ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Philosophy of Biology)

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Annual Salary Package: From $127,138 (Level B.1), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading. Appointment type: Full-time, 3-year fixed term contract. Location: Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde. About the Role . This position is part of ARC Discovery Project "Health, Biological Fitness and Environmental Diversity". The appointee will work with Dr Bourrat (Macquarie University, Philosophy), Professor Raubenheimer (University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre), Emeritus Professor Griffiths (University of Sydney & Macquarie University, Philosophy), and collaborators to develop a framework for understanding how the organism-environment interface shapes biological fitness, adaptation, and health. The successful candidate will contribute to all aspects of the project in collaboration with the research team. This will include:. Developing an integrative framework for different measures of biological fitness. Developing a framework for understanding the role of the environment in explanations of adaptation. Exploring the implications of these frameworks for understanding health. The research will involve close collaboration between philosophy and biological sciences and requires expertise at the intersection of philosophy of biology and evolutionary biology. The position will be based in the Theory and Methods in Bioscience group, led by Dr Bourrat within the Philosophy Dis