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Within the European Union\u2019s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Action (MSCA), University of Copenhagen is offering one PhD fellowship in Philosophy of Science for a Doctoral Candidate (DC).<\/p>\n
The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary and international\u00a0MSCA Doctoral Network\u00a0called\u00a0TRANSCEND, which will deliver a training program to 13 doctoral candidates from 11 different partner universities. This doctoral position is based at the Section for History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Science Education, at University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and it is a full-time position for 36 months.<\/p>\n
The mission of the TRANSCEND doctoral network is to equip doctoral candidates with a “bio-medico-philosophical” mindset, combining critical thinking from the philosophy of science with cutting-edge biomedical research.\u00a0The PhD project is part of a\u00a0work package\u00a0called \u201cMaking mechanistic studies more translational\u201d, which aims to achieve scientific breakthroughs through collaborations between experimental neuroscientists, computational modelling, and critical philosophical reflections on methods and concepts.<\/p>\n
The project: Philosophical Perspectives on Animal Models in Translational Neuroscience<\/strong><\/p>\n The aim of the PhD project is to provide a practice-oriented philosophical analysis of the role of animal models in translational research. The research project focuses on neuroscience, where it is often difficult to replace animal models with new alternative methods, such as organoids. The project explores how selected aspects of complex disorders, such as depression, are attempted operationalized into measurable traits and behaviours in animal experiments, as well as how (reverse) translational inferences are also made from mechanistic insights from animal studies to human medicine. Moreover, the project reflects on the implications of different experimental designs for knowledge generation, including efforts to make animal experiments more naturalistic and reduce stress induced by housing conditions or experimental procedures. The project combines theoretical analysis in philosophy of science with empirical analysis, such as ethnographic observation in labs and qualitative interviews with practicing scientists. The thesis should contribute to the existing scholarship in philosophy of science on animal model and animal experimentation, but efforts to engage with practicing scientists for discussion and communication of findings are also expected.<\/p>\n The research questions, methodology, and project plan for the PhD project will be developed together with the supervisors in the project\u2019s initial phase. But candidates are encouraged to suggest a focus area and research questions of specific interest at the application stage, and to include in the application a brief project proposal (see below). The purpose is to demonstrate the candidate\u2019s ability to pose relevant, original, and theoretically engaged questions within a specific area of interest, and to conduct this research through a feasible qualitative approach.<\/p>\n Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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