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The Radboud Interdisciplinary Hub for Privacy, Security and Data Ethics (iHub) at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands) is seeking one PhD candidate and two postdoctoral fellows in the field of digitalisation and health, ethics and data governance, to join a team led by Dr. Tamar Sharon. The PhD candidate and one of the postdocs will join the ERC-funded project entitled 'The digital disruption of health research and the common good: An empirical-philosophical study' (Digital Good). The other postdoc will carry out research to be defined, in the broad field of digitalisation and health, and contribute to shaping the Hub’s profile.
The iHub is an exciting new interdisciplinary research centre led by Prof. Bart Jacobs (computer science) and Dr. Tamar Sharon (philosophy). iHub will bring together leading computer scientists, medical researchers, ethicists, legal scholars and social scientists from across the university. Research will address issues raised by the increased digitalisation and datafication of science and society. The Hub’s mission is to develop scientific and practical expertise on data governance guided by values such as privacy, transparency, democratic legitimacy and social value.
The ERC-funded project Digital Good explores the ethical and societal challenges associated with the 'Googlisation of health': the entrance of large consumer technology companies such as Alphabet, Apple and Amazon into the domain of health and biomedical research. Team members will conduct fieldwork to map, analyse and critically evaluate the different conceptions of the common good that motivate various stakeholders participating in research collaborations between consumer tech firms and public research institutions. Fieldwork will take place at various sites in Europe and in the USA. The empirical findings will be used to develop a normative framework for data governance in this context that can account for different and competing conceptions of the common good. Team members will conduct independent research and contribute to the overall framework development. They should be comfortable carrying out empirical and conceptual work.
PhD candidate
Postdocs
Postdocs: you will be appointed for an initial period of 2 years with a possible extension to a maximum of 4 years. University job profile: Researcher Level 3.
The intended start date is 1 May 2019. We have a preference for individuals who come from groups less represented at our faculty.
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Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies
Team members will be embedded at iHub and in the Department for Practical Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. Responsibility and solidarity are essential values within the faculty’s culture as they determine collaborative and social behaviour.
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