The University of Helsinki is among the leading multidisciplinary research universities in the world. In addition to its 11 faculties, the University of Helsinki includes several independent institutes, some of which are jointly operated with other universities. Some 36,000 students are currently pursuing an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki is the leading Finnish institute of legal research and education. Some of the Faculty degrees are completed at the bilingual Vaasa Unit of Legal Studies http://www.helsinki.fi/oik-vaasa/english.
The Faculty’s mission is to train qualified, ethically responsible legal professionals for both the Finnish and international markets through high-quality international research and research-based teaching. The Faculty offers undergraduate degrees in Finnish, Swedish and English as well as a bilingual degree in Swedish and Finnish. The Faculty has a teaching and research staff of around 130 people and 2,400 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Three exciting job opportunies at the University of Helsinki, for those interested in global, transnational, or Russian law:
- ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OR PROFESSOR in Law and Globalisation (deadline February 15, 2017):
The position is located at the Faculty of Law. The position may be filled as an assistant professor/associate professor (tenure track system) or a professor, depending on the candidates’ merits and career stage. A person who is appointed to a tenure track position is employed as an assistant professor for fixed-term employment, during which his or her performance will be monitored and evaluated according to the criteria defined when concluding the employment contract. Successful rating in the assessment will lead to new fixed-term employment as associate professor, the overall aim being a permanent position as professor. A person who is appointed to a tenure track position can also be employed directly to the second stage fixed-term position as an associate professor. If employed as a professor, the appointee’s employment agreement will be concluded for an indefinite period.
Globalisation requires increasingly cross-border legal regulation, practices and institutions. Climate change, human rights violations, inequality, poverty, refugees and cross-border economic and financial crisis are urgent global problems. Human rights, sustainable development and rule of law principle set new demands for global, regional, national and local regulation and governance. The tension between globalisation and new nationalism causes new kind of legal, political and economic problems in a politically conflictual world. In example, so called BRICS countries confront another kind of globalisation than developed countries and less developed countries. On the one hand, global non-governmental organizations (NGO) and, on the other hand, arbitration systems have become part of global regulation. Moreover, globalisation changes the operational environment of indigenous peoples. Among other things, these topics belong to the field of law and globalisation.
For a person to be eligible for a tenure track position, he or she must have completed a doctoral degree in and are expected to have expertise in one of the following fields of research: have remarkable scientific and teaching merits and notable expertise in some of the following areas of research: global law, global justice, global governance, international law, international private law, international business law, international economic law, international relations, human rights and rule of law, development law, sustainable development. An appointee to a professorship shall possess also top-level scholarly qualifications and experience in the supervision of scientific research. In addition, the appointee shall present documentation of international cooperation in the field of research that he or she represents.
The assistant/associate professor/professor will carry out scientific research in the field of the position, head and develop research in the field, provide teaching based on research and supervise master’s and doctoral thesis, acquire research funding, and participate both in international and national scientific cooperation and in societal interaction. The assistant/associate professor’s or professor’s duties will also include the provision of teaching in the field, the supervision of theses and dissertations, and the management and development of research in the field by relying on national and international networks in line with the University of Helsinki’s 2015 profile proposal to the Academy of Finland (http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/hakuilmoitukset/hakuilmoitus_p...).
An appointee to the position of assistant/associate professor in the tenure track system shall have the ability to conduct independent scholarly work and have the teaching skills necessary for the position. In addition, applicants for assistant/associate professorships shall demonstrate their ability and motivation for an academic career through publications and other means.
An appointee to a professorship shall have top-level scholarly qualifications, experience in the supervision of scientific research, as well as the ability to provide top-level research-based teaching and to supervise theses and dissertations. In addition, the appointee shall present documentation of international cooperation in the field of research that he or she represents. Holders of professorships shall also have the skills necessary for serving as an academic leader.
According to the Government Decree on Universities, assistant/associate professors and professor must be proficient in Finnish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application.
The salary for the assistant/associate professor’s position will be based on level 7 of the requirement scheme for teaching and research positions in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance. Annual salary for a tenure track professor varies between 50,000 – 68,500 euros, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and experience. For a professor, the salary will be based on level 8–10. Annual salary for professor varies between 64,000 – 96,000 euros. All standard pension benefits and occupational health care are provided for university employees. The University is committed to promoting equality and preventing discrimination in all its operations. For families with children, the city of Helsinki offers different possibilities for inexpensive daycare and a great number of good schools.
