Postdoctoral Fellow

Department : Philosophy - 311900

Posting Open Date : 10 / 07 / 2025

Open Until Filled : Yes

Position Type : Postdoctoral Scholar

Position Title : Postdoctoral Fellow

Vacancy ID : PDS004670

Full-time / Part-time :

Full-Time Temporary

Hours per week : 40

FTE : Work Location :

Chapel Hill, NC

Position Location : North Carolina, US

Hiring Range :

Dependent on Experience and / or Qualifications

Proposed Start Date :

01 / 01 / 2026

Estimated Duration of Appointment :

12 Months

Be a Tar Heel! :

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities and is among is the top ten research universities in the nation for federal research expenditures as well as for federally funded social and behavioral sciences research and development.Here at Carolina, our highly skilled postdocs play a vital role in our research enterprise and towards our overall commitment to research excellence. Across many disciplines, postdocs contribute to the intellectual vitality of the University. They provide innovative ideas and perspectives, foster a stimulating research environment and advance knowledge within their fields. Postdocs are crucial members of our scientific research workforce, contributors to our research outputs and an important reason why Carolina is one of the leading public research institutions in the country.UNC-Chapel Hill offers postdocs comprehensive medical and vision coverage , paid leave, and benefits and services that support professional development and a healthy work / life balance. Chapel Hill regularly ranks as one of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, a reputation guided by the diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit :

The Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) Program is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary program at the University of North Carolina. The PPE Program focuses on the intersection of the three disciplines in its title, where concerns for efficiency and efficacy as well as commitments to rights, justice, and liberty, are applied to social and political institutions. The PPE Program houses the international Philosophy, Politics & Economics Society, provides a regular influx of faculty on multi-year non-tenure track positions (which the program then works to place), offers an undergraduate PPE Minor, and runs an active extra-curricular program. The PPE Program is committed to integrating abstract work in philosophy, political science, and economics with an informed and practical understanding of social, economic, political, and moral problems. Further information about the PPE Program and its courses is available at ppe.unc.edu.

Position Summary :

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Fellow. This position is designed to support a talented PPE scholar. Specific duties will include serving as primary researcher and repository manager for the PPE Research Consortium, a project which has been awarded $3.2m grant to offer PPE research grants and to build an accessible infrastructure supporting PPE research and teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute, through their own research activity, to the thriving PPE research community here at UNC and to teach one PPE course each academic year. The appointment will be for an initial year with the possibility of annual renewal for up to an additional two years, contingent upon satisfactory performance review, available funding, and approval by the Program Director. The position is open to candidates who have recently earned their Ph.D. in philosophy, political science, or economics, or another PPE-related field of study. We are particularly interested in candidates with research focused on PPE who have teaching experience. Experience and comfort working with databases and interest in helping to design and build a repository of PPE related material, is especially desirable. A successful candidate must demonstrate an outstanding capacity to work well with others in teams. They will be joining an active, vigorous, and welcoming intellectual community. The successful candidate will be actively involved in the PPE Program, helping to organize and run aspects of its active extracurricular programming. They should also be able and willing to teach courses that count toward the PPE minor, including the ‘Gateway’ course that introduces students to the tools of PPE. Further information about the PPE Program and its courses is available at ppe.unc.edu.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements :

PhD in philosophy, political science, economics, or another area directly connected to PPE.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience :

PhD in philosophy, political science, economics, or another area directly connected to PPE.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience :

An active interest in and engagement with research on social and political institutions that does, or will, benefit from bringing together the tools of the three namesake fields of PPE.

Special Instructions :

For information on UNC Postdoctoral Benefits and Services click here