PhD position in Logic and Legal Reasoning, Vienna (Austria)

The research group Theory and Logic, Institute of Logic and Computation of the Vienna University of Technology is seeking an exceptionally talented and motivated student for a PhD position.

The position is embedded in the LoDEx project (Logical Methods for Deontic Explanations), a joint project between TU Vienna (PI: Agata Ciabattoni), the University of Luxembourg (PI: Leon van der Torre), and the Ruhr-University Bochum (PI: Christian Straßer). The PhD position focuses on advancing and applying logical methods for explanations in legal reasoning.

This PhD position is a shared position with the University of Luxembourg: the candidate is expected to spend the first two years at TU Wien in Vienna and then two years in Luxembourg completing his/her PhD under a Cotutelle agreement in the Computational Law and Machine Ethics (CLAiM) group at the University of Luxembourg.