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Hosting Offer: Jagiellonian University - Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics
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| Role | Hosting Offer |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Jagiellonian University - Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics |
| Organisation type | Public, Academic, Research centre |
| City | Kraków |
| HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission | yes |
| National evaluation category | A+ (excellent) |
| Faculty / Dept. / Division / Laboratory / Research group | Faculty of Philosophy / Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics |
| Website | https://incet.uj.edu.pl/ |
| Thematic area/field | HS – Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / HS1 Fundamental questions of human existence and the nature of reality |
| Key words | philosophy; ethics; bioethics; research ethics; ethics & new technologies |
| Short summary of activities and expertise | The goal of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics (INCET) at the Jagiellonian University is to encourage and support research activities in philosophy and ethics, in particular research on the classic bioethical dilemmas (e.g. reproductive or end-of-life decisions, organ transplantation, resource allocation, clinical decision making) and on topics that emerge from recent technological, social, and scientific developments (e.g. genetic engineering, human enhancement, new healthcare and reproductive technologies, infectious diseases, evidence based medicine, preventive medicine, big data, artificial intelligence, algorithmic decision-making, regulating scientific research, climate change, military conflicts, migration and multiculturalism). Although our research interests are diversified we focus on problems that bridge the gap between philosophy and practice. We use an interdisciplinary approach to deal with philosophical problems in practical contexts: both "armchair" methods typical for the humanities and social sciences (conceptual analysis, case studies), as well as empirical methods (behavioral experiments, corpus analysis, topic modelling). |
| Role and profile of key persons (incl. supervisor) | The Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics is headed by Prof. Tomasz Żuradzki who is an associate professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. He studied political science and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University and at the London School of Economics (MSc in 2006), received a PhD in philosophy in 2011, and a habilitation in 2020. His recent work focuses on the intersection of metaethics and practical ethics, he is a member of the editorial board of the journal Diametros, the editor-in-chief of the popular science journal Filozofia w Praktyce [Philosophy in Practice], and the Principal Investigator of the project BIOUNCERTAINTY funded by the ERC Starting Grant. |
| Previous and current involvement in research and training programmes | Current research project: * Deep uncertainties in bioethics: genetic research, preventive medicine, reproductive decisions (BIOUNCERTAINTY), Research project financed by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the Starting Grant competition in 2019-24; project number: 805498; Principal Investigator: Tomasz Żuradzki Selected past research projects: * Justice in healthcare - A research project funded by the National Science Centre in Poland under the MAESTRO scheme between 2013 and 2019; Principal Investigator: Włodzimierz Galewicz; * The experimental philosophy lab: the normative implications of the identified victim bias; An interdisciplinary research project funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland (National Programme for the Development of the Humanities) between 2016 and 2019, no. 0068/NPRH4/H2b/83/2016; Principal Investigator: Tomasz Żuradzki; * Statistical victims, normative uncertainty, blind chance: ethics and decisions making under risk or uncertainty; A research project no. 2015/17/B/HS1/02279 funded by the National Science Centre in Poland (Opus 9); 2016 – 2020; Principal Investigator: Tomasz Żuradzki. |
| Relevant publications and/or research/innovation products | Maziarz, M. (2020). The philosophy of causality in economics. Routledge P. Bystranowski, M. Mungan (forthcoming) Proxy Crimes, American Criminal Law Review L. Elkin (forthcoming), Regret averse opinion aggregation, Ergo P. Nowak (forthcoming), Moral and Biological Concept of Death: Which One is Too Nebulous? Journal of Medicine and Philosophy L. Elkin (forthcoming), The Precautionary Principle and Expert Disagreement, Erkenntnis Bystranowski, P., Janik, B., Próchnicki, M. et al. (2021). Do Formalist Judges Abide By Their Abstract Principles? A Two-Country Study in Adjudication. Int J Semiot Law. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-021-09846-6 Maziarz, M. (2021). Resolving empirical controversies with mechanistic evidence. Synthese. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03232-2 Bystranowski, P., Janik, B., Próchnicki, M., & Skórska, P. (2021). Anchoring effect in legal decision-making: A meta-analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 45 (1): 1-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000438 Maziarz, M. & Zach, M. (2021). Assessing the quality of evidence from epidemiological agent-based models for the COVID-19 pandemic. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 43 (10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-020-00357-4 Żuradzki, T. & Wiśniowska, K. (2020). A data-driven argument in bioethics: why theologically grounded concepts may not provide the necessary intellectual resources to discuss inequality and injustice in healthcare. American Journal of Bioethics, 12 (20): 25-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/152 Żuradzki, T. (2019). The normative significance of identifiability. Ethics and Information Technology, 21 (4): 295–305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9487-z More publication, see: https://incet.uj.edu.pl/publikacje |
| Key research facilities, infrastructure, and equipment | Our office in central Kraków (52 Grodzka Street) is fully equipped to conduct research in the humanities and social sciences. The equipment includes computers with broad access to journal article repositories, standard office equipment, and software needed for conducting different types of research (corpus analysis, statistical research, and also the usual armchair philosophy) |
| Hosting arrangements | Our office in central Kraków (52 Grodzka Street) is fully equipped to conduct research in the humanities and social sciences. The equipment includes computers with broad access to journal article repositories, standard office equipment, and software needed for conducting different types of research (corpus analysis, statistical research, and also the usual armchair philosophy) |
| Key research facilities, infrastructure, and equipment | The Jagiellonian University is one of the oldest universities in Europe (established in 1364) and now one of the best two universities in Poland. INCET employees have different backgrounds but with a common interest in philosophy (while the majority of us are philosophers, some of us are also lawyers, psychologists, economists, and physicians) that are passionate about their research. We cooperate in research and writing articles, comment on each other’s work, learn and master new skills. We all meet at the INCET weekly research seminar and other research events. The talks are given either by a member of our team or invite guests from other leading philosophy research centers. See our team: https://incet.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/zespol |
| Intersectoral secondments options | We cooperate with the Institute of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology, and Department of Philosophy and Bioethics at the Jagiellonian University Medical College. |
| Other benefits | The Jagiellonian University in Kraków offers an engaging academic and cultural life. The city itself is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Central Europe and offers many opportunities for spending leisure time. All in all, working at INCET can be an intellectual adventure and a boost to your career. |
| Candidate sought | All topics within ethics, bioethics, political philosophy, philosophy of biomedical and social sciences are welcome. In particular, we encourage interdisciplinary applications that bridge the gap between philosophy and current challenges (e.g. genetic engineering, human enhancement, healthcare and reproductive technologies, infectious diseases, climate change, military conflicts, artificial intelligence (AI), migration and multiculturalism, big data, etc.). |
| Have you hosted POLONEZ Fellows or MSCA IF Fellows before? | no |
| Candidatures deadline | 2021-11-07 |
Contact | |
| First name | Tomasz |
| Last name | Żuradzki |
| t.zuradzki@uj.edu.pl | |
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