Postdoctoral position M/F – Philosophy of AI and artistic creation

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Théorie et histoire des arts et des littératures de la modernité Research Field Philosophy Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 4 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Within Work Package 4 “Creative Collaboration” of the H-AI TEAM project (PEPR eNSEMBLE, France 2030), the postdoctoral researcher's mission will be to:

• provide Work Package 4 with a philosophical framework for thinking about agency as distributed between artists and AI systems;
• connect the artistic and literary fieldwork of Work Package 4 with the project's philosophical work packages (agency, collective action, autonomy);
• contribute to the project's expected outcomes: publications, scientific events, recommendations.

• Produce a state of the art on artificial agency, authorship and computational creativity.
• Analyse, with the members of the team, cases of AI-assisted artistic and literary creation, and derive a typology of modes of co-agency.
• Write at least one article for a peer-reviewed journal, in open access.
• Present their work at the project's monthly seminar and at national and international conferences.
• Take part in Work Package 4 meetings and in exchanges with the partner teams (IHPST, ISIR-SCAI).
• Co-organise a study day or workshop for Work Package 4.

The position is based at UMR THALIM (Théorie et histoire des arts et des littératures de la modernité; CNRS, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, ENS), in Paris, at the INHA (Galerie Colbert). The researcher will work under the supervision of Alexandre Gefen, CNRS research director and leader of Work Package 4.
They will be part of the H-AI TEAM project (“Human–AI Teams, Embedded Agency and Morality: philosophy and aesthetics of the collaboration with machines”), coordinated by Philippe Huneman (IHPST) and carried out with ISIR-SCAI (Sorbonne Université). The project is funded for 48 months, from 1 September 2026, by the PEPR eNSEMBLE programme (France 2030, operated by the ANR).
The contract is a 12-month, full-time CNRS fixed-term research contract. Salary follows CNRS pay scales, depending on experience. Travel, conference attendance and access to AI tools are covered by the project.

• PhD in philosophy, preferably in philosophy of AI; otherwise in philosophy of mind, of action or of technology, or in aesthetics.
• Detailed knowledge of generative AI systems and of current debates on artificial agency.
• Demonstrated interest in artistic or literary creation and in questions of authorship and creativity.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team (arts, literature, law, AI and robotics).
• Scientific writing and oral communication skills in French and English.
• Autonomy and organisational skills.

Additional comments

This position is located in a sector covered by the protection of scientific and technical potential (PPST) and therefore requires, in accordance with the regulations, that your arrival be authorized by the competent authority of the MESR

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