Category: Philosophy Job Market
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New Interface for Academic Philosophy Data & Analysis (guest post)
Academic Philosophy & Data Analysis (APDA), an ongoing project to collect, analyze, and distribute data about job placement, student experience, and other aspects of…
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Alternative Models for the Philosophy Job Market
“Why can’t I just put my CV and a few other docs on PhilPeople, set a few parameters (geography, specialty etc.) then set my…
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Community Colleges and PhilJobs
A commenter on the job market post last month asked whether it included data from community colleges, noting, “it seems like PhilJobs doesn’t even…
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Job Market Report, 2023 Secondary Cycle (guest post)
How did the academic philosophy job market look between January and June, 2023?
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NUS Philosophy Apologizes for Rejection Email Mishap
To its credit, the Department of Philosophy at National University of Singapore, in a timely manner, emailed some applicants to its recently advertised open…
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2022-23 Philosophy Job Market Report (guest post)
How has the 2022-23 philosophy job market looked so far?
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Five Years on the Philosophy Job Market
“I have wanted to be a philosophy professor since I first took an Intro to Philosophy course my first semester of undergrad. I have…
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Unusual Academic Job Interview Questions
Over at The Philosophers’ Cocoon, Trevor Hedberg (Arizona) is soliciting examples of unusual questions asked of candidates for academic philosophy positions.
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Gender in Philosophy Hiring
When it comes to finding a permanent academic position in philosophy, “women have 58–114 percent greater odds than men, or a probability difference of…
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2021-2022 Philosophy Job Market Analysis
The market for tenure-track jobs in philosophy “was vastly better than last year’s COVID-impacted season, but still not quite up to the level of…
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Why and How to Get a Job in a Business School: A Guide for Philosophers (guest post)
Philosophers, have you considered trying to get a job in a business school? In the following guest post*, Kenneth Silver, who earned his PhD…
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How Many People Are Applying for Philosophy Jobs? (guest post)
How many people are applying for academic jobs in philosophy? There have been some efforts underway to collect this information, and among them was…
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Job Applicants per Area of Specialization
Over at Philosophers’ Cocoon there’s a post soliciting information from search committees about the number of applicants they’ve received for the positions they are aiming…
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The Job Market is Back, Baby! (guest post)
Charles Lassiter, associate professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, has once again taken a look at the advertisements for academic positions in philosophy, and…
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New Site Lists Jobs Outside of Academia for People with Advanced Degrees in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Madeline Martin-Seaver, a philosophy post-doc at Auburn University, has created a new site that lists “alt-ac” job openings that would be appropriate for people with…
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Numbers of Senior Hires in Philosophy During Recent Years
Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) looked into the numbers of senior hires in philosophy made in recent years.
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Job Placement Numbers for the 2020-21 Season (several updates)
PhilJobs’ “Appointments in Philosophy” lists 30 tenure-track, 7 fellowship, and 5 “other” placements for the 2020-21 job market season, according to a write-up by…
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Arvan’s 2021 Philosophy Jobs Report
How many tenure track positions in philosophy were advertised during the 2020-2021 job market season?
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Much Fewer Academic Philosophy Jobs Advertised This Season
Compared to previous years, the number of academic jobs advertised this season is much lower.
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New Site Presents Philosophy Job Placement Data
Charles Lassiter, associate professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, has created a new site to provide job placement information about philosophy Ph.D. programs.