[PhilPhys] PhD in the Emergence of Time and Laws in Quantum Cosmology at the University of Amsterdam

[Sebastian De Haro]

*PhD in the Emergence of Time and Laws in Quantum Cosmology at the 
University of Amsterdam *

The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Sebastian De 
Haro and Erik Verlinde and will have the opportunity to collaborate with 
Niels Martens (Utrecht University) and Jeroen van Dongen (University of 
Amsterdam). The position is integrated in the national consortium 
Emergence at All Scales and within this context we invite interested 
candidates to apply for a 4-year PhD position in the foundations of 
physics.

You will investigate the philosophical and theoretical aspects of the 
emergence of time and laws of gravitation in the context of quantum 
cosmology, black holes, dark matter and dark energy. Your research will 
be on the recent uses of algebraic methods in quantum field theory, 
especially von Neumann algebras, for the notions of time and laws. You 
will investigate the interpretation and physical salience of the 
derivation of time in algebraic approaches to quantum gravity, and the 
possible observer-dependence and emergence of the laws of gravitation in 
cosmological scenarios like de Sitter spacetime. You will use tools from 
both philosophy and theoretical physics to address these questions, and 
their consequences for physics-based accounts of emergence. PhD 
candidates furthermore, are expected to contribute to the institute’s 
educational mission, e.g., by working as teaching assistants for courses 
in their area of expertise and by assisting with the supervision of 
student research projects. In addition, PhD candidates hired from the 
EAAS project have responsibilities within the EAAS consortium.

For more information and to apply for this position, see:

https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/phd-in-the-emergence-of-time-and-laws-in-quantum-cosmology-netherlands-13899 



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Sebastian De Haro
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation and Institute of Physics
University of Amsterdam
http://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s.deharoolle
Tel. +31 - 20 5258170 / 5258281
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