Job type

• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy and ethics

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 10 million yen

  Salaries are determined based on the Kyoto University standards depending on capabilities and backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  He/she has a Ph.D. or equivalent professional achievements/capabilities (Preference may be given to the Ph.D. holders).

• Work experience

  ・ He/she has a track record of research on bioethical issues associated with stem cell research and　regenerative medicine (Any field of expertise is acceptable, but preference may be given to the humanities and social sciences).
  ・ He/she must be able to independently manage and operate his/her own laboratory as a Principal Investigator, and be willing to engage in research and education on independently defined topics and issues of bioethics in stem cell research and/or regenerative medicine.

• Official qualification in specific field, etc.

  ・ He/she has ability to work with the division head and other PIs to assist in the management and administration of the division and collaborate globally and work constructively with relevant researchers inside and outside the institute.
  ・ He/she has English language skills (oral and writing).

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  As soon as possible after the employment decision is made ~ 31/3/2028 with a possibility of renewal until up to the end of the project.

  Probationary period present

  6 months

Work location

• 606-8507 Kyoto 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : Salaries are determined based on the Kyoto University standards depending on capabilities and backgrounds.

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Kyoto University is working to prevent passive smoking, by prohibiting indoor smoking on all campuses and also outside smoking except in designated areas.

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Kyoto University promotes gender equality. As part of the university’s measure to promote gender equality, Kyoto University prioritizes employing women when the candidates get the same evaluation at selection, based on Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act).
  As for the period during which the research was discontinued due to childbirth, childrearing, and caregiving, please describe the details in the curriculum vitae as the examination is performed in consideration of its content and the period.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Application period

• 2024/04/05~2025/03/31 Deadline for receipt

  Application will close as soon as a suitable candidate is selected.

Application method

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  An interview will follow the screening of application documents. Those who have passed the screening will be informed of the date and time of the interview via e-mail or in writing, and may be requested to give a lecture on the research plan at the interview. (Interviewees will bear their transportation and accommodation expenses for the interview.)

• Notification of result

  Results will be informed via e-mail or in writing as soon as the decision is made.

Contact details

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