of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the center of Amsterdam.
The Faculty of Law invites applications for
10 PhD positions
32 – 38 hours per week
vacancy number W11-237
Research will be carried out in one of the Centers of Excellence or other centers listed below. Please consult the websites of these centers for more information.
Centers of Excellence
• Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG)
The research focus at the ACELG is on the interaction of formal European law with legal and institutional practices. ACELG’s research programme is primarily a legal one but takes in addition an empirical and a normative perspective on processes of constitutionalisation and governance.
http://www.jur.uva.nl/acelg
• Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL)
The ACIL hosts two research programmes: 1) ‘The International Rule of Law’ – focusing on international responsibility, interfaces between international and national law, post-national rulemaking, international criminal justice and human rights and 2) ‘The Role of Law in Armed Conflict and Peace Operations’. http://www.jur.uva.nl/aciluk
• Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL)
The ACTL conducts research on ‘Tax sovereignty versus Globalization’, with a view to assess limits on national tax sovereignty and tax jurisdiction set by international and supranational law, on the basis of criteria such as level playing field, interjurisdictional equity, free movement of persons and capital, budgetary stability, and fair interstate policy competition. http://www.jur.uva.nl/actl
• Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL)
The CSECL aims to promote high-quality research in the area of European contract law. It understands contract law in a wide and functional sense, i.e. the law of economic transactions. Its research programme focuses on the interplay between the European, national and international laws of contract.
http://www.jur.uva.nl/csecl
• Institute for Information Law (IViR)
The mission of IViR is to further the development of information law into a balanced framework that accommodates the needs and interests of the information society. The Institute engages in cutting-edge research into fundamental and topical aspects of information law, and provides a forum for critical debate about the social, cultural and political aspects of regulating information markets. http://www.ivir.nl
Other research centers
• Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (ACLE)
The Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) is a joint initiative of the economics and law faculties of the University of Amsterdam. The objective of the ACLE is to promote high-quality research in the fields at the interface of law and economics. The ACLE presently associates around twenty scholars in law and economics, ranging from full professors to PhD students. Its research program includes corporate governance & financial markets regulation, competition & regulation, compliance & enforcement, empirical legal studies, and endogenous institutions.
http://www.cms.uva.nl/acle
• Amsterdam Centre for Environmental Law and Sustainability (ACELS)
The research programme of ACELS seeks to contribute to the development of new legal concepts to serve as a basis for new legislation to address issues that relate to an equitable sharing of environmental space and scarce natural resources.
http://www.jur.uva.nl/cvm
• Leibniz Center for Law
The Leibniz Center conducts research in the field of legal knowledge management. The aim of its research programme ‘A constructive and computational theory of law’ is to develop reusable components and structures, methods of implementation, evaluation metrics and diagnostics, and simulation theories, of law, for purposes of policy making and legislative drafting, effective public administration, and business compliance.
http://www.lri.jur.uva.nl/
• Bonger Institute of Criminology
The research programme of the Bonger Institute focuses on the interrelation-ship between crime and criminal policy. It has three components: Developments in formal control in terms of law in action; Developments in nature and extent of criminal behaviour and Dynamics between policy and crime.
http://www.jur.uva.nl/criminologie
• Research Programme Constitutional Processes
The research group on constitutional law participates in the research programme ´Constitutional Processes: The Interaction between the National and the European Dimension´, that is part of the Research School Ius Commune. This programme focuses on differentiation and commonality in constitutional developments, the role of constitutional law in the development of European integration, and the intertwining of constitutional orders. Proposals on national constitutional parameters of EU economic governance, or on other topics within the scope of the programme are welcomed.
http://iuscommune.eu/promovendi.aspx?type=PS&language=English.
Tasks
• Engage in supervised scientific research that will result in a doctoral thesis;
• Present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences, and publish them in proceedings and journals;
• Contribute to the organization of research activities and events, such as conferences, workshops and joint publications;
• Candidates may also assist in teaching on subjects relevant to the thesis in the Faculty’s curriculum.
Requirements
• Completed law degree with excellent grades;
• Excellent analytical, social and organizational skills;
• Excellent academic writing skills, fluency in English;
• Ability to work independently;
• Creative researcher and writer.
Further information
Drs. R. Klop, tel. 020 5254942, r.klop@uva.nl
Appointment
The appointment will be either fulltime (38 hours) or 32 hours a week. The starting date is 1 September 2012. The appointment will initially be for 1 year. Extension of the contract to a maximum of four years is subject to satisfactory performance after the first year.
The gross fulltime 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.
Job application
To apply for a PhD position, please consult the website of the research center you are interested in. You can apply by submitting the following documents, (in pdf or word) in English before 15 February 2012:
• Letter of motivation;
• PhD proposal of maximum 1200 words excluding literature references. Please include your name, the research center of which the proposed project will be part, project title, research question(s) / aim(s), method and approach and literature references;
• Curriculum Vitae;
• Proof of your Master’s degree, including grade transcripts of Bachelor and Master. If you have not completed your degree at the time of application, please provide a statement from your supervisor confirming the expected date of completion of your degree;
• The names of two academic referees with contact information.
Applications should be sent by e-mail to:
solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl
or by mail to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Faculty of Law, attn. Dr. P.M. Kwantes, Director of the Faculty, Personnel Department
P.O. Box 1030
1000BA Amsterdam
the Netherlands
Only complete applications will be considered.
Applicants will receive a confirmation of receipt and will be notified on the outcome of the application by 15 March 2012 at the latest.
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