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                The Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Section of the Technical University
<br>Delft, the Netherlands, is looking for two PhD-candidates for the EUReCA
<br>project Ethics of Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation (see
<br>https://www.academictransfer.com/en/47625/two-phd-positions-ethics-of-urban-r
<br>esilience-phd1-and-ethics-of-climate-adaption-phd2/ for the complete vacancy
<br>text).
<br>Job description
<br>It is now widely accepted that climate change requires both mitigation actions
<br>to reduce climate change and adaptation measures to cope with the effects of
<br>climate change, such as increased droughts, heat waves, heavy rainfall and
<br>flooding amongst others. In recent years, resilience has emerged as one of the
<br>leading paradigms for climate adaptation policy, involving new responsibility
<br>arrangements between state and local actors, with more emphasis on the
<br>responsibilities of private citizens. The Ethics and Philosophy of Technology
<br>Section of the Technical University Delft is currently looking for two
<br>PhD-candidates for the EUReCA (Ethics of Urban Resilience and Climate
<br>Adaptation) project.
<br>PhD1: Ethics of urban resilience
<br>The first project focuses on resilience in an urban context ("urban
<br>resilience"), as urban areas hold more than half the world's population and
<br>most of its built assets and economic activities. Many of the key and emerging
<br>global climate risks are concentrated in urban areas. Recent literature on
<br>urban resilience suggests that resilience is increasingly becoming a contested
<br>concept. Despite the fact the concept lacks clarity due to theoretical
<br>inconsistencies and ambiguity in its use, definitions of resilience in policy
<br>uniformly portray urban resilience as a desirable goal. However, whether it is
<br>uniformly desirable has been problematized by research that questions the
<br>distribution of benefits and burdens under different resilience regimes. We
<br>might ask the questions, resilience to what?, resilience of what?, and even,
<br>resilience for whom?, in examining resilience-based policies and approaches. A
<br>growing number of scholars now recognize that, for climate adaptation to draw
<br>on and benefit in practical ways from a resilience approach, the appropriation
<br>and use of resilience to justify policy measures should be critically
<br>scrutinized, as they contain particular normative choices that are often not
<br>made explicit. This project aims to develop an ethics of urban resilience,
<br>with a focus on conceptual and normative questions.
<br>PhD2: Ethics of climate adaptation
<br>The second project focuses on climate adaptation with the specific aim to
<br>develop an ethics of climate adaptation. This objective revolves around the
<br>question what people consider fair responsibility arrangements in climate
<br>adaptation. The candidate will analyze and compare different adaptation
<br>policies and see how these policies involve different responsibility
<br>arrangements between public and private actors, such as companies and
<br>citizens. A major gap in the literature is the lack of insight in how
<br>different responsibility arrangements impact on social justice and what the
<br>community characteristics are that may avoid or reduce the occurrence of
<br>injustices. This project's focus is on empirically-informed normative
<br>questions.
<br>For the first PhD-position, we are looking for someone with a background in
<br>political philosophy/applied ethics, preferably complemented with a relevant
<br>empirical background, for example urban planning or geography.
<br>For the second PhD-position, we are looking for someone with a dual background
<br>in philosophy and a relevant natural science or social science background, for
<br>example water management, urban planning, or science and technology studies.
<br>Information and application
<br>For more information about the two positions, please contact Prof.dr.mr.ir.
<br>Neelke Doorn via email: n.doorn@tudelft.nl. To apply, please send a detailed
<br>CV and a two-page proposal describing how you would undertake the research
<br>project. Since the aim is to have some cross-pollination between the work of
<br>the two candidates, we encourage you to include some ideas on how you plan to
<br>collaborate with the other PhD-candidate.
<br>Application interviews will probably be held in the week of September 10-14
<br>and/or September 17-21, 2018, and possibly a second round some weeks later.
<br>Applications should be sent by August 26, 2018 to vacature-tbm@tudelft.nl.
<br>Intended starting date is November 1, 2018.
<br>When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number ATTBM18.013.
<br>Clearly indicate for which of the two positions apply. If you apply for both
<br>positions, we also would like to receive two separate proposals on how you
<br>would like to undertake the respective projects.
<br>
<br>
<br>Prof.dr.mr.ir. Neelke Doorn
<br>TU Delft
<br>Professor Ethics of Water Engineering
<br>Department of Values, Technology and Innovation
<br>Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
<br>Jaffalaan 5
<br>2628 BX Delft
<br>P.O. Box 5015
<br>2600 GA Delft
<br>The Netherlands
<br>+31 (0) 15 2788059
<br>N.Doorn@tudelft.nl
<br>www.ethicsandtechnology.eu/doorn
<br>
<br>Editor-in-Chief Techne: Research in Philosophy and
<br>Technology
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