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Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Full time academic position in epistemology of law and legal methodology

2025-03-03 (Europe/Brussels)
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As a multicultural university with one third of students and researchers from abroad, international relations is a daily reality for the ULB.

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Job description

The full time Academic Position in Epistemology of Law and Legal Methodology aims to recruit a teacher and researcher specialized in the production of legal knowledge issues and the methodologies used to support it. This profile may include a philosophical and/or sociological and/or historical approach to the processes involved in the production of standards and standard-setting mechanisms, as well as discourse and knowledge about them; a critical approach to the notion of ‘science of law’, its purpose and its methods; a positivist and/or empiricist approach to legal methodology; or any other scientific approach to epistemology and methodology in the broad sense. 

The skills of the successful candidate must include the criticism of sources and the fundamental elements of legal methodology, in particular the research and processing of legal sources, methods of referencing and citation, the problematization of a question and the formulation of hypotheses about it, the deployment of a structured argument, etc. The workload includes the annual production of an in-depth diagnostic test for students entering the Master's in Law programme, to assess their training needs in this area and allocate them to the appropriate methodological courses. This test should be implemented during the first year.

The successful candidate will be expected to carry out research and work in at least one of the ULB Faculty of Law and Criminology's research centres, to take part in teaching at bachelor's and master's level, and to take part in the organisation and management of the Faculty.

Main Research Field : Epistemology
Sub Research Field : History of Law – Philosophy of Law
Required educational level: Phd Degree in Law

Required Languages :
Français : Native
English : Very good

Interested ?

For more information, please contact Dean Prof. Pierre Klein (email: Pierre.Klein@ulb.be)

Your application will consist of a Curriculum Vitae(if you wish, a standard CV can be downloaded from the website: https: //www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques-cv-type) and a document completed using the template available at this URL address (https://www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/1e-applic-form-acad-tps-plein89-docx). This template structures your application by including the following elements:

  • A letter of application and motivation;

  • A thesis report written by the jury after the defense (if available);

  • Three publications explaining the candidate's profile, and a note justifying the choice of these three publications and their contribution to the fields connected to the position ;

  • A text of no more than 6 pages describing the past research activities (2 pages) and the current research project (4 pages);

  • A text of no more than 4 pages reporting any previous teaching activities and describing the teaching project for the courses included in the position;

  • A text of no more than 4 pages describing the international achievements and projects, relating to research, teaching or any other professional activity relevant to the position;

  • A supplementary list of 3 to 10 achievements of any kind (publication, teaching, network, research contract, research visit, dissemination to the public, etc.) that the candidate wishes to highlight as evidence of his/her competence for the position, with a few lines explaining why they are significant;

  • The names and contact e-mail addresses of five referees who may be contacted for evaluating the applications, with due regard to gender balance. These persons may not be in conflict of interest.

Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the template provided will not be examined by the selection committee.

Equal opportunities policy

ULB's personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal opportunities.

We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality, beliefs, disability, etc.

Would you like to be provided with reasonable accommodation in the selection procedure because of a disability, disorder, or illness?  Please contact Marie Botty, the person in charge of diversity aspects for the academic and scientific staff (marie.botty@ulb.be). Be assured of the confidentiality of this information.

More details on the ULB gender and diversity policy are available at https://www.ulb.be/en/about-ulb/gender-equality-at-ulb

You will find all the regulations relating to academic careers on our site at http://www.ulb.ac.be/emploi/academique.html.

Reference : 2025/A017
Application deadline : 03/03/2025
Start date: 01/10/2025

Job details

Title
Full time academic position in epistemology of law and legal methodology
Location
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 Brussels, Belgium
Published
2024-11-25
Application deadline
2025-03-03 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)
2025-03-03 23:59 (CET)
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