The candidate will join the research group of Jurisprudence, Legal Philosophy, and Legal History, which is one of the units of the Department of Public Law and Governance of the Tilburg Law School (TLS). S/he will work closely, both in research and in teaching, with the Chair of the Philosophy of Law.

The candidate is expected to possess – or to be in the process of developing – a good reputation in research that deals with central issues of the philosophy of law, together with a strong interest in how these issues are relevant to key challenges confronting contemporary law and politics. S/he will be expected to develop an ambitious multi-year research strategy that yields publications, grant applications, and activities with societal impact within one or two of the research foci of the TLS: globalization, digitalization, security, private law in its transformed socio-economic context. The candidate will also be expected to participate in the supervision of doctoral researchers.

The candidate is also expected to have excellent teaching skills, as demonstrated by prior teaching experience. The teaching package includes courses in the philosophy of law at the Bachelor level in the law and philosophy programs of Tilburg University. The candidate may also be requested to lecture a course in the broader field of Jurisprudence in one of the Bachelor or Master programs of the TLS. In the case of the Bachelor level courses for law students teaching is to large groups.

Department of Public Law and Governance distributes, in principle, 40% of time for research, 40% for teaching, and 20% for service, such as membership of committees and collaboration in student-oriented events. 

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. 

The selected candidate will meet the following criteria:

• A PhD degree in the field of the philosophy of law.
• A significant portfolio of publications in international journals and/or publishing houses in the philosophy of law.
• Proficiency in the English language;
• Proof of teaching experience, including, if available, course evaluations by students and/or peers.
• The candidate is expected to acquire (or to possess the equivalent of) a University Teaching Qualification (Dutch: BKO).
• Professional proficiency in Dutch is not required from the outset, although it is an advantage. If the successful applicant lacks proficiency in Dutch, he/she will be expected to learn the language at a level of basic professional proficiency.

Fixed-term contract: for a fixed period of six years.

Tilburg University offers excellent terms of employment. We believe flexibility, development, and good employee benefits are very important. We offer all kinds of 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 €3,637 and €4,978 per month (full time) based on scale 11 of the Collective Labor Agreement Dutch Universities. 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 six years 1.0 fte. 

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 for more information on our employment conditions. 

Tilburg Law School

Tilburg Law School offers highly ranked national and international education and research in law and public administration. Currently, almost 4000 students are enrolled at Tilburg Law School. Students in Tilburg can choose from five Bachelor's programs, one of which is taught in English (Bachelor Global Law) and ten Master's programs, eight of which are taught in English. The international orientation of Tilburg Law School is reflected in these Bachelor's and Master's programs. The research conducted within Tilburg Law School is aimed at social relevance and provides students with the tools and skills to study and deal with current issues at an academic level. The research within Tilburg Law School is organized into five cross-departmental research programs: 1) Global Law and Governance; 2) New Modes of Lawmaking and Governance in a Multilayered Order; 3) Law and Security; 4) Sustainable Business Law and Taxation; and 5) Law and Technology. 

Department of Public Law & Governance

The Department of Public Law & Governance is a unique collaboration of researchers in the field of Public Law and Public Administration, in which various disciplines work together: International Law, European law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Administration, Legal Philosophy, Political Science, Legal History and Jurisprudence. Whereas many scholars in the fields of Public Law and Public Administration primarily focus on their internal dynamics, the Tilburg scholars are driven by a primary focus on both their context and foundations. The overarching theme that inspires our research is to rethink the concept and the practice of publicness in a globalized, hyper-complex world characterized by mult-layered modes of law and governance that go from the local to the global.