Research Fellowship
With financial assistance from a variety of external sources which have included the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Scots Philosophical Club and Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd, and support from the University of St Andrews, the Centre offers visiting research fellowships to philosophers on study leave, and occasionally to other suitably qualified persons.
See below for list of former and current fellows
Information about Visiting Fellowships
Fellowships are open to all suitably qualified people, but they are intended primarily for professional philosophers and social or political theorists on study leave from their own institutions. Fellows must engage in an area of philosophy relevant to the work of the Centre, but this requirement is broadly interpreted. Fellows are also expected to take part in Centre activities that take place during their tenure of the fellowship; fellows also participate in and contribute to research seminars in the Department of Moral Philosophy.
The fellowships carry the following benefits:
Residential Accommodation
This is normally University accommodation paid for directly by the Centre, but where the Centre is unable to provide suitable accommodation an allowance is payable instead. If provided with furnished housing, fellows will be responsible for heating, lighting and telephone charges.
Office Accommodation
Fellows are normally allocated an office in the Department of Moral Philosophy for their exclusive use. In most cases this will be equipped with a telephone and a personal computer. There are additional computing facilities throughout the University.
Libraries
In addition to the main University Library the Departments of Moral Philosophy and Logic and Metaphysics share a class library of about 4000 volumes plus journals. Within the Department of Moral Philosophy there is also the Hall/McNeilly Research Library. This specialises in moral, legal and political philosophy (and their histories). Finally there are philosophy holdings in the Library of St Mary's College, the home of the Divinity Faculty. Visiting fellows will have access to all these facilities.
Travel Grants
Small grants may be made towards the cost of travel to St Andrews, and additional grants for travel from St Andrews to other universities may be awarded. In both cases these grants are subject to proven need and to available funds.
Applications
The closing date for applications for Visiting Research Fellowships is 30th November of the academic year prior to that in which the fellowship is to be held. Applicants should send a CV, a research proposal, the names of two referees, and an indication of the preferred ten to twelve week period during which the fellowship would be held. All enquiries relating to fellowships should be made to the Director, but applications themselves should only be sent to:
The Director of Human Resources
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University of St Andrews
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United Kingdom
Former and current fellows
The programme has grown from its inception in 1984 and now normally supports three or more fellows a year. Appointment to fellowships is by competition. To date some 95 fellows (from 18 countries) have been appointed:
(US: 36; UK 32;
Canada 6; Australia 5; Belgium, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden 2 each; Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa 1 each) as follows:
| 2013 | Dr Christopher Belshaw, Open University, UK Prof. Michael Beaty, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, USA Prof. Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Lund University, Sweden
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| 2012 | Dr Jonas Olson, Stockholm University, Sweden Dr. Íngrid Vendrell Ferran, Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany Prof. Jason Eberl, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA Dr Wolfgang Ertl, Keio University, Japan Dr Tomasz Zuradzki, Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Poland |
| 2011 | Professor David Dudrick, Colgate University USA Prof. Ruth Groenhout, Calvin College, USA Prof. Don Fallis, University of Arizona, USA |
| 2010 | Professor Jason Kawall, Colgate University USA Prof. Sarah Conly, Bowdoin College, USA Prof. Andrew Brennan, La Trobe University, Australia Dr Norva Lo, La Trobe University, Australia Dr Adrian Walsh, University of New England, Australia Dr Robert Lamb, University of Exeter, UK Prof. Roger Scruton, UK |
