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Call for Applications

Type: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ethics of War and Peace
Institution: Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace
(SCEWP), Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
Date: 2014–16
Deadline: 10.3.2014

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Two Year Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Reference number SU FV-0170-14

The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be attached to the Stockholm Centre for
the Ethics of War and Peace (SCEWP), which is funded by the
Wallenberg Foundation and part of the Department of Philosophy at
Stockholm University. The Centre is directed by Dr. Helen Frowe, and
aims to produce cutting-edge research in the ethics of war, foster
international collaboration with scholars, policy-makers and military
practitioners and improve public and policy debates concerning the
ethics of war and peace. The Department of Philosophy is Sweden’s
largest philosophy department, and is divided into Theoretical
Philosophy and Practical Philosophy. It has a thriving research
community and hosts regular visiting speakers and conferences. You
can find more information about the department here:
www.philosophy.su.se/english

Responsibilities


The Fellow will be expected to produce and publish high-quality
research within the Centre’s remit of the ethics of war and peace.
This could include (but is not limited to): humanitarian
intervention, national-defence, theoretical approaches to war (such
as pacifism or collectivism), terrorism, civil war, revolution, war
crimes, crimes against humanity, issues within jus ad bellum and jus
in bello, the moral status of combatants and non-combatants, war and
technology, reconstruction and reconciliation, the notion of ‘just
peace’, and legitimate authority. He or she will be expected to
disseminate his or her research via international conferences. To
this end, a generous research stipend is attached to the post.

The Fellow will also undertake administrative work related to the
running of the Centre, such as organising conferences and undertaking
editing work, and will be expected to attend and participate in the
Centre’s various events. He or she may engage in some teaching at
graduate and undergraduate levels. The Fellow will be expected to
undertake research in English.

Start date is negotiable, but should be no later than October 2014.

Deadline for applications is 10th March 2014.
More information, including how to apply, can be found on the
Philosophy department webpage here.


Contact:

Dr. Helen Frowe, Director
Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace
Department of Philosophy
Stockholm University
SE-10691 Stockholm
Sweden
Email: helen.fr...@philosophy.su.se
Web:
http://www.philosophy.su.se/english/research/stockholm-centre-for-the-ethics-of-war-and-peace




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