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13 September 2022

JOB : Research Professor in Canon Law (KU Leuven) (DEADLINE: 15 September 2022)

 

(Source: KU Leuven

The KU Leuven has a vacancy for a research professor in canon law.

The Faculty of Canon Law has a strong national and international reputation in teaching, research, and scientific services in the field of Canon Law and aims for leadership in each of these activities at the national, European, international and ecclesiastical levels in each of these activities. The Faculty of Canon Law currently has more than 130 students from the five continents. Based on its extensive research expertise, teaching is offered in Dutch and English, both at master's and advanced master's level. The Faculty’s aim is to distinguish itself through the academic character of its initiatives, and by emphasizing the social role of law, and the ecclesiastical and church-political role of Canon Law. This requires sufficient levels of abstraction and originality in research and teaching, as well as attention to values and to the theological and philosophical foundations of Canon Law. In this context, the function requires academic teaching, research and service which necessarily transcends purely descriptive work, by fostering awareness of the interdependence and dynamics of legal rules.

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Duties

Research

As research professor you will develop a broad nationally and internationally oriented research programme with a focus on specific areas in this field. You must correspond to a strong methodological profile. The candidate is expected to have a multidisciplinary attitude and a willingness to cooperate intensively with other researchers and research units, in the Faculty of Canon Law and beyond, in particular in Law and in Theology.

  • You strengthen existing research lines and you offer new and complementary expertise.
  • You develop your own research programme with a focus on areas in Canon Law.

  • You develop your own research group.

  • You attempt to acquire competitive research funding with national and/or international agencies and you submit research proposals to funding bodies in order to reach this goal.

  • You set up international cooperation in the context of your research programme.

  • You set up cooperation inside and outside the Faculty on the level of the research of the Research Unit.
  • You strive for excellence in your research and in this way you offer a contribution to the international character of the research unit and the Faculty.
  • You publish at the highest academic level, among others by publishing monographs in leading series and by contributing articles to various leading internationally reviewed journals in your field.
  • You attract national and international doctoral students and you supervise doctoral research in your research field.
  • You pay the necessary attention to the valorisation of your research.

Education

As stipulated in the BOF Decree, you will be expected to participate in limited teaching.

The candidate should possess excellent teaching skills, enabling him/her to contribute to the high quality of his/her research unit and the research based and research oriented educational programmes to which he/she will contribute both in the Faculty of Canon Law and in other faculties. Commitment to the quality of the programme as a whole is taken for granted.

Service

KU Leuven expects its academic staff to contribute to institutional management in the Faculty and the University and to engage in societal outreach initiatives.

Requirements

The candidate should hold a PhD in Canon Law (JCD), and if not: a PhD in Law or Theology (STD) and a Canonical degree Iuris Canonici Licentiatus (JCL).

You have an excellent research profile which is proven by among others the publication of monographs in leading series and articles in various leading international, peer-reviewed journals. 

You have demonstrable qualities related to university- level teaching and didactic skills. Experience in acquiring research funding is an asset.

Proficiency in English is required.

The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If the candidate does not speak Dutch (or does not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable him/her to take part in administrative meetings. Prior to teaching Dutch and/or English courses, the candidate will be given the opportunity to acquire or improve necessary language skills.

Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to acquire or improve the language skills, if necessary.

Other languages are an added value.

Offer

The Humanities and Social Sciences Group has decided to encourage and strengthen the (inter)disciplinary research in Canon Law by recruiting a research professor in that specific domain.

The successful candidate will be hired in the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or (Full) Professor depending on his/her qualifications and academic experience. Junior researchers will be appointed as assistant professor in tenure track for a period of 5 years, which in case of a positive evaluation is followed by an appointment as a tenured associate professor.

Your assignment includes tasks of research, education and service provision, but during the period of the BOF status will mainly consist of research in (sub-domains of) Canon Law.

The KU Leuven pursues a policy of equal opportunity and diversity and explicitly encourages underrepresented groups at the university to apply.

KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching.

To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a starting grant of 100.000 euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding, appointed for at least 50%.

More information

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Interested?

More information on the content of the job can be obtained from the academic contact person Prof. dr. Rik Torfs, Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law, (rik.torfs@kuleuven.be, tel. +32 16 32 51 58). 

More information on the guidelines, regulations and application file [see footnote 1] is available from Ms. Kristin Vermeylen (kristin.vermeylen@kuleuven.be , tel. +32 16 32 09 07) or Ms. Christelle Maeyaert (christelle.maeyaert@kuleuven.be , tel. +32 16 31 41 94).



You are expected to add to the application file: a motivation letter; a text on the vision of academic research ; a text about the vision on academic education; and all teaching evaluations of the past five years in your possession.

 

You can apply for this job no later than September 15, 2022 via the online application tool

KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.

 

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