Centre for Education Law

Centre for Education Law (HSE Institute of Education, Moscow, Russia) invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the field of international, comparative and national education Law.

Your profile

·     Ph.D. in Law, preferably in the field of Constitutional or Administrative Law, EU Law, Human Rights Law, or International Law.

·     Strong academic and / or practical background in International and Comparative Education Law, specific interest in European Education Law;

·     Fluency in English. Knowledge of other foreign languages will be considered as an advantage;

·     Team oriented;

·     Excellent research and communication skills (written and oral).

Your role

The research associate is expected to conduct high-quality independent innovative research within one of the three priority streams of research of the Centre for Education Law:

1. Federalism in Education;

2. Inequality and Social Exclusion in Education (at all levels of education);

3. Accountability and Autonomy in Education.

The research associate is expected to:

·     Conduct high-quality doctrinal and empirical research on the proposed topic;

·     Disseminate results of the research through publications in highly rated international peer-reviewed journal;

·     Prepare policy papers on selected issues linked to the research topics;

·     Organise working group meetings;

·     Present the results of the research at international conferences and workshops;

·     Actively participate in the work of the research task force responsible for the research stream he or she is attached to;

·     Contribute in preparing further research proposals within the Centre for Education Law.

Limited lecturing activities in the related field within the existing curricula at Master or PhD level are possible.

We offer 

·     International working environment and opportunity to work within a team of young, dynamic and motivated researchers;

·      Working under direct supervision of Prof. Jan De Groof;

·     Excellent contacts with international and Russian institutions and research groups in neighbouring universities;

·     Personal workspace at the HSE University;

·     Attractive remuneration;

·     Visa support.

General conditions for Post-Doctoral Research positions can be found here. Appointments will be normally made for one year.

A CV and research statement should be submitted via online application form and two letters of recommendation should be submitted by the referees directly to iri@hse.ru by  February 15, 2018.  Please note that direct applications to the hiring laboratory may not be reviewed.

About HSE
HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university providing unique research opportunities. For more information about HSE, please visit our university: http://hse.ru/en, https://ioe.hse.ru/en/calr or Dr. Szymon Jankiewicz, Head of the Centre for Education Law, atsyankevich@hse.ru.

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