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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGCareer Opportunities: Post-doctoral Fellow in AI welfare Apply Now: https://jobs.hku.hk/cw/en/job/530912/postdoctoral-fellow-in-ai-welfareLocation: Pok Fu Lam, Hong KongClosing date: 31 Jan 2025Work type: Full-timeDepartment: School of Humanities (05200)Categories: Senior Research Staff & Post-doctoral FellowApplications are invited for appointments as Post-doctoral Fellow in AI welfare in School of Humanities (Philosophy) (Ref.: 530912), to commence in August 2025 for 2 years.Applicants should have completed a Ph.D. degree in philosophy by the time of appointment. The position is focused on AI welfare. Applicants with background in philosophy of AI, normative ethics, or philosophy of mind are preferred.The fellow’s supervisor will be Simon Goldstein (simon.d.goldstein@gmail.com). The appointment will be affiliated with the Hong Kong Ethics Lab (https://www.hkethicslab.com), the AI & Humanity Lab (https://ai-humanity.net), and the Department of Philosophy (https://philosophy.hku.hk). The candidate is expected to participate actively in the work of both labs, and help organize events at the HK Ethics Lab. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. The University only accepts online applications for the above post. Applicants should apply online at the University’s careers site (https://jobs.hku.hk) and upload a CV, writing sample, and short cover letter. Review of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until January 31, 2025, or until the position is filled.The University is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to equality, ethics, inclusivity, diversity and transparency

Global Environmental Politics Online ISSN 1536-0091Print ISSN 1526-3800Global Environmental Politics examines relationships between global political forces and environmental change, with particular attention given to the implications of local-global interactions for environmental management, as well as to the implications of environmental change and environmental governance for world politics. Each issue contains several full-length research articles, and may also contain shorter forum articles and/or a research note. The journal seeks to publish on a broad range of issues, from water to waste management to climate change. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, states and non-state actors in environmental governance, multilateral institutions and agreements, innovative governance arrangements, trade, global finance, corporations and markets, environmental (in)security, science and technology, and transnational and grassroots movements. Contributions come from many disciplines, including political science, international relations, sociology, history, human geography, anthropology, public policy, science and technology studies, and environmental ethics, law, and economics.Link: https://direct.mit.edu/glep/pages/abstracting-indexingAbstracting and Indexing InformationGlobal Environmental Politics is abstracted and/or indexed in the following services:Academic SearchAcademic Search Alumni EditionAcademic Search CompleteAcademic Search EliteAcademic Search PremierAcademic Search R & DAdvanced Placement SourceBIOBASEBusiness SourceBusiness Source Alumni EditionBusiness Source CompleteBusiness Source CorporateBusiness Source EliteBusiness Source PremierCNKI, ChinaCurrent AbstractsCurrent Awareness in Biological SciencesCurrent ContentsDietrich's Index PhilosophicusDimensionsEBSCO DiscoveryEconLitEnvironment CompleteEnvironment IndexEnvironmental Sciences and Pollution ManagementEx Libris PrimoGEOBASEGreenFILEIBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen ZeitschriftenliteraturInternational Bibliography of Humanities & Sociological LiteratureInternational Political Science AbstractsLeft Index (Online)LensMicrosoft AcademicOCLC DiscoveryPolitical Science CompletePollution AbstractsProQuest SummonPublic Affairs IndexScopusSocial Sciences Citation IndexTOC PremierUrban Studies Abstracts

Deadline: 15 July 2024AboutOutlineThe Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) in Delmenhorst is an Institute for Advanced Study in the Northwest of Germany. Its Fellowship program offers outstanding researchers the opportunity to focus on research without the distraction of everyday routines in academia, to interact with colleagues from other disciplines, and to benefit from a diverse and vibrant Fellowship community. The HWK awards Fellowships to highly qualified researchers of all career levels from postdoctoral to senior researchers. With these Fellowships, the HWK supports interdisciplinary and international collaboration both, between its Fellows and research institutions in Germany’s Northwest region, and within the community of Fellows residing on the HWK campus.What is fundedThe HWK awards Fellowships to highly qualified researchers of all career levels from postdoctoral to senior researchers. Regular Fellowships are available for researchers whose PhD (or comparable degree) has been awarded more than five years ago and who have already gained substantial professional experience in academia and research.Junior Fellowships are available for early career researchers whose PhD has been awarded less than five years ago and who have gained first professional experience in academia and research. Both, a continuation of previous research activities, or starting a new strand of research by using the expertise in the Northwestern region, are welcome, this includes crossing disciplinary boundaries.DurationFellowship duration ranges from 3 to 10 months. Residence at the HWK is obligatory. Financial conditions are to be negotiated on an individual basis after successful application. Depending on the Fellowship project, Regular Fellowships and Junior Fellowships can be awarded for a minimum of three and a maximum of ten months. Regular Fellowships may be split into no more than two periods of residence, provided that accommodation is available at the HWK. Junior Fellowships cannot be split. EligibilityExcellent researchers with a PhD from all disciplines and from all parts of the world (except northwestern Germany) are welcome to apply. We also accept applications involving experimental and lab research; in these cases confirmation of access to research infrastructure at a nearby institution is required.Fellows are selected based on the following criteria:the candidate’s academic qualification,the quality and the innovative character of the candidate’s proposed research project,the candidate’s willingness to contribute to and to profit from a highly interdisciplinary Fellowship community,the fit of the proposed project with the spectrum of disciplines and research interests at the HWK.Collaborations with colleagues at the regional universities and research institutes are appreciated but in general, they are not a necessary condition for a Fellowship. They are necessary, however, when the applicant plans to conduct an experimental project and thus needs a research infrastructure for their project. In that case, a regional collaboration partner will have to confirm that they will provide the necessary infrastructure to work on the Fellowship project.Researchers based at institutions in the Northwestern region of Germany cannot apply for Regular or Junior Fellowships. They are encouraged, however, to motivate national or international colleagues to apply for Fellowships.More Information: https://hanse-ias.de/en/fellowships/application?mtm_campaign=Annual%20Call%2020…