Two to three doctoral student positions in legal science, public

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Two to three doctoral student positions in legal science, public law, civil law, criminal law, international law, law of procedure, tax law

Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 48 months full-time studies
Extent: 100 %
Location: Department of Law, Gothenburg
First day of employment: August 2016
Reference number: UR 2016/535

The Department of Law invites applications for two to three doctoral student positions within the department's growing and dynamic research environment Ocean Group.
During the last few years, the Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law, has become the leading Swedish institution within education and research focused on complex and policy relevant legal perspectives on human uses of oceans and seas.

In order to strengthen the Ocean Group, the Department of Law invites applications for two to four doctoral student positions within the areas of

• Maritime law, more information

• Regulatory issues relating to aquaculture within the frame of the Swedish Mariculture Research Centre at University of Gothenburg (SWEMARC), more information

• Legal preconditions for a nutrient trading/certificate scheme based on uptake of nutrients through marine cultivation, more information

Job assignments

The doctoral position will start in August 2016. The period of the employment is initially one year of full-time studies, with possibility to extend it. The total length of the doctoral position is 48 months of full-time studies. Doctoral students shall primarily devote themselves to their studies. Doctoral students may work to a limited extent, max 20% of full-time, with educational and administrative tasks at the Department of Law. In such case, the study period will be extended with the corresponding period of time. The doctoral studentship comprises full-time studies.

After an overall assessment, the successful candidates will be admitted do doctoral studies in one of the department's doctoral subjects: legal science, public law, civil law, criminal law, international law, law of procedure and tax law.

Eligibility

An applicant meets the general eligibility requirements for postgraduate studies (third-cycle studies) if he or she:
• has been awarded a second-cycle qualification
• has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 higher education credits/ECTS credits of which at least 60 higher education credits/ECTS credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
• has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

An applicant meets the specific eligibility requirements if he or she has been awarded a Degree of Master of Laws, corresponding to 270 higher education credits credits/ECTS credits in Law (Sw. Juristexamen) or the equivalent at a Swedish higher education institution or has acquired knowledge that provides the equivalent competence in Sweden or abroad.

When assessing whether the equivalent qualification is sufficient, particular consideration shall be given to the requirements to successfully carry out the postgraduate studies within the specific subject area. Applicants shall have sufficient knowledge of Swedish or English.

Applicants should be awarded the LL.M. degree or should have passed all courses required for the LL.M. degree on the 20 June 2016.

Assessment

In accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance 5:5, the selection among the qualified applicants will be primarily based on the assessment of the applicants' ability to get knowledge in the field of the postgraduate studies. During the selection process, an overall assessment of the applicant's capacity, the planned project's qualities and the Department's prerequisites for providing the necessary support is carried out.

The following aspects will be considered in the project outline: the applicant's knowledge of previous and current research within the field; the scientific basis of the addressed issues; the adequateness of the described methods; and last but not least, the feasibility of the project within the frame of the postgraduate studies. Another relevant assessment criterion that might be taken into consideration is the Department's ambition to achieve a complete academic environment and secure its future competence needs.

The decision about the admission to postgraduate studies is made by the Head of Department upon recommendation from the Department's Research Committee.

Additional information

Application procedure
The applpication should be submitted online.

The application should include:
1. Curriculum vitae, max one page
2. Letter - state the area that interests you and motivate, max one page
3. Application for admission to doctoral studies - please, use the form from the website http://www.law.gu.se/english/postgraduate-studies/admission/
4. Master's thesis in Law, in full text, written in Swedish or English
5. Certified copies of the LL.B and LL.M. degrees including Diploma supplement providing information about the programme's length, content, passed courses and grades. NB The certified copies should be submitted electronically in the application portal no later than 20 June 2016 and should be sent in original by post, no later than 27 June 2016 - see the address below.
6. Certified copies of other certificates and merits
7. Proof of sufficient knowledge of English or Swedish

All degrees and diploma supplements should be certified and translated by an authorised translator into Swedish or English.

The certified copies of degrees should be sent to:

University of Gothenburg
Department of Law
Attn Christine Forssell
Box 650
405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

If you have technical difficulties or questions regarding the application database, please, contact rekrytering@gu.se

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For further information please contact

Joachim Åhman, director of doctoralstudies
• 46-31-786 4434
joachim.ahman@law.gu.se

Sara Stendahl, vice head, head of the Research Committee
• 46-31-786 1525
sara.stendahl@law.gu.se

Thomas Erhag, Head of department
• 46-31-7865189
thomas.erhag@gu.se

Tormod Johansen, doctoral student
• 46-739515441
tormod.otter.johansen@law.gu.se

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SACO: Mikael Brissle

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Publiceringsdatum
2016-06-02

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Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön

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