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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The University of Geneva (</span><span style="color: rgb(28, 155, 220);"><u><a href="https://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/en/homepage/" rel="nofollow" data-outlook-id="dfe98ff9-eb9f-48c1-955c-e0c482a01f7e" style="color: rgb(28, 155, 220); margin: 0px;">https://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/en/homepage/</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">)
offers a 2-year fully funded postdoctoral fellowship within Baptiste Le Bihan’s SNSF Starting Grant project Space, Time and Causation in Quantum Gravity (https://spaceqg.com). The project will be housed at the Geneva Symmetry Group, which is part of the Department
of Philosophy of the University of Geneva (</span><span style="color: rgb(28, 155, 220);"><u><a href="https://genevasymmetrygroup.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" data-outlook-id="cb007ea1-09b7-438f-a2d4-c7e8453a120d" style="color: rgb(28, 155, 220); margin: 0px;">https://genevasymmetrygroup.wordpress.com/</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The salary is competitive. The successful candidate will have access to research funding.<br>
Applications from members of groups that are currently underrepresented in academic philosophy are strongly encouraged.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Starting Date</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ideally, the position would start on 1 September 2026 (and at the latest). The ideal starting date would be 1 September 2026, but an earlier start could
be envisaged any time from 1 February 2026 onward.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Scientific Requirements</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Candidates should hold a PhD in philosophy and demonstrate expertise in metaphysics of spacetime and causation and/or philosophy of quantum gravity. The
ideal candidate possesses a background in the physics of quantum gravity, contemporary metaphysics and the philosophy of space, time, and causality. Expertise in philosophy of cosmology would be an advantage.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Language Requirements</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Geneva is part of the French-speaking area of Switzerland, but for the purposes of the position only English is mandatory. Candidates must have excellent
communication skills in English.</span></p>
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<b>Further Information</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Candidates are encouraged to contact Baptiste Le Bihan (Baptiste.LeBihan@unige.ch) for further details regarding the project and the position.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>How to Apply</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Applications must be submitted as a single PDF file named [your last name].pdf, starting with the CV with e-mail address on top. Applications must be sent
to: baptiste.lebihan@unige.ch. Please indicate “Postdoctoral Application” in the subject line.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>They should include the following items:</b></span></p>
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CV</li><li style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px;">
Cover letter detailing your research interests and experience</li><li style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px;">
Proposal for research to be conducted in the context of Space, Time and Causation (more information about the project than what can be found below is available upon request)</li><li style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px;">
Writing sample (one article or chapter)</li><li style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px;">
Three names and email addresses for potential academic references</li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Application Deadline</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Applications must be submitted by 15 November 2025, to ensure full consideration.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Brief Description of the Project</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Does space exist over and above the objects around us? How does time differ from space? Recent scientific advances herald nothing less than a conceptual
revolution regarding those questions with the stunning idea that space and time are not, fundamentally, real. This revolution comes from quantum gravity, a network of research programs in theoretical physics that aim at developing a novel and more explanatory
framework for weaving together the knowledge from our current best and most fundamental physical theories: the general theory of relativity and quantum physics. Many approaches to quantum gravity imply that some properties usually considered as the hallmarks
of space and time, such as spatial distances or temporal order, do not exist fundamentally and emerge from a more fundamental non-spatiotemporal structure. However, to fully understand the emergence of space and time and its philosophical implications, we
must also account for the causal relations that seem to structure the natural world, and enable human beings to interact causally with their environment. Indeed, the non-fundamentality of space and time seems to stand in the way of a straightforward analysis
of causal relations in terms of causes and effects, located in space and time in temporal sequences. This raises the question of how to reconceptualize causation in a non-spatiotemporal world. The project aims at articulating and evaluating various conceptions
of causation compatible with a fundamentally non-spatiotemporal world.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Prof. Baptiste Le Bihan</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">University of Geneva</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Swiss NSF Starting Grant</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">http://spaceQG.com</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">http://baptistelebihan.org</span></p>
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