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, =A325101 - =A329,972
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 Informa=
tion Quality Standards and their Challenges".
The position is full-time, fixed term (18 months). The project is a two-yea=
r, knowledge-transfer, in collaboration with Google UK. It is to be funded =
by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) through a grant award=
ed to the PI (principal investigator), Prof Luciano Floridi.
Here is a very short description of the project. "The most developed societ=
ies live by information, and Information and Communication Technologies (IC=
Ts) keep them constantly oxygenated. So it seems essential that we should u=
nderstand what it means for such information to be of high-quality, and hen=
ce fully and safely exploitable as a fruitful resource. And yet, we current=
ly have only some approximate and contrasting views about information quali=
ty (IQ) standards. The project seeks to fill this serious gap in our unders=
tanding, 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 releva=
nt discipline such as epistemology, logic, philosophy of information, or ph=
ilosophy of science. You will have a proven research record in philosophy, =
preferably some expertise in information theory or computing, and an abilit=
y 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=92s =
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.

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