The Université catholique de Louvain invites applications for a tenure track or tenured full time position in Philosophy of Life Sciences.

Vacancy Reference : 15709 / FIAL 005 / 2018 (to be quoted in any correspondence) Teaching The successful candidate will teach philosophy of life sciences. He or she could be required to teach general courses of philosophy for the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters and for the other faculties on the different campuses of the UCL. Research The successful candidate will carry out academic research in the field of philosophy of life sciences, with a dimension in bioethics and/or on relations between sciences and society. Practical information Starting date : 1st of September, 2018. Deadline to apply: 12h, November 15, 2017 How to apply: https://uclouvain.be/en/discover/procedure-de-selection-0-1.html Where to apply: https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=UCLouvain&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH&rcm_site_locale=en_GB&site=VjItSmJSOVQrSWdMM0ZGS0o1NlhCVFAzUT09&career_job_req_id=15709&selected_lang=en_GB&jobAlertController_jobAlertId&jobAlertController_jobAlertName&_s.crb=LklBDP%2F3ARcHA2p4BlLqKlLqFaI%3D Further information : Professor Alexandre Guay, President of the Institute ISP – president-isp@uclouvain.be Professor Philippe Hiligsmann, dean FIAL – doyen-fial@uclouvain.be Localization : Humantities Sector Faculty of philosophy, arts and letters (FIAL) (https://uclouvain.be/en/faculties/fial) Institut Supérieur de Philosophie (ISP) (https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/isp) General conditions Tasks : the applicant will: - be responsible for teaching courses at all study levels (i.e. undergraduate and postgraduate), as well as in programmes of continuing education; - supervise the final diploma research (i.e. theses) of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as Ph.D. theses; - be involved in (and/or supervise, promote) research programmes; - contribute to the international visibility of the University through teaching and research excellence; - be available to ensure, in the long term, different service activities and responsibilities within the University and its entities; - contribute to activities of the University with a societal impact in the fields of the economy, socio-cultural changes or cooperation with developing countries. Qualifications : the applicant must have - a Ph.D. degree in Philosophy. An additional diploma in the life sciences or health sector will be considered an asset; - significant scientific record with international publications; - either studied abroad for an extensive period or have had substantial experience outside UCL; - experience in and the aptitude for teaching at University level; - capacity to work within a team of teachers and to integrate research findings into teaching; - creativity and must be open to teaching innovation and interdisciplinarity; - capacities required to undertake high-level academic research: capacity to raise research fundings, to supervise projects, to animate and lead a research team; - good knowledge of both spoken and written French and English. If this is not the case, the applicant accept to learn French and/or English in order to be able to teach in French and English within 2 years. Fluency in other languages is an asset. — Alexandre Guay, Professor President of the Institut supérieur de Philosophie - ISP, UCL Editor-in-chief, Lato Sensu, revue de la Société de philosophie des sciences President of the Société de philosophie analytique - SoPhA Institut supérieur de philosophie, Université catholique de Louvain Place Cardinal Mercier 14, Bte L3.06.01 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Website: www.uclouvain.be/alexandre.guay