Based within Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG), and as part of a dedicated team of experienced scholars, the associate professor independently carries out EU law teaching, research and general administrative responsibilities. PLG hosts an LL.M in European Law and Global Risk, co-taught with colleagues of the Department of Law, Technology, Markets and Society (LTMS). It also provides EU law teaching, in English and Dutch, at undergraduate levels. Although at undergraduate level the successful candidate should feel comfortable to teach subjects across the wide range of issues of institutional and substantive EU law, at advanced levels our emphasis is on constitutional (e.g., rule of law, human rights), institutional (e.g. comitology, (judicial) decision-making), and doctrinal/theoretical issues (e.g. remedies, multi-level governance). Ideally, the candidate should also be able to teach our LLM course on Law, technology and environment (with a focus on EU-law). EU law research is embedded in a multi-disciplinary Signature Plan, which reflects that focus. The prism of the ecological and humanitarian crises increasingly dictates our EU law research, which is perhaps most clearly expressed in the multi-annual research program ‘Constitutionalizing the Anthropocene’. A vibrant and growing research community supports that program, in which EU (environmental) law, legal philosophy, political science, and public governance converge to address major societal challenges of our time. The successful candidate will actively participate in, and contribute to the further development of this research community. The intended ratio between teaching and research is roughly 40%-40%, with the remaining 20% for administrative duties.

Tilburg University believes that academic excellence is achieved through the combination of outstanding research and education in which social impact is made by sharing knowledge. In doing so, we recognize that excellence is not only achieved through individual performance but mostly through team effort in which each team member acts as a leader, connecting people. 

We expect you to have the following qualifications and personal qualities:

• You have a PhD in Law.
• You have a broad EU law profile.
• You have an excellent track record both in teaching and research.
• You have experience with applying for external funding and you are willing to apply for external research funding.
• Proficiency in the English language.
• Professional proficiency in Dutch is not required from the outset, although it is an advantage. 
• You have scientific integrity and will contribute to an open and diversified culture of excellence.
• In addition, you are a team player with good communication skills and you have some experience with leading a team of academics.
• You are expected to have a Basic Teaching Qualification (in Dutch: BKO). You are committed to be an active member of the department and to integrate in the environment provided by the department and the school.

Fixed-term contract: 18 months.

Tilburg University offers excellent terms of employment. We believe flexibility, development, and good employee benefits are very important. We make clear agreements on career paths and offer several facilities and schemes to maintain an optimum balance between work and private life. Tilburg University fosters diversity and inclusion; that is why we pursue an active policy for inclusive teams where diverse talents can flourish.

The starting gross salary varies between €5,294 and €6,444 gross per month (full time) based on scale 13 of the Collective Labour Agreement Universities (vsnu.nl). Tilburg University actively promotes equal and transparent salary between men and women by strictly applying predetermined parameters based on the candidate’s experience. Employees recruited from abroad may be eligible for the 30% tax facility—this means that 30% of your salary will be paid as a tax-free reimbursement.

Tilburg University offers you an employment agreement for a fixed period of 18 months and 0.8-1.0 FTE (32-40 hours per week). 

You are entitled to a holiday allowance amounting to 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% of your gross yearly income. If you work 40 hours per week, you receive 41 days of paid recreational leave per year.

Please visit Working at Tilburg University | Tilburg University for more information on our employment conditions. 

Tilburg University

Under the motto “Understanding society”, Tilburg University’s more than 1,500 employees develop knowledge, transfer it to over 19.000 students of 110 nationalities, and bring people from various disciplines and organizations together to learn from each other. In this way, we want to contribute to solving complex social issues. Our focus areas are economics, business and entrepreneurship, social and behavioral sciences, law and public administration, the humanities and digital sciences, and theology. We seek the connection between different disciplines in order to find solutions to the major issues we face as a society. Our students are trained to be responsible and entrepreneurial thinkers, driven by solidarity, a sense of responsibility and empathy, who are able to influence and give direction to a rapidly changing society in an innovative way. Tilburg University has a culture of collaboration and co-creation, at local, regional, national, and international levels.

Since its founding in 1963, Tilburg Law School has become one of the leading law schools in Europe.  Through top-level research and the provision of high-quality university education, the School contributes to society. Tilburg Law School is organized into five Departments: Public Law and Governance (PLG); Law, Technology and Society (TILT); Private, Business and Labour Law (PBLL); the Fiscal Institute Tilburg (FIT) and Criminal Law. The mission of the School is to understand and improve the role of law and public administration in addressing the social problems of today and tomorrow. Through research and education, our scholars contribute to that mission. 

More than 4,000 students pursue a Bachelor's, pre-Master's or Master's degree at Tilburg Law School. Through this education, we train students in law, public administration, and data science. The Tilburg Educational Profile (TEP) is unique in the Netherlands. Central to it are three core concepts: knowledge, skill and character. A university education provides students with the latest substantive knowledge and trains them to be critical thinkers and resilient professionals. In addition, the School is committed to innovative educational concepts and, partly in response to the coronavirus crisis, has invested heavily in the quality of online education and in innovative didactic tools to make and keep students inquisitive. 

Tilburg Law School's research is highly regarded nationally and internationally. The Tilburg Law School Departments work closely together in their research in four signature research programs: 1) Global Law and Governance; 2) Law and Security; 3) Connecting Organizations; and 4) Regulating Socio-Technical Change. 

The Department of Public Law & Governance (PLG) is a unique collaboration of researchers in the fields of International Law, European law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Administration, Legal Philosophy, Political Science, Legal History, and Jurisprudence. Collaboration within the Department is very much inspired by joint research interests.