Call for Applications: for Postdoctoral Positions at iCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 3-4 postdoctoral positions available from 1 October 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter, for a duration of 2-3 years. Successful candidates will join the Avant-Courts and AMICI projects at iCourts, Centre of Excellence for International Courts and Governance.
About the projects
Avant-Courts – Decentring Legal Power: Avantgarde Courts at the Frontiers of the Global Economy
The project is led by Professor Mikael Rask Madsen and investigates the transformation of the global legal order caused by the rise of new hybrid courts at the frontiers of the global economy. It focuses on jurisdictional battles and legal knowledge exchanges between Western courts and new challengers, analysing how new litigation hubs are disrupting traditional legal institutions. The project starts out by examining avantgarde courts three distinct legal spaces: new economic spaces, outer space, and virtual spaces. Other empirical sites may also be considered.
About the positions
Successful candidates will be required to:
- Conduct and deliver independent, high-quality peer-reviewed research related to their project.
- Actively engage in the research environment at the University of Copenhagen.
- Participate in international conferences, courses, and meetings relevant to their research.
- Conduct research stays abroad.
- Contribute to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Danish or English at the Faculty of Law.
Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the faculty’s research areas and education programmes by visiting the faculty’s website: www.jura.ku.dk. The faculty supports efforts to learn Danish.
Application
Letter of motivation, appendices and the submitted research publications (including papers, articles and books), must be written in English. Applicants should clearly indicate which of the research projects they are applying for. 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 deadline is 4 May 2025, 23:59 CEST.
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