Postdoctoral Fellowship in Algorithm Bias

Update: 2025-2026 Applications are now closed.

CENTRE FOR ETHICS

University of Toronto

JOB POSTING – POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

The interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto (C4E) invites applications for one postdoctoral fellowship during the 2025-26 academic year. The fellowship is renewable for up to three years. 

Area of Research:  We welcome applications from candidates who can contribute to our newly launched project on Algorithm Bias. Candidate must hold a PhD in philosophy or a cognate field at the time of the appointment. 

Description of duties: Under the direction of the Faculty Supervisors, the successful candidate will conduct research, organize events at C4E  around the topic “Algorithm Bias” and related areas in ethics (broadly conceived), as well help to develop an interdisciplinary ethics community across campus, and help to foster public discourse on issues of ethical import by facilitating and participating in C4E events, activities, and projects. The successful candidate will also be expected to teach one 0.5 full-course equivalents (FCE). The course taught by the post-doctoral fellow will be either a fourth-year research seminar, or a third-year undergraduate class. Teaching will be covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. 

Salary: $60,366.55 per year ($50,000.00 Postdoc Salary + $10,366.55 for 0.5 FCE Teaching)
Please note that should the minimum rates stipulated in the collective agreement be higher than rates stated in this posting, the minimum rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail. 

More teaching might be available, at a per course basis, according to the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. 

The postdoctoral fellow will have the use of an office at the Centre of Ethics for the duration of the fellowship. 

Required qualifications: Applicants must have completed all requirements for their doctorate by August 31, 2025. Candidates must also be no more than 5 years from the awarding of their degree. 

Application instructions: All individuals interested in this position must submit a cover letter of application, a brief research statement, a current CV, and a sample of written work (no more than 8000 words) and evidence of teaching ability to ethics@utoronto.ca by the closing date. Please submit your application materials in PDF format as one file, using the naming convention “LastnameFirstname_2025.”  Applicants also should arrange to have three confidential letters of reference sent directly to the same email address (preferably at least one of them will address the candidate’s teaching ability). If you already applied for another post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Ethics, please just send as an email saying that you would like to have your application also considered for this fellowship.  

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity and intentional inclusion within its community and encourages applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ2S+ persons. 

Closing date: Complete applications received by April 30, 2025, will be given priority; however, the position will remain open until filled. Any additional inquiries may be addressed to the Centre Administrator at ethics@utoronto.ca. 

Faculty Supervisors: Professor Karina Vold, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and Professor William Paris, Department of Philosophy 

Expected start date:  September 1, 2025 

Term:  September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026 

FTE: 100% 

The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week for a full-time postdoctoral fellow (pro-rated for those holding a partial appointment) recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and training and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work. 

Employment as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement. 

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.