[Athena] engage urgently researcher philosophy and human sciences for 34 month full time namur belgique

[Philippe Goujon <pgo AT info.fundp.ac.be>]

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*Cellule Interfacultaire de Technology Assessment, specialized in the
philosophical, ethical and social evaluation of communication and
information technologies

**engages

Under the direction of Prof. Philippe Goujon *
 (
http://www.fundp.ac.be/universite/personnes/page_view/01005672/cv.html
)


**_A researcher (24 months 100% - M/F)
**
beginning of june 2009 *


*Research project *

Research lies within the scope of two European projects. Those projects investigate ethical governance in EU research projects with the goal of providing a framework for improved governance mechanisms that will address potential ethical issues arising from new and emerging technologies. Studying current governance arrangements in actual ICT projects (and in particular in Ambient Intelligence project) will help to produce a better understanding of the efficiency and limits of current ethics governance. This will be applied to the relevant ethical issues identified which will lead to a recommendation of successful governance arrangements that will address ethical issues in emerging ICTs before or as they arise. The recommendations for individual issues will be used to develop general policy recommendations.

The researcher's work will include: Review of ICT ethics governance - Research on ICT ethics governance in current European projects - Evaluation of effectiveness of current governance arrangements - Application of suitable governance arrangements to most relevant issues identified - Evaluation of viability of suggested governance arrangements

*Qualifications*
_/* high level master(orPh.d. ) from philosophy or social sciences (with a good knowledge concerning ethics) with a strong interest in the problems involved in social integration, ethics and the governorship of new technologies.

*Necessary qualities *

· available, open-minded;
· Scientific rigor and motivation for research;
· Efficiency in the work and capacity to understand theoretical developments;
· Ability to follow orders;
· Excellent spoken and written English;
· Perfect knowledge of power point;
· Excellent spoken and written English.


*Environment of research *
- Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/)
- Computer sciences department (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/inf )
- an international network of 15 European labs expert in the field


*
Procedure of recruitment *
CV
Interview (tel)
Test

CV and accompanying letter of motivation to be sent *before 1st may (but the sooner is better), 2009 _by post or fax_* to

Professor Philippe Goujon
rue Grandgagnage, 21
5000 - Namur ? Belgium
E-mail : pgo AT info.fundp.ac.be

Phone (Cellular) : +32 497 03 50 12
Fax : +32 81 72 49 67