PhD student positions (up to 13) in History and Philosophy of Science, Vienna (Austria)

The Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, in cooperation with the Faculties of Life Sciences, Mathematics, Philosophy/Education and Physics, and the Doctoral Program 'The Sciences in Historical, Philosophical and Cultural Contexts' announces the award of up to 7 fully paid doctoral student positions (Category a) and up to 6 associate positions (Category b, for students with other basic support) for up to 4 years beginning 1 October 2014.

With the support of the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), the University of Vienna offers a Ph.D. program, the aims of which are: to offer a structured interdisciplinary curriculum in History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies of Science with the collaboration of international visitors, and to make possible the joint supervision of dissertations by historians/philosophers of science and natural scientists/mathematicians.

Positions in the program are funded for up to 3 years; PhD students who complete 6 months stay abroad will be awarded a 4th year of support. Participation in the curriculum is required. Proposed research topics should be relevant to at least one of the topic areas of the DK program.

Applications are due by 17 March 2014. For more information, see http://dk-sciences-contexts.univie.ac.at/ or http://dk-sciences-contexts.univie.ac.at/application-2014-2018/.