Postdoctoral Tenure Track position in Law, University of Bergen

About the tenure track position

The aim of the employment in a tenure track position is to recruit a candidate who will have the opportunity to qualify for a full-time permanent position as associate professor. The Faculty will facilitate the candidate in their development of the required competence in teaching, research, dissemination and administration.

The position is connected to the project LaW-BALANCE during the first three years of employment, and this period will mainly be dedicated to research activities. The applicant is expected to:

• Conduct research connected to the LaW-BALANCE project leading to a minimum of 3 scientific publications.
• Engage in continuous dissemination and communication of the research project and project results in relevant arenas.
• Attend and organize research activities in the project, in close collaboration with the other members of the project.

For the remaining period the candidate will engage in varied academic work. The work will follow the Faculty’s standard distribution between tasks, currently stipulated to research 46%, teaching 46% and administration 8%. The applicant is expected to:

• Conduct research within labour law, social security law, discrimination law and/or EU/EEA law. 
• Take part in teaching and supervision of students.
• Follow the UiB program for university pedagogy.
• Take part in and contribute to applications for external funding of research.
• Conduct public outreach activities.

The applicant is expected to be an active member of the Bergen European Law Research Group (BERG) and/or the Research Group in Welfare Law, and contribute to the academic community at the Faculty.

A senior faculty member will function as a mentor during the employment period. A midterm evaluation will be carried out at the start of year 4 and a final evaluation will take place at the start of year 6.

About LaW-BALANCE

The project LaW-BALANCE (‘Life and Work in Balance: Legal responses to working life in times of change and crisis’) seeks to provide a better understanding of the legal framework of working life in transition and develop knowledge on how law can function as an instrument to achieve an inclusive working life and a well-functioning welfare state. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway.

LaW-BALANCE centres around the concept of ‘work-life balance’ and focuses on two key instruments: flexible work arrangements and the availability of paid leave. It also looks at the protection against discrimination when claiming and enforcing these rights, and the overall impact of EU and EEA law in the area.

For more information about the project, please visit uib.no/en/jur/law-balance and contact project manager Melanie.Hack@uib.no. 

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