APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS The Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University has five PhD scholarships available to appropriately qualified applicants to undertake a full time PhD degree in 2010. The scholarships are associated with three separate Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects
The scholarships are available to domestic and international applicants who have an Australian Bachelor degree with First Class Honours (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline as defined in the project description. The scholarships offer a tax-free stipend at $22,500 (indexed annually) for a period of 3.5 years (subject to satisfactory progress). Successful applicants will be based at Macquarie University in the Philosophy Department and in association with the Centre for Cognitive Science and the Centre for Research in Social Inclusion. Cotutelle and joint PhD candidature supervision arrangements are possible, especially (but not only) with partner universities in France, Germany and the UK. Successful applicants will be able to take up their scholarship and commence their studies as soon they have satisfied the admission requirements of Macquarie University. ARC Discovery Project 1: Causation (2 PhD scholarships available) These scholarships are associated with Prof. Peter Menzies’s project 'Causes that Make a Difference'. Applicants should propose thesis projects that relate centrally to the philosophical investigation of causation. Enquiries are to be directed to Peter Menzies ([email protected]). ARC Discovery Project 2: Agency and Addiction (1 PhD scholarship available) This scholarship is associated with Prof. Jeanette Kennett’s project 'Addiction, moral identity and moral agency: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches’. The successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of the project but especially in testing and refining philosophical accounts of the elements of moral agency and the effects of addiction on agency, character, self-control and responsibility against the findings and predictions of addiction neuroscience, and our own empirical study of users. Enquiries are to be directed to Jeanette Kennett ([email protected]). ARC Discovery Project 3: Philosophical Anthropology / Philosophy of Work (2 PhD scholarships available) These scholarships are associated with Dr Jean-Philippe Deranty’s and A/Prof. Nicholas Smith’s project ‘Work and Self-development: a philosophical reappraisal’. This project has a strong international collaborative dimension, with leading researchers from France (Christophe Dejours and Emmanuel Renault) also involved. Applicants should propose thesis projects that focus either on conceptions of work in the history of philosophy or on understandings of work that inform the contemporary quality of work debate (especially in Australia). Enquiries are to be directed to either Jean-Philippe Deranty ([email protected]) or Nicholas Smith ([email protected]). Closing date for applications: Friday, 26 February 2010 Application form: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications Applications should be forwarded to: The Scholarship Officer Higher Degree Research Office The Research Hub Level 3, C5C East Macquarie University NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/ ***THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT*** Nicholas Smith Associate Professor Head of Department of Philosophy Macquarie University North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia ph. (61) (02) 9850 8881 fax (61) (02) 9850 8892 ---------------------------- This messages is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and are not necessarily the view of Macquarie University. _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://sydphil.info 885 subscribers now served. To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://sydphil.info
