We are looking for a PhD candidate to conduct a project on the
interface of sociology / computational modelling and philosophy. The
project is titled
"Reconciling epistemic and demographic diversity" and will be located at the Sociology Department of the
University of Groningen. The PhD will be supervised by
Andreas Flache,
Michael Mäs and
Jan-Willem Romeijn, aspiring an interdisciplinary
approach which combines insights from formal modelling (ABM) of opinion dynamics in sociology and
formal epistemology in philosophy with experiments in the lab and field.
The project is part of the transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary
research programme SCOOP: Roadmaps to Resilient Societies (see:
http://www.scoop-program.org) and the PhD candidate will participate in the SCOOP training program.
Deadline for applications is April 5, 2020.