University of Bristol Philosophy Department

21/05/2026

The University of Bristol’s Department of Philosophy (School of Arts) are recruiting a Lecturer in Philosophy, with specialisation in at least one of the following areas and teaching competency in at least three of the following areas:

Aesthetics
Ethics
Philosophy of AI
Philosophy of Education
Political Philosophy
Value Theory

This is a primarily teaching-oriented role for a fixed-term period of 24 months. However, work will be assigned so that the role-holder will have the capacity to participate in the research activities of the department.

12/03/2026

We invite applications for 2X three-year postdoctoral research positions and 1X funded PhD position in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.

The positions are part of the ERC project Expressing Value in Language (EVIL, https://project-evil.com/ ), led by Principal Investigator Dr Poppy Mankowitz. The project investigates evaluative adjectives (‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘beautiful’, ‘tasty’, etc.) from the perspective of philosophy, theoretical linguistics and experimental linguistics.

FURTHER DETAILS:

Postdoc 1: AOS philosophy of language and / or linguistics.
Deadline: 9th April.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQV423/senior-research-associate-in-philosophy-of-language-linguistics

Postdoc 2: AOS metaethics and / or value theory.
Deadline: 9th April.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQV420/senior-research-associate-in-metaethics-value-theory

PhD: Interest in working on philosophy of language and metatethics / value theory.
Deadline: 10th April.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQV358/phd-studentship-studentship-in-philosophy-erc-evil-project

TO APPLY: Follow the instructions in the linked job ads above. Please direct any questions to [email protected]

Evaluative adjectives—words like 'good', 'ugly', 'tasty' and 'elegant'—have interpretations that appear to depend on the context. If you describe a knife, a bear or an act of charity as 'good', you do not seem to be saying that it has some fixed property of goodness. Rather, the context in which...

07/06/2022

Did you know, in addition to our MA in Philosophy, we offer:
MA in Philosophy and History of Science
MA in Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
MA in Philosophy of Physics
MA in Philosophy of Biological and Cognitive Sciences
www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/study/postgraduate

Applications are still open

Covering subjects from aesthetics to the philosophy of space and time, and offering a vibrant research culture, a rich programme of events and internationally renowned staff, Bristol is the ideal choice for the postgraduate philosopher.

19/04/2022

We're pleased to have been ranked 21st globally and 7th in the UK by the recent QS rankings.

Discover the world's top universities for Philosophy. Explore the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 in various disciplines.

04/04/2022

THREE fulltime permanent job openings at the University of Bristol: Political philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Philosophy of Language.
Come be our colleague!

ACAD105998 – https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=270043&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Social%20and%20Political%20Philosophy
ACAD105999 – https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=270051&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Artificial%20Intelligence
ACAD106000 – https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=270055&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Mind%20and%20Language

18/03/2022

PhD scholarships at the University of Bristol, deadline noon 25th March!

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/study/postgraduate/university-of-bristol-postgraduate-research-scholarship/.

These are Graduate Teaching Assistant positions with a requirement to teach. They pay for fees, £15k stipend, plus additional payment for teaching and a research budget.

These are for PhDs within the Faculty of Arts, which includes Philosophy.

The University of Bristol and the Faculty of Arts are pleased to be able to offer a number of PhD Scholarships with Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) contracts to candidates demonstrating exceptional research and teaching potential. Scholarships are renewable for up to four years (full-time) or seve...

29/04/2021

We are hiring a Lecturer in Philosophy at Bristol.
This is an open ended (permanent) position on Pathway 3 (primary responsibility for teaching, rather than research).

Deadline 25th May 2021

Broad teaching competency required, including:
(i) second- and third-year undergraduate level Political Philosophy (broadly construed);
(ii) first-year undergraduate level Critical Reasoning and Introductory Logic.

The University of Bristol’s Department of Philosophy wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Philosophy. This is an open ended position on Pathway 3 (primary responsibility for teaching, rather than research).

03/03/2021

We are advertising a three-year Pathway 3 lecturer position (primary responsibility for teaching rather than research).

This fixed-term position is arising from the award of a Leverhulme grant to Professor Samir Okasha. The appointee should have a broad knowledge of philosophy and be able to teach across the curriculum. In particular, the appointee must be able to teach in at least one of the following three areas: (i) epistemology; (ii) philosophy of biology; (iii) philosophy of science; (iv) philosophy of medicine.

Closing date: 30 Mar 2021.

16/09/2020

We're advertising a one-year teaching position! Deadline 23rd Sep. To include practical philosophy.

26/06/2020

We also have an excellent and active philosophy society: Bristol University Philosophy Society