You will be expected to:

• Carry out research in philosophical logic, in particular with reference to the objectives described in the relevant Work Package of the project proposal;
• Have regular meetings with the supervisor and take part in all of the project’s activities, including research visits abroad;
• Complete and submit, within the period of appointment, a PhD thesis, which will include at least four articles, suitably integrated and published/forthcoming in excellent peer-reviewed journals;
• Collaborate with the other project team members;
• Present intermediate research results at relevant international workshops and conferences;
• Participate in the Research School and Faculty of Humanities PhD training programmes;
• Follow some selected graduate courses at the ILLC and attend summer schools during the first and second year of the PhD fellowship;
• Help out with administrative and service tasks connected to the project, such as the organization of conferences and workshops and the editing of a collected volume (the list is non-exhaustive);
• Help out with the dissemination of the project results to non-specialists through, e.g., public lectures and social media.

​All PhD candidates enrolled in the ILLC PhD Programme are, as an important part of their doctoral training, expected to gain teaching experience. Your teaching load will be no more than 0.2 FTE per year.

You should

• Have a master’s degree in philosophy, logic, or related areas;
• Have excellent academic potential, as demonstrated by exam grades and writing sample;
• Have strong formal skills, as demonstrated by courses taken and corresponding exam grades;
• Have strong motivation to undertake excellent academic research;
• Be able and willing to work in a team and in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Have a good command of English.

Please note that if you already hold a doctorate/PhD or are working towards obtaining a similar degree elsewhere, you will not be admitted to a doctoral programme at the UvA. 

You must have completed or nearly completed your master’s degree by the closing date of this call. If the latter is the case, you must provide evidence in the cover letter that you will have obtained your master’s degree before the start of the position.

• We offer a temporary employment contract for the period of 48 months. The first contract will be for 16 months, with an extension for the following 32 months, contingent on a positive performance evaluation within the first 12 months. The preferred starting date is 1 September 2026​. 
• You will be appointed full-time (38 hours per week). The gross monthly salary will range from €3.059 in the first year to €3.881 (scale P) in the last year, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. This salary will be supplemented with an 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% year-end allowance. Your job profile will be that of PhD candidate according to the Dutch University Job Classification system (UFO, Universitair functieordenen).
• PhD candidates receive a tuition fee waiver;
• PhD candidates have free access to courses offered by the Graduate School of Humanities and the Dutch National Research Schools;
• The position comes with a generous budget for research expenses, including travel to international conferences and research visits (to be coordinated with other members of the research team);
• The position provides a unique opportunity to be part of a vibrant community of researchers working at the forefront of logic and philosophy and to further strengthen your research profile in view of the next steps of your academic career.