卢森堡大学刑法和网络法博士后职位

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg has an opening for a Post-doc in Law (M/F), in the field of Criminal Law and Cyberlaw.

Ref: F2- 130008 (to be mentioned in all correspondence)
2-year contract, 40h/week, renewable up to a total of 60 months.

Mission
Under the direction of Professor Katalin Ligeti and Associate Professor Mark D. Cole:

• Furthering own research in the field by publications;
• Contributing to the establishment of an interdisciplinary research group in the field including researchers with a background in media / IT law or criminal law;
• Assisting in the application for research projects (FNR, EU);
• Coordinating with other interested groups (internal, e.g. Criminal Law Group, Media Law Research Team Interdisciplinary Centre SnT and international partners e.g. AIDP, ECLAN, etc.);
• Being a reference point for current and future PhD students with relevant topics;
• Being the coordinator for research undertaken by the Criminal Law/Media Law Research groups that can contribute to the research field in the crossroads of the two areas;
• Contributing to teaching in the field, in particular teaching in criminal law and cybercrime.
  

Profile

• Education in law (PhD) with a focus/interest in criminal law and media/IT law;
• Ideally practical experience in prosecution or having passed a bar exam;
• International background that allows comparative research work;
• Sound knowledge not only of a national law, but also of international and EU instruments;
• Previous relevant research results in the field or related to the field;
• Have the linguistic skills to evolve in a multilingual environment: fluency in either English or French, good understanding of the second language and possibly a third language (particularly German) will be considered an advantage.

Offer

• Personal work space at the University (full-time contract requires to work on the University’s premises).
• Attractive remuneration.
• Possibility for personal developoment in research and teaching
• Proximity with many researchers with related interests

Applications should be submitted online by 23 June 2014 and must include the following:

• An application letter
• A copy of the PhD diploma or an indication of when the PhD title will be awarded (in cases of near completion).
• A detailed curriculum vitae with a complete bibliography of the applicant’s published works.
• A description (+/- 6000 characters) of the scientific work the applicant is interested in pursuing.
• The name, current position, and relation to the applicant of the three persons cited as reference.
• Copy of the publications that the applicant deems most relevant to his/her research work.

Applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.