Job description
The Faculty of Law is offering a position for either a postdoctoral or a PhD researcher in European private law. The opening is for a position at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL), one of the centres of excellence of the University of Amsterdam.The researcher will work within the overarching project The Architecture ofPost-National Rulemaking: Public International Law, European Public Law, and European Private Law jointly led by Prof. Martijn Hesselink, Prof. Deirdre Curtin and Prof. André Nollkaemper. The project aims to provide new reflections and insights into the discussion on the legitimacy of post-national rulemaking starting from three distinct but in this project uniquely combined legal perspectives. The main objective is to relate perspectives from public international law, European public law and European private law on post-national rulemaking and to examine through a new lens any legitimacy concerns that may arise from the new arrangements. The project will further develop a normative framework for the analysis of post-national rulemaking applicable across all three areas. This will require theoretical work on the concepts of rulemaking and legitimacy starting from the perspectives of the three different areas of law.
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Requirements
- Postdoctoral researcher: Completed dissertation in European private law
- PhD candidate: Completed law degree
- Ideally the successful candidate will have some knowledge of international and European public law
- Excellent command of English
- Interest in cross-disciplinary research and ability to work in a team
End procedure | 16 May 2011 |
Conditions of employment
Postdoctoral researcher: The appointment will be for the period of one year, preferably commencing on 1 September 2011, with the possibility of a two-year extension. The gross full-time monthly salary will be in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from €2,861 (scale 10) to a maximum of €4,374 (scale 11) based on a full-time contract.PhD candidate: The appointment will be for the period of one year, preferably commencing on 1 September 2011. Extension of the contract to a maximum of four years is subject to satisfactory performance after the first year. The gross full-time monthly salary will be in accordance with the salary scales for PhD candidates at Dutch universities, i.e. ranging from €2,042 in the first year to €2,612 in the final year.
Secondary benefits at Dutch universities are attractive and include 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end of year bonus.
Department
The Faculty of Law is strongly engaged in society and has an international orientation, which is reflected in its research and education activities. The Faculty offers three Bachelor's programmes and a number of Master's programmes, two of which are taught exclusively in English (i.e. International and European Law and European Private Law). With its 3,500 students and 375 staff members, it is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the centre of Amsterdam.More information about employer University of Amsterdam (UvA) on AcademicTransfer. Direct link to this job opening:www.academictransfer.com/9415
