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The Institute of Philosophy I at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, seeks applications for fully-funded 1 PostDoc position (3 years) and 2 PhD positions (4 years) in the ERC Consolidator Project “BOTLEG – Botanical Legacies: Towards a New History and Philosophy of Virtual Herbaria”, PI Dr. Jan Baedke. 
 

This ERC project aims to help develop more historically informed, theoretically sound, and socially just botanical research by focusing on virtual herbaria—digitized collections of plant specimens. From a perspective of integrated history and philosophy of science, it addresses several historical, epistemic, and conceptual challenges of herbarium research in light of current digitization trends. BOTLEG will collaborate with historians, philosophers, digital humanists, botanists and herbarium experts in Central America, Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands. For more information on the project: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101230109


Details:

1x Postdoc in Digital Humanities, History of Science or Digital Natural and Cultural Heritage

Information on Call and Application page for PostDoc position.

2x PhDs in History of Biology, Digital Humanities, or Philosophy of Biology

Information on Call and Application page for PhD positions.

Deadline of all Applications: 25th May 2026

For any further inquiries please contact jan.baedke@rub.de.