Senior Visiting Fellow

About the role

The Senior Visiting Fellows program invites philosophers of science with seniority in the profession to spend a two-term academic year working in the Center for Philosophy of Science. Senior Fellows work principally on their own research projects. They are expected to informally mentor junior scholars who are also visiting the Center. The Senior Visiting Fellow will propose an open-call conference that will be considered for possible inclusion in the Center’s activities for the end of the Fellow’s year. If the Center proceeds with the conference, it will be funded by the Center and chaired by the Senior Visiting Fellow.

Responsibilities

• Work on their own research projects.
• Informally mentor junior scholars who are also visiting the Center.
• Propose and chair an open-call conference if the Center proceeds with it.
• Reside in Pittsburgh and undertake research full-time in an office in the Center for Philosophy of Science.
• Participate in the life of the Center by attending and giving talks, contributing to discussion groups, etc.

Requirements

• Have a doctoral degree.
• Be in philosophy, in history, and philosophy of science, or have an established position in the professional community of philosophy of science.
• Have research supported by their own university, or by a foundation or governmental agency.

Qualifications

• Seniority in the profession of philosophy of science.
• Ability to informally mentor junior scholars.
• Experience in proposing and chairing conferences.
• Research capability supported by one's own institution.

Skills

• Strong research skills.
• Excellent communication and mentoring abilities.
• Ability to organize and chair conferences.

Benefits

• No formal duties beyond research and mentoring.
• Funding for the proposed conference (if accepted).
• Office space and support within the Center for Philosophy of Science.
• Monthly stipend to cover extra costs of dislocation.

Pay

The monthly stipend is intended to defray the extra costs of dislocation.

Schedule

• Academic terms: Fall (September 1 – December 31) and Spring (January 1 – April 30).
• The two-term academic year comprises the Fall and Spring terms.
• The Center discourages visits for periods other than a whole term or the two-term academic year.

Returning Fellows Policy

• A Center Fellow can visit the Center for at most two semesters every ten years.
• If you have spent an academic year at the Center, you have to wait ten years to revisit the Center as a Fellow.

Assignment Category

• Part-time temporary.
• Bargaining Unit Eligibility.