Postdoctoral research fellowship in philosophy ("online personal identities"), Hatfield (U.K.)

We invite applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, to work on the project "The Construction of Personal Identities Online". The position is full-time, fixed term (18 months).

The aim of the project is to investigate the construction of personal identities (PI) when they are digitally mediated, that is, when individuals are embedded in virtual environments that provide unprecedented affordances and different constraints for PI development, as well as innovative opportunities of interactions with other agents, both human and artificial.

Closing date: 29/05/2009. For further information about the job description and how to apply, please visit http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/apps/hr/ or contact the principal investigator, Professor Luciano Floridi, at l.floridi at herts.ac.uk (Ref Number: EN8899).