[Employment] postdoc in complexity

[Dominique Chu]

I would be grateful if you could circulate the advert below to any  
students of yours who might be interested.

The postdoc position at the University of Kent (UK) in  reasoning  
about complexity in systems biology is now advertised.  The project is  
about understanding the tacit notion of complexity underlying systems  
biology and how this notion influences scientific practice (and how  
the notion itself is shaped by the practice).

We are primarily looking for philosophers but also candidates with a  
background in complexity science and an interest in philosophy.

For informal enquiries please contact either me or David Corfield (D.Corfield from kent.ac.uk 
)

regards,

D. Chu

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TWO 2-YEAR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AT THE CENTRE FOR REASONING, UNIVERSITY OF KENT


THE ROLE
 
A Research Associate is expected to conduct original research on a research project of the Associate’s choice from the three listed below. The Associate will work under the guidance of the project leader, an academic staff member of the Centre for Reasoning.
 
1. Reasoning in coordination games
2. Reasoning about complex biological systems: analysis and critique
3. Reasoning about evolving computer programs
 
Please visit the following website for further information on the three research projects: 
http://www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning/projects.pdf

 
THE PERSON

You will be educated to PhD or equivalent, obtained within two years of the start of the post (i.e., obtained no earlier than 1st September 2007) and have knowledge of the discipline(s) relating to the chosen research project 

You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral and the ability to plan own day-to-day research activity and workload within the framework of the agreed programme.  

For further information on the skills and knowledge required, please see the full job description.


THE DEPARTMENT 

The Centre for Reasoning (www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning) is a multi-disciplinary research centre with members from all faculties of the University. It is the University’s hub for the study of reasoning, inference and method, broadly construed, and is at the centre of international research efforts in this area.

Research projects of Centre members currently cover a wide variety of reasoning-related topics, including causal reasoning, classification and data mining, contextual reasoning, logical reasoning, mathematical reasoning, methodology, and probabilistic reasoning.


FURTHER INFORMATION

Closing date for applications: 5 June 2009
 
Interviews are expected to be held on: 3 July 2009
 
Please visit http://jobs.kent.ac.uk/ entering reference HUM0078 for a full job description and the application procedure.
 
Please visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning/projects.pdf for more information about the three projects.