The Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State
has multiple postdoc opportunities starting next year. These will
be excellent opportunities for FEAST related PhDs to get experience with
interdisciplinary scholarship and practice and/or working with scientists
and social scientists doing coupled epistemic-ethical analyses.
Please encourage folks you know to apply.
Best,
Nancy
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Rock Ethics Institute Postdoctoral Scholars The Pennsylvania
State University The Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State http://rockethics.psu.edu/
has a threefold mission to promote ethics education, research, and outreach.
In particular, we aim a) to integrate ethics education across the
Penn State curriculum and to provide informal ethics education to our community
in order to underscore and strengthen a culture of integrity and responsibility
at Penn State, and b) to serve as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research
in the field of ethics that is both collaborative and policy-relevant.
We pursue our educational aim by working with faculty across the
university to provide them with the knowledge and skills they need to integrate
ethics into their undergraduate classes. We are also launching a program
to train STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduate
students and postdoctoral scholars to become leaders and educators in the
field of research ethics. Our research efforts have led to a series of
exciting collaborations related to food ethics, neuroethics, and climate
ethics, including a recent NSF sponsored research network for Sustainable
Climate Risk Management Strategies http://scrimhub.org/which
will investigate the question: “What are sustainable, scientifically sound,
technologically feasible, economically efficient, and ethically defensible
climate risk management strategies?” At least four ten-month postdoctoral
scholarships will be awarded with appointments beginning August 2013. Appointments
are for full time employment (40 hours per week) and may be continued for
a maximum of 3 years contingent upon satisfactory performance and the needs
of the Institute. The salary range is $45,000-$60,000 per year, depending
on experience. We are interested in hiring Postdoctoral Scholars with expertise
in the following areas:
- Science and ethics, with particular interest in coupled
epistemic-ethical issues in climate change science and in the life sciences
- Engineering ethics
- Bioethics, with particular interest in food ethics
- Business ethics
- Ethics education and moral literacy, with particular interest
in ethics education assessment
- Ethical leadership
- Ethics in K-12 curriculum
- Research ethics
- Institutional ethics
- Agricultural ethics
Scholars will
receive training and mentorship. They will be expected to assist in designing,
offering, and assessing ethics training for faculty and graduate students,
to participate in collaborative research in ethics, and to help to strengthen
the interdisciplinary ethics community across the campus. Scholars
can expect to work on co-authored publications and engage in research that
will contribute to their own research trajectory. Scholars may also receive
experience working on grants and other fundraising activities. They will
also work closely with senior faculty related to their area of expertise
and participate in multi-disciplinary seminars and conferences. There may
be opportunities to teach one class per year. Applicants are expected to
have completed the requirements for the Ph.D. or professional degree by
the appointment date.
How to Apply
Candidates should submit an online application at http://www.la.psu.edu/facultysearch/
and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent confidentially
to Deborah Trialonas at [log in to unmask]
A complete application will include the following materials:
1. A
cover letter detailing the candidate’s qualifications, including how their
background qualifies them for one or more of the above listed areas of
interest and how their experience is relevant to the position as described;
2. A
current curriculum vitae;
3. A
scholarly paper or dissertation chapter (not to exceed 12,000 words) representing
the applicant’s scholarly achievement or potential;
4. Three
letters of recommendation.
To ensure full consideration, complete applications should
be received by January 4, 2013. The selection committee will begin reviewing
applications immediately and incomplete applications may be at a disadvantage.
We will be interviewing candidates February 20-23, 2013 at the Central
APA in New Orleans. Skype interviews will be arranged for those unable
to attend the Central APA meetings.
We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds.
Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in
accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to affirmative
action, equal opportunity, and diversity of its workplace.