Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Ethics in an ERC-funded project (ref 261067)

16 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Oslo

Research Field

Medical sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Norway

Application Deadline

13 May 2024 - 23:00 (Europe/Oslo)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37.5

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The position forms part of the European Research Council-funded Starting Grant project "Ethics of Mortality Measurement" (ETHME), which will consist of Principal Investigator Carl Tollef Solberg , two postdoctoral research fellows, two associated doctoral candidates, and a research coordinator. In addition, five internationally leading researchers constitute the advisory board of ETHME. ETHME is a theoretical project that investigates the theoretical and normative grounds for measuring deaths and evaluating their disvalue in summary measures of population health, such as the disability-adjusted life year (DALY). The project seeks to develop an "ethics of mortality measurement" that involves deliberation on choices and rationales behind the scope, construction, and applications of mortality measurements. ETHME consists of three work packages: WP1 – Understanding the nature of harm in death, WP2 – Building theoretically robust summary measures and WP3 – Evaluating procreation in future individuals.

The tasks of the Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be to work on WP3. This work involves research on the theoretical soundness of evaluations of procreation of future individuals. Specifically, the candidate will focus on the theoretical and applied aspects of population ethics related to measures of population health, such as the relationship prenatal nonexistence (of future individuals) and postnatal nonexistence (death), the measurement of value of procreation, and questions such as whether the value of procreation should be considered in cost-utility analysis of in vitro fertilization. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will participate in ETHME’s research group based at a leading research centre on medical ethics.

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/261067/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-medical-ethics-in-an-erc-funded-project

Requirements

Research Field

Medical sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Institute of Health and Society

Country

Norway

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Where to apply

Website

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/261067/postdoctoral-research-fel…

Contact

City

Oslo

Website

https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/

Street

PO box 1072 Blindern

Postal Code

NO-0316

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED