Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy of Science

Organisation/Company Ghent University Research Field Computer science » Other Philosophy » Epistemology Philosophy » Ethics Philosophy » Philosophy of science Philosophy » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline 18 Sep 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Country Belgium Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY

Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15,000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11 faculties and more than 80 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.

YOUR TASKS

• Your research is situated in the EU-funded Horizon Europe project EOSC-ARENA (AI Research Enhancement through Networked Agents), funded under the European Commission’s GenAI4EU initiative. The overall aim of EOSC-ARENA is to develop a sovereign, generative and agentic AI environment for scientific researchers, integrated with the European Open Science Cloud.
• You investigate the impact of AI on research integrity: how GenAI influences authorship, transparency, reproducibility, and accountability in research.
• You examine the epistemological implications of AI participating in discovery, knowledge generation (causal knowledge, explanation, …) and hypothesis formulation.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• You hold a thesis-based doctorate in philosophy or in history & philosophy of science.
• You have expertise in at least some of the relevant subfields of the philosophy of science (e.g. causation, explanation, social epistemology, …). This is evidenced by high-quality publications in these fields.
• You have advanced insight into the functioning of large language models, as evidenced by relevant academic publications or relevant training.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• We offer you a contract of definite duration for a period of 10 months.
• Your contract will start on 1 November 2026 at the earliest.
• All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, bicycle allowance and eco vouchers.

As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. Erik Weber (erik.weber@ugent.be ).