Research Fellow

**Date**:13 Sep 2024

**Location**: YONG LOO LIN SCH OF MEDICINE, Kent Ridge Campus, SG

**Company**:National University of Singapore

We are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS).

A/Prof Earp’s work brings philosophers together with psychologists to conduct experimental studies in moral psychology and bioethics, contributing to substantive normative and philosophical debates in ethics. Specifically, the lab investigates the contributing factors and psychological processes that shape:

- Moral intuitions, judgments and reasoning
- Moral agency, moral action and moral motivation

Specific research topics and themes include:

- Human-AI relationships
- Artificial intelligence, privacy, and consciousness
- Credit and blame for AI-generated content
- Personalised large language models and the ethics of “digital doppelgangers”
- Impartial beneficence and effective altruism
- The moral psychology of relationships and special obligations
- Personal identity, dementia, and consent
- Sex, gender, identity, and bodily integrity
- Medicalization; treatment vs. enhancement
- Moral enhancement; relationship enhancement
- Love and transformative experience
- Ethics of psychedelic-assisted therapies
- Children’s rights

The Fellow will form an active part of a vibrant Centre and while the main focus is research, the Fellow will play a vital role in CBmE’s other activities, which include teaching, graduate supervision, support for CBmE courses, outreach and public engagement.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work with the PI to identify and analyse appropriate topics for analysis
- Collaborative research will include the provision of research assistance for the Supervisor
- Undertake comprehensive and systematic literature reviews
- Contribute to and lead (where appropriate) conceptual research, manuscript development, writing, editing and publication submission.

**Responsibilities**:

- Present work for feedback and dissemination at workshops or conferences locally and/or internationally
- From time to time present papers at Centre seminars, national conferences or public meetings to disseminate research findings
- Assist with the planning and organisation of workshops, conferences and other events
- Contribute to public engagement, policy and outreach work, including by writing occasional blog posts, preparing material for websites, etc.
- Support funder relations as requested by the Supervisor, including the preparation of reports
- Fully participate in the academic activities of CBmE, such as attending regular seminars and invited lectures, supporting arrangements for those and the organisation of other events
- Perform occasional duties as requested by the Supervisor such as administration, graduate supervision and teaching, at the overall discretion of the Supervisor

**Criteria**:
**Essential Criteria**:

- Hold, or be close to completion of, the degree of PhD (or equivalent qualification) in philosophy, experimental psychology, experimental philosophy, empirical or applied bioethics, or another area closely related from an internationally reputable university.
- Proven excellent research skills and ability to draft creative, well-argued manuscripts in a timely manner.
- An outstanding research record appropriate to the present stage of career, with evidence of potential for producing distinguished research.
- Ability to quickly assimilate information and produce accurate summaries of information reviewed, and to critically appraise scientific (empirical) literature.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills; excellent English writing skills.
- Excellent organisation and time-management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a collaborative research team, ideally across disciplines

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Knowledge in experimental design, computer and study programming, statistical analysis (e.g., knowledge of Qualtrics, R, with strong statistical theory).
- Proven track record of publication in the field of bioethics
- Experience in integrating empirical research findings with ethical analyses
- Interest and experience in public/media engagement (e.g., editing videos or podcast material)
- Experience of liaising with funding bodies
- Fluent Malay or Mandarin as the researchers are involved in interpreting the survey results, which may be in languages other than English.

**Application**:

- A cover letter with statements that address _each_ of the selection criteria above
- Curriculum vitae with contact details of three referees
- A writing sample (sole authored peer-reviewed publication strongly preferred)
- Current and expected salary

**More Information**:
Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Department : Dean-Med-Centre for Biomedical Ethics

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 26349