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The Philosophical faculty of the University of Hradec Králové is seeking highly-motivated and skilled postdoctoral researchers for the consortium project Knowledge in the Age of Mistrust (TRUST), in which our team of researchers cooperates with the Institute of Philosophy and Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The project is funded by the Johannes Amos Comenius Programme (OP JAC).

We are seeking up to three postdocs for the subproject Rationality and Logic for Informational Society, within which our team leads 4 research activities that focus on the following topics:

  • Who or what is rational, and by what standards? Why and how does this matter when it comes to understanding and dealing with conspiracy thinking, fake news, group think, and the like phenomena of the current age?
  • When, why, and to what extent do people trust, transmit and support ideas for which there is no or little objective grounding in relevant evidence? What factors – including social-communicative mechanisms, or epistemic environments – promote or hinder this susceptibility? What kind of empirically informed conceptual and epistemological framework do we need to properly understand, assess and regulate this phenomenon?
  • How can we improve current methods of teaching so-called critical thinking and argumentation skills to better reflect the needs of modern informational societies (e.g. to increase information literacy)?
  • Why is science and its findings resisted by the public? What is the role of conspiracy thinking in this resistance? Could science be better communicated to the public, and if so, how?

Any competitive research proposal addressing these overlapping and cross-disciplinary topics is welcome.

What do we expect?

  • A Ph.D. degree (obtained no more than five years prior to the application)
  • Demonstrated research interest, strong skills, and a publication track record
  • Teaching experience is welcome
  • Excellent proficiency in English

What do we offer?

  • Full-Time Positions
  • Two-year contracts, with the possibility of extension (until the end of 2028) subject to satisfactory performance in the previous period
  • Competitive salaries for postdocs
  • Opportunities to participate in the interdisciplinary project, collaborate with leading research institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad, and build new research contacts and networks
  • A supportive, collegial workplace and opportunities to gain teaching experience and mentoring students
  • Mobility: one fully funded research mobility to a partner institution abroad
  • Cultural Environment: the beautiful and historically rich city of Hradec Králové
  • Employee benefits

Expected Start Date

2 positions available from April 1, 2025
1 position available from May 1, 2025

Workplace

The department of philosophy and social sciences, Philosophical faculty, University of Hradec Králové

Application Deadline: February 28, 2025

Applicants should submit the following documents

  • A certified copy of Ph.D. diploma
  • A letter of interest (max. 1 standard page)
  • A research proposal (max. 3 standard pages)
  • An academic CV, including relevant publications, grants, and awards (max. 3 standard pages)
  • One representative publication

Send the required documents to the email ff.personalni@uhk.cz.

Contact Person

Doc. Mgr. Ladislav Koreň, Ph.D. (PI of the project Rationality and Logic for Informational Society), ladislav.koren@uhk.cz

The Dean reserves the right to cancel the entire selection process.

 

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