Description

Professor Pedro Francés Gómez, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) in 2023 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (for more information about the 2023 call, please consult:(http://sl.ugr.es/0d7F)

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR) was founded in 1531 and is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. With over 51,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and almost 3,000 members of staff, the UGR offers over 90 undergraduate degrees, 160 master’s degrees (8 of which are international double degrees) and 28 doctoral programmes via its 124 departments and nearly 50 centers. Accordingly, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.

The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflects the institution’s commitment to continuously improving its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also internationally renowned for its excellence in diverse research fields and ranked among the top Spanish universities in a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, and international funding.

The UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The 2022 edition of the ARWU places the UGR in 201-300th position in the world and as the 2-5 highest ranked universities in Spain (http://sl.ugr.es/0d7D), reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research. The UGR stands out in the specialties of Library & Information Science (position 38); Food Science & Technology (30) and Hospitality & Tourism Management (51-75), according to the latest edition of this prestigious ranking by specialties (http://sl.ugr.es/0bSp). A little lower in the ranking, the UGR also stands out in Mathematics (76-100).

Additionally, the UGR has 9 researchers who are at the top of the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list (http://sl.ugr.es/0d7E), most of these related to the area of Computer Science. It is also well recognized for its web presence (http://sl.ugr.es/0a6i), being positioned at 42th place in the top 200 Universities in Europe.

Internationally, the University of Granada is firmly committed to its participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union. For the duration of the last Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, the UGR obtained a total 120 projects with a total funding of around 29,4 million euros.  For the current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, the UGR has obtained 38 projects, so far, with total funding around 11 € million.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group:

FiloLab is an Excellence Unit in the field of Philosophy and Applied Ethics, under the general topic of ‘Public controversies’. Diverse research groups focus on issues as ethics of new technologies, political polarization, medical and bioethics, ethics of the end of life, post-truth, etc. Most researchers in the field of Philosophy and Ethics are members of it, and it also involves a number of researchers and collaborators from other departments and institutions.

The unit hosts a number of post-doc researchers as well as Ph D. candidates. Several ongoing workshops and talk series, as well as invited speakers made it an excellent environment to do research and learn with a focus on the public impact of Philosophical studies.

In particular the candidate would be integrated in the Project BIENN Behavioral Insight, Ethics and Norms for a New Social Contract, led by Researcher Pedro Francés-Gómez.

Project description:

The BIENN project is about the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in recent years. In particular, it is a project that aims to contribute to the understanding of recent evolution of social demands towards companies. The premise is that the traditional relation between society and corporations, usually captured by the notion of Social License to Operate (SLO) has evolved towards a more encompassing view of the role of business in a society under several stress conditions: the necessity to mitigate global warming according to international agreements; the development of digitalization; the ageing of population; immigration and integration challenges; etc. Under these conditions, we live at a time of transition: Transition towards a sustainable economy (including agriculture, fishery and forestry, food industry and logistics); transition toward new forms of work and labor relationships; social transitions evidence by the downfall of traditional political parties and traditional political divides; and the digitalization transition and the uptake of AI in most industries and activities. While these changes and transitions have their own paces and evolution, there is the common metaphor of a new social contract, referring to the need to re-think the basic consensus of society. However, this metaphor is used rhetorically with no clear understanding of its meaning and/or potential. The goal of the project is to explore the role of the philosophical tradition of the social contract in business ethics and economic ethics. The research focus would be on the history of this relationship, clarification of the tradition as a method for normative studies, and implication for current transitions.

Research Area:

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

• Economic Sciences (ECO)

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor Pedro Francés (pfg@ugr.es):

• CV
• Letter of recommendation (optional)