Call for Applications: for Doctoral student in private, private international, or procedural law, Lund University, Faculty of Law
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.
This is an English version of the Swedish original, which will prevail in cases of discrepancy.
The Faculty of Law invites applications for a doctoral student position in
- Private law,
- Private international law, or
- Procedural law.
The field of private law consists of legal norms that regulate relations between private legal entities, as well as legal relations between public and private legal entities based on voluntary legal acts. It includes, in particular, areas such as contract law, corporate law, tort law, family law, law of obligations and property law, but also areas such as labour law, real estate law, intellectual property law, competition law and consumer law.
The field of private international law covers the part of the legal system that regulates the choice of law in disputes of an international nature, the jurisdiction of courts and the enforcement of judgements.
The field of procedural law covers civil procedure, which deals with how disputes are settled in court or through alternative dispute resolution, and criminal procedure, which deals with how offences regulated by criminal law are investigated, prosecuted and tried in court.
The research project should be relevant to one of the research environments that exist within these fields.
Eligibility/Entry Requirements
Only those who are or have been admitted to third-cycle courses and study programmes at a higher education may be appointed to doctoral studentships. (Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, Section 3.)
A person meets the general entry requirements for third-cycle courses and study programmes if he or she:
- Has been awarded a second-cycle qualification,
- Has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
- Has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad. (Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 7, Section 39)
The special requirements are fulfilled by those who have completed a law programme and obtained the degree Master of Laws (juris kandidatexamen/juristexamen). The special requirements may also be fulfilled by those who can demonstrate other educational or particular professional experience where this is judged to provide the necessary qualification for doctoral studies comparable to that provided by the degree of Master of Laws (juris kandidatexamen/juristexamen) regarding both the subject for doctoral study and general legal education of importance for that subject.
The applicant must have obtained the degree of Master of Laws or the equivalent no later than March 19, 2025.
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