2 Postdoctoral positions in legal aspects of sustainability and circular economy - Copenhagen, Danmark - University of Copenhagen

Beskrivelse

CEPRI - Centre for Private Governance at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, is hosting an externally funded, collaborative research project for which we are seeking applications for 2 postdoctoral positions.

The positions are available from 1st September 2023 for the duration of 2 years.

Introduction
The positions are part of the project Circular Supply Chains – identifying and allocating legal risks (CirCus).

The project aims to analyse the extent to which the concept of circularity affects the legal distribution of risks in the supply chains and whether circular supply chains call for new liability standards and new collaborative contract models. The project focuses on the building, construction, and housing commodity sectors with regard to both private and public purchasing as case studies.

The project is hosted by CEPRI - Centre for Private Governance which is a collaborative research center lead by prof. Vibe Garf Ulfbeck. The overall aim of the centre is to conduct research in the legal implications of private governance, i.e., private actors taking over (traditionally) public tasks and functions. CEPRI provides a stimulating, diverse, international, and inclusive work environment with approx. 30 researchers with various legal expertise and background.

About the position
Under Circular Supply Chains – identifying and allocating legal risks (CirCus) we offer 2 postdoctoral positions:

The postdocs will work under the supervision of professor Ole Hansen, professor Vibe Ulfbeck and associate professor Marta Andhov.

Both postdocs will benefit from a wide-ranging collaborative research environment, networking opportunities and external activities with opportunities for traveling to other research partner organizations. The postdocs will contribute to ambitious and carefully planned research, outreach, impact, and dissemination activities benefiting from the expertise of leading senior academics involved in the project.

Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the faculty's research areas and education programmes by visiting the Faculty's website:

The Faculty actively supports the effort to learn Danish.

Required qualifications
We are seeking highly motivated candidates with a strong academic record holding academic qualifications PhD, JSD or equivalent degree in law. All applicants are expected to be able to use English as the working language (written and spoken). Candidates with pending PhD degrees will be considered.

The preferred candidates will most likely have some subject knowledge of private law (e.g. contract law, tort law, arbitration)/ public procurement law/sustainability/circular economy.

The successful candidate will be required to uptake a full-time job in Copenhagen and to contribute to the research environment at CEPRI.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a clear potential to deliver high quality peer-reviewed research publications.

In the overall assessment, emphasis will be placed on the applicant's research and teaching potential. Special emphasis will be placed on the applicant's ambition to develop and implement new research ideas, which may have an international impact. Furthermore, the Faculty places emphasis on the applicant's interest and preferably, prior experience, in working with other researchers to conduct collective research and teaching activities and welcomes the applicant's proven ability to make a valuable contribution in this regard.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be made in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikernes Centralorganisation, AC). The salary range starts at DKK 36,291.43, (EUR a 17,1 % contribution to the pension scheme. It is possible to negotiate further salary supplements.

In addition to the above, the researchers will receive yearly DKK research allowance that can be utilize for work related expenses such as books needed to conduct the research, conference fees, research stays etc.

Besides the yearly allowance both projects include some additional funding that will allow the postdoctoral researchers international research stays abroad.

The positions includes research and teaching (375 hours per year - 1 contact hour x 3h for preparation) and some administrative responsibilities.

For further information, please see "Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2019".

Application
Letter of motivation, appendices and the submitted research publications (including papers, articles and books), must be written in English, Danish, or other Scandinavian language. The application will be rejected if not all the required documents are submitted.

It is essential that you fill out all the mandatory fields in the electronic application even though the info is already stated in your CV, application, publication or other material you may find relevant to upload. The completed fields will be screened during the shortlisting and assessment process and in order to generate your final assessment, which we will send to you after the assessment work is finalized.

The application MUST include the following nine (9) elements:

1. Letter of motivation (a one-page document explaining the reasons for applying)
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Research projec t. Applications should include a proposal for a research project to be completed during the post-doctoral period. Proposals should be no more than four pages long. The proposal should demonstrate the capacity to develop a postdoctoral project, identifying the relevant methodological tools to achieve the outlined project.
4. Diplomas, PhD or JSD diploma or alternatively a document showing that the applicant submitted or will submit a dissertation
5. Publication list . (Complete, numbered list of publications)
6. Teaching portfolio , including documentation for teaching qualifications as well as a brief statement of the applicant's teaching visions within the research area. For more information regarding the teaching portfolio, please see the related guidelines
7. Academic references , if available (please upload under "other relevant material")
8. A maximum of five (5) scientific publications that the applicant wishes to have included in the assessment, of which no more than one (1) may be a monograph . Applicants, who have written a PhD or JSD thesis or equivalent, must always submit the complete thesis (if the thesis is written in Danish, English, Swedish or Norwegian) and the written assessment of the thesis as a part of submitted publications.
9. If citing work where the applicant has been a co-author, a co-author declaration , which addresses the applicant's share of these works, must be submitted. Material that has not yet been published can be submitted. However, please indicate if this is the case.

In addition to the material which the applicant wishes to be included in the assessment, the Assessment Committee may require further material to assess the applicant. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide such supplementary material, should this be requested.

Application procedure
Upload letter of motivation, appendices and the research publications electronically using the link below. We advise you to have the above-mentioned documents ready before you begin to fill out your online application, and it is essential that all required documents are enclosed.

Applications must be addressed to the Associate Dean of Research and uploaded electronically.

An automatically generated message is sent out acknowledging receipt of the uploaded application.

Applicants will be kept informed about the process of the application procedure on a regular basis via email.

Following the application deadline, the Associate Dean of Research selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee. Applicants are selected on the basis of an overall assessment of the applicants that best match the recruitment needs of the Faculty as described in this advertisement for the post. This is compared with the applicant's research and teaching profile as set out in the application, CV incl. list of publication, teaching portfolio and any research/development plan. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an expert Assessment Committee. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and when the committee has completed its assessment, each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicants themselves.

University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the surrounding society and therefore encourages all interested parties regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

For questions regarding the CirCus project, please contact professor Vibe Garf Ulfbeck e-mail:

Further information about the recruitment process is available from HR South City, e-mail: Please refer to ID number /23-2I.

The application deadline is 12 May :59 [CEST]

Applications received after the deadline has expired will not be accepted.

If your application does not include all the required supporting documents your application can be rejected and not be considered by the assessment committee.

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The Faculty of Law is one of six faculties at the University of Copenhagen. The Faculty carries out research, education and knowledge dissemination within the area of law. Research is partly organized in research centres and groups with focus on thematic areas of interest. The Faculty employs about 110 full time researchers and approx. 60 PhD students as well as approx. 75 administrative staff members. In addition, approx. 400 part-time lecturers teach on the legal programmes on which approx. 4,500 students are enrolled. See the Faculty website: for more information.