Faculty Fellows

Each year The Murphy Institute hosts three CE Faculty Fellows, faculty on research leave from their home institutions. They spend a year in residence at Tulane, conducting their own research while participating in the Center for Ethics' seminars, lectures, and conferences.

2025-2026 Call for Applications

The application for the 2025-2026 Visting Faculty Fellowship is now open! For more information and to apply, click here: Apply - Interfolio. The deadline to submit application materials is December 15, 2024.

The Center for Ethics at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University invites applications for three Faculty Fellowships/Visiting Research Professorships for the 2025-2026 academic year. These fellowships are available to support outstanding faculty whose teaching and research focus on ethics; political and social philosophy; moral psychology, agency and responsibility; philosophy of law; political theory; or questions of moral choice in areas such as (but not restricted to) business, government, law, economics, public health and medicine.

While fellows will participate in seminars, lectures, and conferences organized by the Murphy Institute, they will be expected to devote most of their time to conducting their research.

Faculty Fellows are appointed as Visiting Research Professors at Tulane University’s Murphy Institute, receive a salary of $70,000, and are eligible for faculty benefits, including medical insurance. Faculty Fellows enjoy the use of private faculty offices and receive assistance from the Murphy Institute staff and graduate assistants. The Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics is one of the most active in the country, hosting fourteen guest speakers and sponsoring several international conferences each year.

Qualifications

Applicants must hold a doctorate in philosophy, political theory, law, political economy, economics, public health, or a related discipline at the time of application. Applicants must also hold a full-time college or university appointment at the time of application. Faculty Fellowships are open to full-time faculty at all ranks.

Application Instructions

Applicants must apply via Interfolio. The application for the 2025-2026 academic year is now open. The application deadline is December 15, 2024. Required application materials include a curriculum vitae, a project description (including a one-page bibliography) of approximately 1500 words, a scholarly paper, and two confidential letters of recommendation. Apply here: Apply - Interfolio

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Tulane University is located in New Orleans - a city with tremendous history of diverse cultures, community, and languages. Tulane is actively building a campus culture grounded in our values of EDI and anti-racism. We seek and welcome candidate applications from historically underrepresented groups, such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), women, LGBTQ+, and those living with disabilities as well as veterans.

Tulane University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution committed to excellence through diversity. Tulane University will not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other status or classification protected by federal, state, or local law. All eligible candidates are encouraged to apply.

Current Faculty Fellows

Benjamin Ferguson

Benjamin Ferguson is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Director of the University’s PPE program. Professor Ferguson’s research in moral and political philosophy focuses on the ethics of market-based interactions like exploitation and fraud.

Luca Ferrero

Luca Ferrero is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. Professor Ferrero’s research focuses on questions about rationality, constitutivism, and personal identity.

Johanna Jauernig

Johanna Jauernig has a background in philosophy, experimental economics, and moral psychology. Her research is rooted in the idea that understanding both the incentive structures and the cognitive mechanisms behind moral attitudes is crucial for the ethical analysis of societal problems.