[ecrea] urgent Researcher position in namur belgium for etica and egais european projects

>*laboratory for ethical governance of information technology
>
>**engages
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>Under the direction of Prof. Philippe Goujon *
>  ( http://www.fundp.ac.be/universite/personnes/page_view/01005672/cv.html )
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>
>**_A researcher (17 months 100% - M/F)
>**
>beginning of october 2010 end 28/02/2012 (total 16 month)
>
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>*Research project *
>
>Research lies within the scope of two European 
>projects. Those projects investigate ethical 
>governance in EU research projects with the goal 
>of providing a framework for improved governance 
>mechanisms that will address potential ethical 
>issues arising from new and emerging 
>technologies. Studying current governance 
>arrangements in actual ICT projects (and in 
>particular in Ambient Intelligence project) will 
>help to produce a better understanding of the 
>efficiency and limits of current ethics 
>governance. This will be applied to the relevant 
>ethical issues identified which will lead to a 
>recommendation of successful governance 
>arrangements that will address ethical issues in 
>emerging ICTs before or as they arise. The 
>recommendations for individual issues will be 
>used to develop general policy recommendations.
>
>The researcher's work will include: Review of 
>ICT ethics governance - Research on ICT ethics 
>governance in current European projects - 
>Evaluation of effectiveness of current 
>governance arrangements - Application of 
>suitable governance arrangements to most 
>relevant issues identified - Evaluation of 
>viability of suggested governance arrangements
>
>*Qualifications*
>_/* high level master(orPh.d. ) from philosophy 
>or social sciences (with a good knowledge 
>concerning ethics) with a strong interest in the 
>problems involved in social integration, ethics 
>and the governorship of new technologies.
>
>*Necessary qualities *
>
>· available, open-minded;
>· Scientific rigor and motivation for research;
>· Efficiency in the work and capacity to understand theoretical developments;
>· Perfect knowledge of power point;
>· Perfect spoken and written English.
>- the ability to work as part of a team
>- the ability to produce written material of publishable standard
>
>
>*Environment of research *
>- Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/)
>- Computer sciences department (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/inf )
>- an international network of 15 European labs expert in the field
>
>
>*
>Procedure of recruitment *
>CV
>Interview (tel)and skype video
>Test
>
>CV and accompanying letter of motivation to be 
>sent *before 10 spetember(but the sooner is 
>better), 2010 _by mail, post or fax_* to
>
>Professor Philippe Goujon
>rue Grandgagnage, 21
>5000 - Namur , Belgium
>E-mail : <mailto:(pgo /at/ info.fundp.ac.be)>(pgo /at/ info.fundp.ac.be)
>
>Phone (Cellular) : +32 497 03 50 12
>Fax : +32 81 72 49 67
>
>

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