There is one PhD position available for the project:

1. Degrees of Responsibility
Whereas we ordinarily assume that responsibility comes in degrees, the emphasis in the literature has been on the question whether or not an agent is responsible, rather than on the question how we can arrive at a judgement of the different degrees in which individuals are responsible. Drawing on tools from formal epistemology, decision theory, and causal analysis, an account of gradual responsibility will be developed and its policy implications will be examined.

And the other available PhD position is for the project:

2. Decision making and responsibility allocation
This project investigates the relation between decision-making in groups and the distribution of responsibility among members of the group. The aim is to determine how group decision making needs to be organized in such a way that the allocation of responsibility within the group becomes fair and transparent. This helps to accommodate the role of computer systems in teams, and fosters a better understanding and perception of responsibility among the group members.

Prof. J.W. Romeijn is supervisor of both projects and promotor.

We are looking for applicants:
• with a strong background in philosophy
• who are trained in formal reasoning (e.g. game theory, logic, probability theory, decision theory) and
• have affinity with working in an interdisciplinary context.

Fixed-term contract: 48 months.

The University of Groningen offers a salary starting at € 2,222 in the first year, and € 2,840 gross a month for a fulltime position (salary scale PhD’s Dutch Universities) in the fourth year. The salary is supplemented by a holiday allowance of 8% per year and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.

The starting date is 16 August/1 September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.

You may apply for this position until 17 May / before 18 May 2018 Dutch local time by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).

Interviews (skype or live) are planned for 8 June.

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Faculty of Philosophy

Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 30,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
The Faculty of Philosophy is a dynamic, international community of excellent researchers and teachers. It consistently receives the highest evaluations both for research and for teaching among philosophy departments in The Netherlands. The Faculty has three departments: History of Philosophy, Theoretical Philosophy, and Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy.

As part of the interdisciplinary NWO Gravitation Programme SCOOP we are looking for candidates for two fully funded PhD positions in philosophy.
SCOOP is a research and training centre dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of sustainable cooperation as a key feature of resilient societies. The centre connects research groups from sociology, psychology, history, philosophy, public administration, research methods, and statistics. SCOOP is a joint initiative by the University of Groningen (Strategic Theme Sustainable Society) and Utrecht University (Strategic Theme Institutions for Open Societies), and involves researchers from the VU Amsterdam, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Radboud University Nijmegen. See https://www.scoop-program.org/ for more information.
The positions are at the University of Groningen. The research is carried out at this university in collaboration with the VU Amsterdam.