| 2009 | Dr Kimberely Brownlee, University of Manchester, UK Prof. Lloyd Gerson, University of Toronto, Canada Prof. Richard Momeyer, Miami University, Ohio, USA |
| 2008 | Prof. David Sobel, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA. Dr Marian Kuna, University of Ruzomberk, Slovakia Mr Basil O'Neill, University of Dundee, UK |
| 2007 |
Prof. Steven Lee, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, USA. Prof Dale E. Miller, Old Dominion University, VA, USA. Dr David Shaw, Philosophical Quarterly Fellow, 2006-07 |
| 2006 |
Prof. Jason Kawall, Colgate University, NY, USA. Prof. Timothy Chappell, Open University, UK Dr Niall Maclean, Philosophical Quarterly Fellow, 2005-06 |
| 2005 | Prof. David McCabe, Colgate University, USA Prof. Paul Carrick, Gettysburg College, USA Prof. Jonathan Jacobs, Colgate Univestiry, USA Dr Pierre Destree, Univesite Louvian-la-Neuve, Belgium |
| 2004 |
Prof. David Solomon, University of Notre Dame, USA Prof. Christopher W. Taylor, University of Oxford, UK Dr Glen Newey, Strathclyde University, UK Prof. F. D. Miller, Jr. Bowling Green, USA Dr Larry Siedentop, University of Oxford, UK Dr Benedict Young, International Development Education Assoc., UK Dr Thom Brooks, University of Newcastle, UK |
| 2003 | Dr Stefaan Cuypers, University of Louvain, Belgium Dr Catherine Collobert, University of Ottawa, Canada |
| 2002 | Gareth Williams, University of Lancaster, UK |
| 2001 | Elisabetta Galleotti, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy Dr. John Hittinger, USAF Academy, USA |
| 2000 | Prof. James Griffin, University of Oxford, UK Prof. Ronald Beiner, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 1999 | Dr. Andrew Moore, University of Otago, New Zealand + Prof. William Aiken, Chatham College, USA Prof. Jonathan Jacobs, Colgate University, USA |
| 1998 | Prof. Bonnie Kent, Columbia University, USA Prof. Jonathan Riley, Tulane University, USA Dr. Robert Brecher, University of Brighton, UK |
| 1997 | Dr. Stefaan Cuypers, K. U. Leuven, Belgium Prof. Michael Pakaluk, Clark University, USA Dr. Geoffrey Cupit, University of Waikato, New Zealand |
| 1996 | Dr. Philip Stratton-Lake, Keele University, UK Dr. Keith Graham, Bristol University, UK Lord Alton of Liverpool, House of Lords, UK |
| 1995 | Prof. Robert Van Wyck, University of Pittsburgh, USA Prof. Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University, USA + Prof. John Arthur, Binghampton University, SUNY, USA Prof. Wendy Donner, Carleton University, Canada |
| 1994 | Prof. C. A. J. Coady, University of Melbourne, Australia Dr. David Archard, University of Ulster, UK Ms Susan Kin Zaw, Open University, UK + Prof. James Child, Bowling Green State University, USA Prof. Karen Bell, California State University Fresno, USA |
| 1993 | Prof. Lisa Portmess, Gettysburg College, USA Prof. Edward J. Bond, Queens University, Canada Dr. Kryztof Gurba, Jaggielonian University, Poland Prof. Janos Nyiri, Institute of Philosophy, Hungary + Dr. Jorge Arregui, University of Navarre, Spain |
| 1992 | + Dr. Terence McLaughlin, University of Cambridge, UK Dr. Paula Boddington, University of Bristol, UK + Prof. William Aiken, Chatham College, USA + Prof. Howard Sobel, University of Toronto, Canada Dr. Joanna Pasek, University of Warsaw, Poland Miss Jennifer Jackson, University of Leeds, UK |
| 1991 | Prof. Mikael Karlsson, University of Iceland Dr Edward Winters, University of Westminster, UK Prof. Rex Martin, University of Kansas, USA Prof. Bart Gruzalski, Northeastern University, USA Prof. Mark Nelson, Hampden-Sidney College, USA |
| 1990 | Dr. Dafydd Elis Thomas, MP, House of Commons, (now Lord Thomas) UK Prof. Daniel Farrell, Ohio State University, USA + Dr. Elizabeth Pybus, University of Glasgow, UK Dr. Igor Primoratz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| 1989 | Prof. James Smit, Orange Free State University, South Africa Prof. Richard Werner, Hamilton College, USA Prof. George Graham, University of Alabama, USA |
| 1988 | Dr. Ross Harrison, King's College, Cambridge, UK Prof. David Carr, University of Edinburgh, UK Prof. Richard Brook, Bloomsburg University, USA |
| 1987 | Ms. Suzanne Uniacke, University of Wollongong, Australia Ms. Attracta Dunlop, University College, Dublin, Eire Prof. Max Hocutt, University of Alabama, USA |
| 1986 | Dr. Zenon Stavrinides, University of Leeds, UK. Prof. Hugh LaFollette, East Tennessee State University, USA |
| 1985 | Dr. Julius Tomin, University of Oxford, UK |
| 1984 | Mrs. Mary Midgley, University of Newcastle, UK |