KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that conducts both fundamental and applied scientific research. It has a strong inter- and multidisciplinary focus and strives for international excellence. To this end, the Faculty and the Research Unit actively collaborate with research partners in Belgium and abroad.
The Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Humanities and Social Sciences Group of KU Leuven has a vacancy for a full-time position as a research professor (BOFZAP) in Public International Law at the Research Unit for International and European Law. This position is funded by the Special Research Fund (BOFZAP), established by the Flemish Government. A research professorship at KU Leuven offers excellent researchers the opportunity to build a research group, with limited teaching responsibilities in the first 10 years. After 10 years, the position will be transformed into a regular academic professorship, and depending on the Research Unit/Faculty, teaching responsibilities may increase.
The Faculty of Law and Criminology has a strong national and international reputation for teaching, research and service in the area of public international law. It pursues leadership in each of these spheres at the national, European and international levels. In doing so, the Faculty wishes to distinguish itself through the academic nature of its work and its awareness of the major societal role of this research area. The technicality of the legal domain is therefore to be transcended through originality in research, attention to values, awareness of the interaction of legal rules in a multi-layered legal order, and intra- and interdisciplinarity.
The vacancy is hosted by the Research Unit for International and European Law which is internationally renowned for the quality of its scientific research output, as well as for the high level of education it provides (in English and/or in Dutch) to students from Belgium, the European Union as well as from around the globe. The activities of the Research Unit (RU) are organised around 3 axes: public international law (e.g. international legal theory, and generalist approaches - e.g. nature and sources -, international dispute settlement, law of international organisations, international economic law and international humanitarian law), private international law (e.g. international commercial litigation, strategic and public interest litigation) and European law (with a focus on institutional matters, e.g. EU constitutional law, judicial protection, fundamental rights, law of external relations). Our staff is composed of 4 full-time professors, 2 post-doctoral researchers and 9 full-time researchers. We also benefit from the involvement of numerous part-time professors, experts and assistants, and are very successful in attracting external research funding. Many members of the RU are affiliated to the inter-disciplinary Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and work closely together on research projects within the Centre.
Research
As a research professor you will develop a broad research programme with a focus on public international law, understood broadly also to include transnational, global, or pluralist approaches to the law. With a view to ensuring complementarity with existing expertise in our RU in matters of public international law, including the law of international organisations, private international law and European institutional law, the new recruit will be expected to develop an innovative research agenda in at least one of the following themes:
The Faculty particularly welcomes candidates who would strengthen the Research Unit’s long-established profile as a leading research centre on the interaction between international and European legal orders, ranging from the European Union as an international actor and its participation in international institutions to the reception of international law in the European legal order.
You will be expected to:
Teaching
A research professor will be expected to primarily focus on research in the first 10 years after recruitment. The candidate will be expected to share expertise with students and researchers in the context of supervision of research papers and doctoral research, and will have limited teaching tasks. Teaching tasks may be at both master’s and bachelor’s level, to be taught in Dutch or English. Our courses are taught to both bigger and smaller groups of students at the different KU Leuven campuses.
Both the Research Unit and the Faculty attach importance to strong personal commitment to teaching assignments and broad employability as a lecturer.
Your teaching must meet the requirements of academic programmes in terms of level, orientation and substance, and must in particular be research-based and -oriented. It must be consistent with KU Leuven’s vision on activating and research-based education and learning. A commitment to the overall high quality of our educational programmes is considered self-evident.
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Interested?
More information on the content of the job can be obtained from the academic contact person Prof. Dr. Elise Muir, Head of Research Unit for International and European Law, (elise.muir@kuleuven.be) or Prof. Dr. Wouter Devroe, Dean Faculty of Law and Criminology, (wouter.devroe@kuleuven.be).
More information on the guidelines, regulations and application file is available from Ms. Kristin Vermeylen (kristin.vermeylen@kuleuven.be, tel. +32 16 32 09 07) or Ms. Martine van Nierop (martine.vannierop@kuleuven.be, tel. +32 16 32 76 98).
You can apply for this job no later than September 03, 2024 via the online application tool
KU Leuven strives for an inclusive, respectful and socially safe environment. We embrace diversity among individuals and groups as an asset. Open dialogue and differences in perspective are essential for an ambitious research and educational environment. In our commitment to equal opportunity, we recognize the consequences of historical inequalities. We do not accept any form of discrimination based on, but not limited to, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, ethnic or national background, skin colour, religious and philosophical diversity, neurodivergence, employment disability, health, or socioeconomic status. For questions about accessibility or support offered, we are happy to assist you at this email address.
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Location: | Leuven - Belgium |
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Salary: | Not Specified |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 10th July 2024 |
Closes: | 3rd September 2024 |
Job Ref: | BZI-2024-5 |
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