Postdoc for Interdisciplinary Maritime Research Platform at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark

At the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, a postdoc position will be available as of 1 February 2024, or by further agreement. The place of work will be Campus Odense.

You will be a part of an interdisciplinary group of researchers all connected to the research project “SDU Maritime Research Platform (MRP)”. The project was established in 2022 and builds on a grant from the A/S Dampskibsselskabet Orient’s Fond. The platform contains diverse maritime research projects across four faculties at the University of Southern Denmark. The projects all relate to the maritime aspects of the offshore sector and have partly a shared and partly a specific focus. The themes cover a wide range of disciplines such as sustainability, safety, human factors, history, logistics, maritime engineering and architecture and maritime operations. All participants form an integral part of the platform, and it is a precondition that you are interested in – and willing to – engaging in cross-disciplinary discourse and idea development.

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You will be focusing on Work Package 5, which deals with legal and regulatory aspects including particularly aspects of how the maritime industry is active in the co-creation of rules and other legal frameworks relevant to it. The maritime sector is regulated on national, regional as well as international levels. However, the creation of this regulation is characterized by a high level of interaction between public institutions, NGOs and private entities. In other words: The maritime industry has managed to obtain a high degree of influence on the regulation under which it operates. This interaction can be both beneficial and counterproductive in respect to the goals which the maritime industry is expected to achieve, such as transition to the green agenda or good working environments.

You may also engage in research in other legal and regulatory aspects related to subjects relevant to the platform.

Job description
The responsibilities of the postdoc at the Department of Law for this call will typically include the following tasks:

• Publish scientific results internationally, both individually and co-authored
• Make yourself and your knowledge available to others by engaging in various knowledge exchange activities both inside and outside the university
• Build relations to and cooperate with external stakeholders
• Undertake administrative tasks related to your research

The postdoc position may involve limited teaching obligations – however, only after agreement with the main supervisor.

Qualification requirements
We expect you to

• have a PhD degree in law or a cross-disciplinary PhD which includes law
• have an interest in maritime law and in the interaction between law and politics
• want to participate in cross-disciplinary research collaborations
• be curious, inventive and in possession of good interpersonal skills
• be able to define a relevant and ambitious research question

It will be an advantage if you have working knowledge of one of the Scandinavian languages as some of the sources you will be dealing with will be in Danish.

Records of published research prior to the application may be regarded as an advantage, and experience outside of legal research may be considered relevant for candidates’ applications. However, the combined contents of the application, enthusiasm and determination of the candidate will also be taken into consideration in order to find the best match for the position/team.

Place of work
The work address will be the Department of Law, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

You will become part of the excellent research environment at our department, and we expect you to show commitment and visibility and to contribute to the department’s positive work environment as well as the continuous operation of the department.

Terms of employment
The appointment is made in accordance with the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities as well as the circular on the Collective Agreement for Academics Employed by the State.

The job content and qualification requirements are described in further detail in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The position is fixed-term and is two years of duration.

Further information about the postdoc position
For further information, please contact:

Professor WSR Kristina Siig
Email: [email protected]

Application
When you apply for this position, it is mandatory to attach the following:

1. An application motivating why you would be a relevant addition to the platform
2. Curriculum vitae.
3. Certificates/diplomas (Masters and PhD)
4. A comprehensive list of publications including the publications attached to the application
5. A summary of your research communication and teaching activities
6. A research plan for two years which highlights how you will approach the issue of co-creation of maritime regulation, as well as – if you find it to be relevant – other features of regulation of the maritime aspects of the offshore industry which you believe to be pertinent.
7. Your PhD dissertation including the written evaluation thereof, and up to two academic publications based on which you wish to be evaluated. Please attach a pdf file for each publication.

If there are co-authors on a publication, a co-author declaration must be attached in the relevant pdf file like in this example, stating the applicant’s contribution to the publication. The statement is just for your inspiration.

Documents which are not in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish must be translated into English.

SDU may discard applications which are incomplete regarding the above-mentioned criteria without further notice.

Application procedure
Applications must be submitted electronically using the link ‘Apply online’. Uploaded files must be in Adobe PDF (unlocked) or Word format.

Each field can only contain a single file of a maximum of 10 megabytes.

When the deadline for submitting applications is met, a number of applications are selected (shortlisted) for an academic evaluation, based on an overall assessment of which of the applicants based on their professional and research profile match the job description the best.

The shortlisted applications will then be assessed by an evaluation committee. The evaluation committee evaluates the applications based on the guidelines for recognising merit at the Department of Law. Once the evaluation committee have completed their academic evaluation, each of the applicants concerned will receive the written evaluation concerning him/her. Thereafter, a number of applicants are invited to a job interview.

According to the University of Southern Denmark’s internal guidelines, there must be at least three qualified applicants to a position before it can be filled.

The University of Southern Denmark wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of our society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of personal background.

Find further information on the department, its strategy and activities on the department’s website.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply now" on our website.

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The Department of Law is part of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, which is comprised of six departments. The department currently has more than 60 employees divided into four research groups (Private Law, Public Law, International Law, and Law in Society) and a secretariat. Furthermore, the department has a research centre, Centre for Law, Sustainability & Justice. The department works to ensure high quality and social relevance as regards both jurisprudent research, education, and knowledge exchange.

The Department of Law offers the traditional law degree alongside a combined HA (jur)/MSc (Econ) course. In addition, the department is responsible for the teaching of other legal subjects offered at SDU, e.g., on the MSc in Business Economics and Auditing and the diploma programs.

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