Are you a passionate PhD candidate in practical philosophy, eager to explore health, illness, death, and the existential impact of Long Covid? Apply now for this unique PhD position!
Are you a highly motivated and passionate PhD candidate in practical philosophy, interested in the phenomenology of health and illness, the philosophy of death and/or patient participation and social justice? Are you interested in examining the deep existential impacts of Long Covid on patients? Then we would encourage you to apply for this PhD position, wherein you will have the opportunity to explore the existential effects of Long Covid through the prism of multi-levelled ‘deadliness’, particularly ‘living death’, social death and suicide ideation. This will be a comparative empirical/practical philosophical project of 4 years’ duration focusing on Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands.
As a PhD candidate, your main responsibility will be to produce a PhD monograph about Long Covid patients’ experiences of ‘death’ and ‘deadliness’ This monograph should consist of a critical phenomenological analysis based on a literature review and data collection. This data collection will mainly consist of qualitative interviews and diary exercises with Long Covid patients in the Netherlands and Germany (NRW), which will be coded and analysed. Furthermore, together with your supervisor, you will co-author 2 public opinion pieces and 2 academic articles. And, towards the end of the project, you and your supervisor will also summarise the findings of your monograph in a high-quality policy brief (in German, English and Dutch) and the supervisor will take the lead in writing a non-academic book on this topic for a broader audience.
Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.
Does this sound like you?
- You have completed a BA/MA degree in Philosophy (or in a closely related area such as Sociology or Anthropology).
- You are fluent in German and English. Knowledge of the Dutch language would be an advantage.
- You have a demonstrable affinity with the medical humanities and/or the philosophy of death. Affinity with empirical/applied philosophy or social sciences would be an advantage.
- You preferably have experience in qualitative empirical research. This would be an advantage but is not a requirement.
- You are highly motivated, and able to work independently as well as in a team.
More information can be found here: www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/phd-position-ethics-and-social-philosophy-specialisation-healthformationenniversität
Radboud University, Nijmegen
