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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear colleagues,</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We invite applications for </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">up to one postdoctoral or two PhD positions</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">philosophy of modern physics</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Budapest Research Group on the Philosophical Foundations of Science</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, funded by the
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">NKFIH ADVANCED GRANT 152165 – “Philosophical Foundations of Modern Physics: Probability, Causality, and Emergence”
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and lead by Prof. Gábor Hofer-Szabó.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Position(s):</span> 1 postdoc <i>or</i> 2 PhD students (depending on the applicant pool) </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Research areas:</span> philosophy of modern physics, causality and contextuality in quantum mechanics, Common Cause Principle, emergence, Bayesian learning, operationalism, and relations between physics and the special sciences. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Location:</span> Budapest, Hungary (ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities) </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Start date:</span> 1 September 2026 </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Duration:</span> 1 year initially, renewable (up to 31 December 2029) </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Salary:</span></div>
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Postdoc: 10,476,000 HUF/year (approx. €27,400/year)</div>
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PhD: per student 5,238,000 HUF/year (approx. €13,700/year)<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We particularly welcome candidates whose interests align with our six project strands and who are likely to be a good long-term fit with our
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">formally oriented, interdisciplinary</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> research environment. The working language of the group is
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">English</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">; no Hungarian is required.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Application deadline:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 15 February 2026<br>
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Application method:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> one PDF (cover letter & research proposal, CV, writing sample) and two reference letters sent by email to
</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">gyenis.balazs [at] abtk.hu</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> .</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">full announcement (with details on eligibility, application materials, and the research program)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is available here:<br>
<u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAb3f942c7-68e2-9d68-e06a-17507f09f07a" href="https://lps.elte.hu/bpgroup/vacancy.pdf">https://lps.elte.hu/bpgroup/vacancy.pdf</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Please feel free to share this with interested students and colleagues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Best regards,<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Balazs Gyenis</span></div>
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