Jacobsen Fellowship

The Institute of Philosophy at the University of London, in collaboration with UCL, King’s College London, LSE, and Birkbeck College, is excited to announce another round of the Jacobsen Fellowship in Philosophy.

The University of London

The University of London is one of the largest and most diverse higher education institutions in the world. With a mission to transform lives through knowledge, it delivers high quality academic programmes, brings benefits to society through its research in the humanities and social sciences, and leverages intellectual connections through public engagement.

The Jacobsen Fellowship

The Jacobsen Fellowship has been established from a gift by Mr J A B Jacobsen, and is offered for research in Philosophy in the general field of ‘The Personal and Impersonal Character of Life in the Universe and the Human Person’.  (The research topics of former Fellows have included the following:  Philosophical Issues in Psychology and Psychiatry; Universals and Particulars; Philosophy and Language in Classical India; Time, Mind and Memory; Feminist Questions in Epistemology; Anti-realism in the Philosophy of Mathematics; The Nature of Fiction; the Philosophy of Spinoza; Models to represent and explain natural and social phenomena, and The Physics of Life).

The Role

Applications are invited for a Jacobsen Fellowship in Philosophy tenable at the University of London from September 2025 for a maximum period of three years.  The successful candidate must undertake a full programme of original research approved by the Selection Committee. The fellow is required to submit a short interim report to the Jacobsen Panel towards the end of the first year of tenure, and a fuller final report at the expiration of tenure of the Fellowship.

Fellows must hold a doctorate or have effectively completed their doctoral thesis at the start of tenure of the Fellowship. 

Further information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application and CV by midnight on 6 May 2025 to ip@sas.ac.uk, using "Jacobsen Fellowship Application" as the subject line.

Successful applicants will be notified in the first week of June.

The University currently operates a Hybrid Working framework involving a mix of working from remotely and in the office. 

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description. 

Pursuing excellence in education and equal opportunities.

Applications now open!