The 2017-18 application deadline has passed. Information for 2018-19 Postdoctoral Fellowships will be available in early October 2017.
For 2017-2018, the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford seeks to appoint up to four new postdoctoral fellows. Selected fellows will be designated as either Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellows or General Ethics Fellows. The two types of fellows have some distinct training opportunities and responsibilities as described below, but they form a common community at the Center and participate together in the Center’s intellectual life. The programs are described in detail below.
We aim to appoint fellows in both programs (four total across the two programs). All applicants will be considered for both types of fellowships, and finalists will be consulted as to designation as Interdisciplinary Ethics or General Ethics fellows.
Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellowship
2017-18 will be the second year of this new fellowship program at the Center. The program is rooted in the Center’s commitment to bring ethical reflection to bear on pressing social problems. Addressing many of these social problems involves knowledge of the work of social science, law, and the life sciences. The premise of this program is that the normative scholarship of our fellows will be enhanced by engagement with empirically-oriented scholars. To that end, each fellow in the program will be matched with a partner research center at Stanford that is dedicated to interdisciplinary research. The partner centers will be determined based upon selected fellows’ interests. For the 2016-17 year, the partner centers included the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the Immigration Policy Lab, and the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. To be considered for this fellowship, applicants must have normative training and hold a PhD in Philosophy or Political Science. Scholars with a JD are also eligible so long as their research interests focus on ethical dimensions of public policy or law. Fellows will participate in the regular intellectual life of the partner center and the Center for Ethics in Society (e.g., attend weekly workshops; events; professional training opportunities), interact with undergraduates in the Ethics in Society Program, and contribute to an interdisciplinary ethics community across campus.
General Ethics Fellowship
Some selected fellows will be part of our longstanding postdoctoral program that is more broadly open to candidates with substantial normative research in any area within philosophy or political science. For 2017-18, we are especially interested in candidates with research interests in inequality, global justice, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, and ethics and technology, but we welcome all applicants with strong normative interests. Applicants must have a PhD in philosophy or political science. Scholars with a JD are also eligible so long as their research interests focus on ethical dimensions of public policy or law. General Ethics Fellows participate in the intellectual life of the Center for Ethics in Society (attend weekly workshops; events; professional training opportunities), teach one class per year, interact with undergraduates in the Ethics in Society Program, and contribute to an interdisciplinary ethics community across the campus.
Appointment Requirements and Application Details
For both types of fellowships, the appointment term is September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018. The initial term may be renewed for an additional year. Applicants must have completed all requirements for their PhD by June 30, 2017. Candidates must also be no more than 3 years from the awarding of their degree (i.e., September 2014).
The application deadline has passed. Applications for 2018-19 will be available in early October 2017.
Stanford University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its scholarly community. We welcome applications from women and members of minority groups, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the university's research and teaching missions. Salary is competitive.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, a writing sample (no more than 25 pages double-spaced), three letters of recommendation, a one-page research statement (single spaced), and a teaching portfolio. Additional materials will not be considered. All applicants will be considered for both types of fellowships, and finalists will be consulted about whether they may be designated as Interdisciplinary Ethics or General Ethics fellows.
Applications will not be accepted by email. If you have questions, please contact Anne Newman.
