The Institute of International and Comparative Public Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster, Germany, is seeking to fill the position of
Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 65%)
at the earliest possible date. We are offering a fixed-term part-time position (65% FTE) for 3 years. Full-time employees are required to teach 4 hours per week during the semester.
Your tasks:
- Support the chair through independent work on your PhD under the supervision of Professor James Fowkes.
- Participate in the chair's teaching activities, including grading exams and preparing lessons.
- Contribute to other academic activities of the chair, such as conference organisation, research colloquia, academic exchange and network maintenance.
Our expectations:
- A master's degree or equivalent in law is required.
- Interest in pursuing a PhD in foreign and international law is expected.
- Excellent English language skills are essential; additional language proficiency is desirable, particularly in German, French and Spanish.
- Experience with community-based legal thinking or civil law systems is advantageous but not required.
- Willingness to contribute to various projects and tasks of the chair are anticipated.
Advantages for you:
- Appreciation, commitment, openness and respect – values which are important to us.
- Our broad range of diverse work-time models offers great flexibility – also when working from home.
- If you have family members or young children in your care, our Family Service Office offers concrete support to help you balance your private and professional responsibilities.
- As an educational institution, we are deeply committed to offering occupational training and continuing education opportunities tailored to your individual needs.
- From A – Z, Aikido to Zumba, our sport and health programmes ensure a healthy work-life balance.
- As a university employee, you are entitled to numerous benefits afforded to public servants, e.g. an attractive company pension scheme (VBL), an annual end-of-year bonus and a position that is shielded from economic fluctuations.
The University of Münster strongly supports equal opportunity and diversity. We welcome all applicants regardless of sex, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion or worldview, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to creating family-friendly working conditions.
We actively encourage applications by women. Women with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered unless these are outweighed by reasons which necessitate the selection of another candidate.
If you have any questions, please contact Professor James Fowkes directly (fowkes@uni-muenster.de).
Have we sparked your interest? Then submit your application by 2025-03-31.
University of Münster
Institute for International and Comparative Public Law
Professor James Fowkes
Universitätsstraße 14–16
48143 Münster
Please submit your application via email, as a single file (doc., docx, or .pdf), to fowkes@uni-muenster.de.
Please note that we cannot consider other file formats.
Reference number: 2025_01_34
