There is currently a PhD vacancy in European Private Law within the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law at the University of Amsterdam. Closing date for applications: 31 March 2015. Link to more information: see here.
"Project description
The researcher will work within the overarching project ‘The Architecture of
Post-National Rule-making: Public International Law, European Public Law, and
European Private Law’ jointly led by professor Martijn Hesselink, professor
Deirdre Curtin and professor André Nollkaemper. The project aims to provide new
reflections and insights into the discussion on the legitimacy of post-national
rule-making starting from three distinct but in the project uniquely combined
legal perspectives. The main objective is to relate perspectives from public
international law, European public law and European private law on post-national
rule-making and to examine through a new lens any legitimacy concerns that may
arise from the new arrangements.
The successful candidate will benefit not only from committed research
supervision by a distinguished expert in the area of European private law and
its theory, but also from the mentorship of leading professors in European
public law and international law in the lively and supportive intellectual
environment of the University of Amsterdam that has long enjoyed a strong,
international reputation for critical innovation in legal research. At the core
of the project lies a close multi-disciplinary dialogue between senior and
junior researchers that crosses the normal boundaries of the three
sub-disciplines of law.
Applicants are asked to submit a research proposal of approximately 1000
words, which should include a section on methodology and fits within the broader
conceptual theme of the project. They are invited to formulate an innovative
specific research question (or hypothesis) within the general theme of the
project, and with a specific focus on European private law. We are open not only
to descriptive and analytical questions but, in particular, also to normative
questions, including questions relating to the legitimacy of post-national
rule-making and the justice of post-national rules in the area of private law."
