University Researcher in Intellectual History

The University of Helsinki and Tampere University invite applications for a fixed-term University Researcher position in Intellectual History within the MePhiS research team History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering hosted by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki City Centre Campus. The position is fixed-term (two years) starting in January 2027 or earlier/later as agreed. MePhiS engages in philosophical and interdisciplinary scholarship that places the concept of suffering at the centre of philosophical reflection and offers conceptual and argumentative tools for a deeper understanding of human engagement with affliction, starting from the meliorist idea that the world can and should be made better through active human efforts. The team History of Ethics and Law of Responding to Suffering investigates how medieval and early modern thinkers conceptualised and responded to extreme human and non-human suffering in Western history, with particular attention to proposed ethical and practical means of alleviating it. The University Researcher will be responsible for researching the ethics of suffering and meliorism in intellectual history; analysing ethical, legal, moral-theological, and/or political responses to suffering; authoring scholarly publications on the research topic; collaborating with other members of the Centre of Excellence, including through joint publications and other research activities; and contributing to teaching and administrative duties, amounting to approximately 5–10 % of the working time.

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