Applications must be accompanied by the following English-language documents:
• A Curriculum vitae
• An academic portfolio (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university/how-to-a...) based on the University’s instructions
• A full list of publications
• A plan (max. 2 pages) for the development of one’s research and teaching.
Applicants are kindly asked to prepare for the situation in which, after the closing of the application period, the Faculty might request them to submit 10 publications of their choice to be sent to the assessors. The publications shall be saved to the University of Helsinki Recruitment System as attachments.
Please submit your application using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the Apply link. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal. The deadline for applications is 15 February 2017.
Enquiries about the vacancy:
Dean Kimmo Nuotio, kimmo.nuotio(at)helsinki.fi.
Enquiries regarding the recruitment process:
HR Specialist Eeva Harju, eeva.harju(at)helsinki.fi
Technical support with the recruitment system:
recruitment(at)helsinki.fi
WWW.HELSINKI.FI/UNIVERSITY
Apply at latest 15.02.2017
DUE DATE
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
- ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OR PROFESSOR in Law and Globalisation (deadline February 15, 2017):
The position is located at the Faculty of Law.
The position may be filled as an assistant professor/associate professor (tenure track system) or a professor, depending on the candidates’ merits and career stage. A person who is appointed to a tenure track position is employed as an assistant professor for fixed-term employment, during which his or her performance will be monitored and evaluated according to the criteria defined when concluding the employment contract. Successful rating in the assessment will lead to new fixed-term employment as associate professor, the overall aim being a permanent position as professor. A person who is appointed to a tenure track position can also be employed directly to the second stage fixed-term position as an associate professor. If employed as a professor, the appointee’s employment agreement will be concluded for an indefinite period
Globalisation requires increasingly cross-border legal regulation, practices and institutions. Climate change, human rights violations, inequality, poverty, refugees and cross-border economic and financial crisis are urgent global problems. Human rights, sustainable development and rule of law principle set new demands for global, regional, national and local regulation and governance. The tension between globalisation and new nationalism causes new kind of legal, political and economic problems in a politically conflictual world. In example, so called BRICS countries confront another kind of globalisation than developed countries and less developed countries. On the one hand, global non-governmental organizations (NGO) and, on the other hand, arbitration systems have become part of global regulation. Moreover, globalisation changes the operational environment of indigenous peoples. Among other things, these topics belong to the field of law and globalisation.
For a person to be eligible for a tenure track position, he or she must have completed a doctoral degree in and are expected to have expertise in one of the following fields of research: have remarkable scientific and teaching merits and notable expertise in some of the following areas of research: global law, global justice, global governance, international law, international private law, international business law, international economic law, international relations, human rights and rule of law, development law, sustainable development. An appointee to a professorship shall possess also top-level scholarly qualifications and experience in the supervision of scientific research. In addition, the appointee shall present documentation of international cooperation in the field of research that he or she represents.
The assistant/associate professor/professor will carry out scientific research in the field of the position, head and develop research in the field, provide teaching based on research and supervise master’s and doctoral thesis, acquire research funding, and participate both in international and national scientific cooperation and in societal interaction. The assistant/associate professor’s or professor’s duties will also include the provision of teaching in the field, the supervision of theses and dissertations, and the management and development of research in the field by relying on national and international networks in line with the University of Helsinki’s 2015 profile proposal to the Academy of Finland (http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/hakuilmoitukset/hakuilmoitus_p...).
An appointee to the position of assistant/associate professor in the tenure track system shall have the ability to conduct independent scholarly work and have the teaching skills necessary for the position. In addition, applicants for assistant/associate professorships shall demonstrate their ability and motivation for an academic career through publications and other means.
An appointee to a professorship shall have top-level scholarly qualifications, experience in the supervision of scientific research, as well as the ability to provide top-level research-based teaching and to supervise theses and dissertations. In addition, the appointee shall present documentation of international cooperation in the field of research that he or she represents. Holders of professorships shall also have the skills necessary for serving as an academic leader.
According to the Government Decree on Universities, assistant/associate professors and professor must be proficient in Finnish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application.
The salary for the assistant/associate professor’s position will be based on level 7 of the requirement scheme for teaching and research positions in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance. Annual salary for a tenure track professor varies between 50,000 – 68,500 euros, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and experience. For a professor, the salary will be based on level 8–10. Annual salary for professor varies between 64,000 – 96,000 euros. All standard pension benefits and occupational health care are provided for university employees. The University is committed to promoting equality and preventing discrimination in all its operations. For families with children, the city of Helsinki offers different possibilities for inexpensive daycare and a great number of good schools.
