philosophy job market
TagRubin from Notre Dame to Missouri
Hannah Rubin, currently assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has accepted a position as associate professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri-Columbia. (more…)
Savulescu from Oxford to NUS
Julian Savulescu, who had until recently been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, is now at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin
School of Medicine. (more…)
Khalifa from Middlebury to UCLA
Kareem Khalifa, professor of philosophy at Middlebury College, has accepted a position as professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). (more…)
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 10–17 percent.” (more…)
New Director of Royal Institute of Philosophy
The Royal Institute of Philosophy, a charitable organization focused on bringing philosophy to the public, has announced that it has a new director. (more…)
Lederman from Princeton to Texas
Harvey Lederman, currently professor of philosophy at Princeton University, has accepted an offer from the University of Texas at Austin. (more…)
Lam from Vassar to UC Riverside
Barry Lam, who until recently was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vassar College, and who is well-known as the creator of the popular philosophy podcast Hi-Phi Nation, is now Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. (more…)
The Philosophy Guild (guest post)
“Most contemporary philosophy writing is just bad writing… How did things go so wrong? It’s tempting to declare that philosophers are simply terrible writers, but I think that’s a mistake…” (more…)
Ballantyne from Fordham to Arizona State
Nathan Ballantyne, currently associate professor of philosophy at Fordham University, will be moving Arizona State University (ASU), where he will be associate professor of Philosophy, Cognition, and Culture in the university’s School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. (more…)
Skipper and Vassend to Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer
Mattias Skipper, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore, and Olav B. Vassend, currently an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, are both moving to the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (Lillehammer). (more…)
Ásta from San Francisco State to Duke
Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir, who publishes under the name Ásta, will be moving from her current position as professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University to take up a position as professor of philosophy at Duke University. (more…)
Ismael from Columbia to Johns Hopkins
Jenann Ismael, currently professor of philosophy at Columbia University, will be moving to Johns Hopkins University. (more…)
Fugate from Beirut to Florida State
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 TT job ads pre-COVID.” (more…)
Positions for Philosophers Forced from Ukraine / #philosophyforukraine
Over 2 million people so far have fled Ukraine during the Russian attack. Among them are philosophy faculty and students who may be in need of temporary ways of supporting themselves and their family, and if possible, continuing their work. The purpose of this page is to provide a centralized location for the listing of positions, opportunities, funding, and other f..
Snow from Oklahoma to Kansas
Nancy E. Snow, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Oklahoma and director of its Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, will be moving to the University of Kansas. (more…)
Carroll from Caltech to Johns Hopkins
Sean Carroll, currently research professor of physics at Caltech, will be moving to Johns Hopkins University, where he will hold appointments in the university’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and its Department of Philosophy. (more…)
Non-Academic Career Paths for Philosophy PhDs: What Is Your Department Doing?
According to one recent survey, 14% of philosophy PhDs end up in non-academic employment. On top of that, there are some graduate students who leave their programs prior to obtaining their degree to pursue non-academic jobs. (more…)
Tiwald from San Francisco State to Hong Kong
Justin Tiwald, currently professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University, has accepted an offer from the Hong Kong University Department of Philosophy. (more…)
Comesaña & Sartorio from Arizona to Rutgers
Juan Comesaña and Carolina Sartorio, both currently professors in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, will be moving to Rutgers University. (more…)
Bengson & Shechtman from Wisconsin to Texas
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin is adding John Bengson and Anat Shechtman to its faculty. (more…)
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 a survey sent out by Charles Lassiter (Gonzaga) to search committees. (more…)
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 to fill this season. (more…)
Cullison from DePauw to Cincinnati
Andrew Cullison, formerly associate professor of philosophy and Director of the Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University, is now the Director of the new Cincinnati Ethics Center at the University of Cincinnati. (more…)
Remote-Working Positions in Academic Philosophy
How will remote working in academia spread beyond the pandemic circumstances that familiarized so many of us with it? (more…)
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 reports what he has found in the following guest post*. (more…)
Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy Based on Job Placement and Student Experience (guest post)
Academic Placement Data and Analysis (APDA) is a resource for prospective philosophy graduate students and others to learn about how well particular graduate programs do with getting their graduates jobs, and what it is like to be a student in those programs. (more…)
Greene from UCL to UCSB
Amanda Greene, currently associate professor of philosophy at University College London, has accepted an offer of associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). (more…)