The University of Groningen is recruiting three postdocs to join a team led by Boudewijn de Bruin. The postdocs will contribute to an interdisciplinary research project on motivated cognition and non-evidential belief formation. The project involves normative (ethics, law) and empirical (economics, psychology) research, and designing and testing policy instruments.

Successful candidates should have an interest in the ethical, legal, and social science aspects of “non-evidential beliefs,” or “motivated cognition,” such as racist and sexist stereotypes, climate change denial, belief in fake news, conspiracy theories, etc. They should be excited to work in an interdisciplinary environment in which normative (ethical, legal) and empirical (economic, psychological) issues are constantly integrated. Topics that they should be interested in include such things as legal solutions to misinformation, psychological tools to combat motivated cognition, organizational remedies against group stereotypes, as well as philosophical and ethical approaches to intellectual or epistemic virtues.

- candidates should have a PhD in philosophy, ethics, law, economics, or psychology
- since part of the project is to work with external parties in business and government, they should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to reach out to non-academic stakeholders.

The appointee will be based in the Faculty of Economics & Business and the Centre for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, of the University of Groningen.

Fixed-term contract: 24 months.

In accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, we offer you:

- a starting salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, between € 2,960 (salary scale 10) and € 5,439 gross per month (salary scale 11) based on a full time position (38 hours per week)
- a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual income and an 8.3% end-of-the-year allowance
- a temporary full time (1.0 FTE) appointment for a maximum term of two years.

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