Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

The positions are affiliated with the ERC Synergy project WritingLife: The Ethics of AI-Enabled Synthetic DNA (grant number - WritingLife), led by Professor Anna Smajdor. The project is conducted in collaboration with Dr. Adrián Villalba (International University of Valencia, Spain) and Dr. Karen Filbee‑Dexter (University of Western Australia, Australia & Institute of Marine Research, Norway).

The appointments are for a period of three years and include a 10% component for teaching, supervision, and/or administrative duties. The place of work is Oslo. Relocation is expected.

Applicants are required to upload/attach a research proposal (hf.uio.no) stating research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches, as well as a feasible progress plan.

About the project / work tasks

WritingLife examines the ethical and philosophical implications of synthetic DNA (synDNA), with particular emphas...