01392) 726396.
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