Postdoc Research project ‘Law in the everyday lives of mixed families’
This project addresses the question how ‘mixed’ couples experience law in their everyday lives, how they address legal issues and with what results. The methodology used in this project will consist of a socio-legal analysis, mainly based on qualitative interviews with couples.  
  
• conduct research as described above, leading to academic publications;
• participate in coordinating tasks in the management of the project;
• participate in co-supervision of PhD students;
• organise conference(s) and edit edited volume;
• (limited) undergraduate teaching. 
  

Candidates have a PhD, have demonstrable affinity with the topic of (regulation of) mixed intimacies and experience with socio-legal research. If candidates have equal qualifications on all other points, we will give preference to candidates who can speak French, Italian and English (preferably all three languages).

The appointment will be initially for 1 year. After satisfactory evaluation of the initial appointment, the appointments can be extended for a total duration of 4 years. You can find information about our excellent fringe benefits of employment at http://www.workingatvu.nl like:
• remuneration of  8,3% end-of-year bonus and  8% holiday allowance;
• a minimum of 29 holidays, in the case of full-time employment;
• generous contributory (65%) commuting allowance based on public transport. 
 
The salary will be in accordance with VU University regulations for academic personnel. The salary will, depending on experience, range from a minimum of € 3.238,- gross per month (salary scale 10) up to a maximum of € 4.757,- gross per month (salary scale 11) based on a fulltime employment.

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The faculty offers various courses in Dutch Law, Notarial Law and Criminology. The faculty's research focuses on social issues and the relevance of law in everyday life.  
 
As of 1 November 2017, a multi-disciplinary project funded by the European Research Council ERC, will start at the Migration Law Section of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, VU University Amsterdam. This project, entitled ‘EUROMIX : Regulating Mixed Intimacies in Europe’  is a study of the regulation of ‘mixture’ (‘interracial’ sex, relationships and marriage) in Europe’s past and present. It challenges the common assumption that Europe never had ‘anti-miscegenation’ laws comparable to those in the United States. It explores if, when, how and why forms of regulation aiming to prevent or restrict ‘interracial mixture’ developed in Europe. The historical part looks at the regulation of ‘mixture’ in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, in their colonies, and wartime Europe. The contemporary part explores whether and how, in spite of norms of formal equality and colour-blindness, ‘race’ and ‘monoracial family norms’ still play a part in European law and the everyday lives of ‘interracial’ couples. The project’s approach helps understand what lawmakers and enforcers believed ‘race’ was, what they believed ‘mixture’ was, how this was translated into legal practices, and how targeted couples responded. The project contributes to the genealogy of racial thinking in Europe, especially in addressing the understudied role of law and legal scholarship in the social construction of ‘race’ and ‘mixture’ in an increasingly diverse Europe. The project consists of 5 sub-projects: 1. France (PhD position). 2. Italy (PhD position) 3. United Kingdom (PhD position) 4. Mixed intimacies in European law (postdoc position) 5. Law in the everyday lives of mixed families (postdoc position). 
 
For the text of the research plan please send your request to secretariaat3.sb.rch@vu.nl.