Applications must be accompanied by the following English-language documents:
• A Curriculum vitae
• An academic portfolio (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university/how-to-a...) based on the University’s instructions
• A full list of publications
• A plan (max. 2 pages) for the development of one’s research and teaching.
Applicants are kindly asked to prepare for the situation in which, after the closing of the application period, the Faculty might request them to submit 10 publications of their choice to be sent to the assessors. The publications shall be saved to the University of Helsinki Recruitment System as attachments.
Please submit your application using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the Apply link. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal. The deadline for applications is 15 February 2017.
Enquiries about the vacancy:
Dean Kimmo Nuotio, kimmo.nuotio(at)helsinki.fi.
Enquiries regarding the recruitment process:
HR Specialist Eeva Harju, eeva.harju(at)helsinki.fi
Technical support with the recruitment system:
recruitment(at)helsinki.fi
WWW.HELSINKI.FI/UNIVERSITY
Apply at latest 15.02.2017
DUE DATE
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
- ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in Russian law and administration (deadline February 15, 2017):
The position is located at Aleksanteri Institute (http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english/index.html), but the appointee will also carry out teaching and research at the Faculty of Law.
The position may be filled as an assistant professor or associate professor, depending on the candidates’ merits and career stage. A person who is appointed to a tenure track position is employed as an assistant professor for fixed-term employment, during which his or her performance will be monitored and evaluated according to the criteria defined when concluding the employment contract. Successful rating in the assessment will lead to new fixed-term employment as associate professor, the overall aim being a permanent position as professor.
Despite the European roots of Russian law, the Russian legal tradition and the Russian system of administration differ in several respects from those elsewhere in Europe due to Russia’s long history as a superpower and the special status of the Orthodox religion and the Orthodox Church in Russia. In addition, the 20th century was marked by the Soviet period, during which the system of law and administration took shape based on socialist models.
For a person to be eligible for a tenure track position, he or she must have completed a doctoral degree in and are expected to remarkable scientific and teaching merits and notable expertise in some of the following areas of research: private law, criminal and procedural law or public law. The assistant/associate professor may also represent, for example, research on legal history or comparative law. The assistant/associate professor of Russian law and administration will be involved in both the multidisciplinary module of Russian studies and the module of global law studies. The assistant/associate professor’s research field will include issues of Russian law and administration from a broad point of view. Besides a legal research approach, the appointee may also use a research approach based on administrative science. The successful candidate is expected to have as well a good command of Russian.
The assistant/associate professor will carry out scientific research in the field of the position, head and develop research in the field, provide teaching based on research and supervise master’s and doctoral thesis, acquire research funding, and participate both in international and national scientific cooperation and in societal interaction. The assistant/associate professor’s duties will also include the provision of teaching in the field, the supervision of theses and dissertations, and the management and development of research in the field by relying on national and international networks in line with the University of Helsinki’s 2015 profile proposal to the Academy of Finland (http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/10rahoitus/hakuilmoitukset/hakuilmoitus_p...).
According to the Government Decree on Universities, assistant/associate professors must be proficient in Finnish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application.
The salary for the position will be based on level 7 of the requirement scheme for teaching and research positions in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance. Annual salary for a tenure track professor varies between 50,000 – 68,500 euros, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and experience. All standard pension benefits and occupational health care are provided for university employees. The University is committed to promoting equality and preventing discrimination in all its operations. For families with children, the city of Helsinki offers different possibilities for inexpensive daycare and a great number of good schools.
Applications must be accompanied by the following English-language documents:
• A Curriculum vitae
• An academic portfolio (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university/how-to-a...) based on the University’s instructions
• A full list of publications
• A plan (max. 2 pages) for the development of one’s research and teaching.
Applicants are kindly asked to prepare for the situation in which, after the closing of the application period, the Faculty might request them to submit 10 publications of their choice to be sent to the assessors. The publications shall be saved to the University of Helsinki Recruitment System as attachments.
Please submit your application using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the Apply link. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal. The deadline for applications is 15 February 2017.
Enquiries about the vacancy:
Director of Research, Professor Markku Kangaspuro, markku.kangaspuro(at)helsinki.fi
General enquiries:
HR Specialist Tuula Henriksson, tuula.henriksson(at)helsinki.fi
Technical support with the recruitment system:
recruitment(at)helsinki.fi
WWW.HELSINKI.FI/UNIVERSITY
Apply at latest 15.02.2017
DUE DATE
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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