Call for Applications: for Fully-funded PhD position in AI, Law and Public Power (4.5 years)

Job description

PhD AI, Law and Public Power

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is changing state actor powers? Do you want to conduct critical and in-depth legal research at the intersection of technology, law and power? And would you like to combine that with academic teaching?

Then this PhD position at Erasmus School of Law is for you. Within the Law & Markets team, you will spend 4.5 years researching the legal regulation of AI in the public sector. How do we protect fundamental rights when algorithms help decide on who receives public benefits, how to perform enforcement or how to enact environmental policy? What is the role of the state, and where is the limit of government power in a data-driven society?

You will have plenty of space to choose your own research angle and work in a multidisciplinary team with a focus on social impact. At the same time, you will teach (20%) academically. Your teaching activities will take place within the programmes and courses of the Law & Markets Department. The particular teaching tasks will be decided on the basis of the expertise of the candidate as well as the needs of the Department, but will focus on courses of public law both in the bachelor and master’s programs and possibly the Master Law & Technology.

Job requirements

We are looking for a candidate who:

– has completed or is about to complete a master’s degree in law (LL.M);

– is interested in legal-scientific research and social impact;

– wants to teach alongside performing doctoral research;

– has excellent writing and communication skills, both in Dutch and in English. Candidates must be capable of teaching in English and in Dutch. Candidates who have at least B2 proficiency in Dutch at the moment of application and are willing and able to master the Dutch language throughout the first year of the PhD are also welcome to apply.

Are you planning to complete your master’s the coming months? Then we encourage you to apply. Your degree must be obtained no later than 3 weeks before the start of the contract.

Candidates who have already obtained a Dutch doctoral degree – or the degree ‘Doctor of Philosophy’ (PhD), or an equivalent – or are preparing to obtain such a degree elsewhere, in principle cannot be admitted to the doctoral programme at EUR.