Call for Applications: for PhD scholarship in Law of the Sea/Maritime Law and Human Mobility, the Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, is seeking candidates for a PhD project examining the intersections between law of the sea/maritime law and human mobility. The position is available from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter, for a duration of 36 months. The start date is negotiable. The PhD scholarship is fully funded and salaried.
Qualifications
- Applicants must have obtained a Master’s degree in either law or a related discipline that corresponds to the Danish Master’s degree, i.e. a second cycle 120 ECTS degree (two years of full-time studies) that builds on a 180 ECTS bachelor’s degree (three years of full-time studies) or equivalent qualifications. Applicants with a non-Danish Master’s degree will have their degree assessed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science in order to establish if the Master’s degree is equivalent to a Danish Master’s degree.
- Applicants must have obtained a minimum overall grade average of 8.2 or above at the Master’s level in accordance with the Danish grading scale (for Danish scale, see https://ufm.dk/en/education/the-danish-education-system/grading-system?set_language=en&cl=en ).
- Applicants may submit their application before they have completed their Master’s degree. The Master’s degree must be obtained before the start date.
- Applicants must document an aptitude for research through the meritorious assessment of their final thesis, publications or academic recommendations in order to show that they are capable of undertaking the demanding task of writing a PhD thesis.
- Applicants must have excellent language skills in English and have excellent communications skills. Applicants must be able to teach at an academic level in Danish or English and to follow PhD courses in English.
- Experience with, or an active interest in, social science research methods and empirical legal research will be an advantage.
To apply and for more details, refer here
