- Country: Belgium
- Deadline: April 11, 2021
- Discipline: Master’s degree in law or a relevant social science if applying to the PhD position; PhD degree in law or a relevant social science if applying to the post-doctoral position
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Job profile
In order to be eligible, applicants must:
- hold a master’s degree in law or a relevant social science if they are applying to do a PhD; or, alternatively, hold a PhD in law or a relevant social sciences if they are applying to do a post-doctoral study;
- have obtained their degree at the time of application or demonstrate convincingly that they will have that degree in hand by November 1, 2021;
- be fluent in English as their primary working language and as their primary publication language;
- be willing to spend period(s) of time abroad for fieldwork as appropriate and to participate in international conferences.
Furthermore, applicants who meet the following conditions will be ranked higher during the assessment procedure if they can demonstrate that they have:
- good knowledge of the human rights protection and accountability framework, including the European Court of Human Rights and the body/bodies with which this court will be compared;
- practical experience related to the fight against racial discrimination or the proposed case study;
- experience with both legal research and qualitative research methods;
- pre-existing networks relevant to the research and fieldwork. In addition to these project specific elements, candidates will be selected by reference to the following criteria:
- ability to work both independently and in a multi-disciplinary and international team;
- quality of academic writing/presentation skills;
- capacity and willingness to contribute to the well-being and well-functioning of the teams of which they are part;
- social media experience, or interest therein;
- meticulousness, organization skills and capacity to manage deadlines.
How to apply
To apply, please send us:
- A cover letter (double-spaced, font 12, 4 pages maximum) outlining your motivation, your research proposal, and what you are bringing to both your specific and the broader research projects;
- a detailed CV (including publications, if any);
- a transcript of your degree(s) and grades;
- If your diplomas are in a language other than Belgium’s national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, their translation in one of the afore-mentioned languages;
- two letters of recommendation; and
- a writing sample in English, ideally an academic or research paper on a topic related to your research proposal (10.000 words maximum).
Applicants are asked to submit these documents as one pdf file via email to research.hrc@ugent.be with the subject line “Application – iBOF – MBD”.
We may not be able to process applications that do not follow the formal requirements indicated above.
The deadline for submission is 11 April 2021. The foreseen starting date is 1 November 2021. For inquiries, please contact prof. dr. Marie-Bénédicte Dembour at mariebene.dembour@ugent.be.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- For more information about the project, please consult the following document: https://hrc.ugent.be/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Project-description.pdf.
- For more information about the position, please write to prof. dr. Marie-Bénédicte Dembour (mariebene-dembour@ugent.be).
- For more information about the other vacancies in this project, please consult this page: https://hrc.ugent.be/apply-now-7-positions-in-new-research-project-on-accountability-for-human-rights/.