Postdoctoral researcher in legal history Job Details | University of Helsinki

The successful candidate will work with Dr Luna-Fabritius and the project team, developing an individual research agenda aligned with the project’s focus on early modern labour governance, coerced labour, legal reforms, patriarchal structures and police regulations across the Portuguese and British empires.

The work will include:

• Collect and analyse relevant archival and bibliographical material for the project.
• Produce at least one single-authored, peer-reviewed journal article/or book chapter per year.
• Co-author at least one academic output with the PI or another team member per year.
• Organise and participate in the international conference and contribute to the editing of the resulting volume.
• Teach or co-teach (up to 10% of annual workload).
• Contribute actively to the project and the host institution’s research community.

Eligibility and assessment

Applicants must hold a PhD (candidates who are in the final stages of completing their doctoral dissertation may also be considered), demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research, and have prior experience of academic publishing (teaching experience is an advantage). A research proposal aligned with the project is expected.

 

Candidates are expected to reside in Helsinki, attend on-site activities regularly, and participate actively in project events. Postdoctoral researchers have a teaching load of 10% of their annual working time, corresponding roughly with one or two courses of 20 hours contact teaching. 

Evaluation criteria

• Ability to develop research independently and collaboratively.
• Knowledge and/or experience in intellectual history, legal history, labour history, imperial history, cameral sciences, public law, or science of police in Early Modern period.
• Familiarity with relevant theoretical frameworks (e.g. rights formation, political economy, legal practices, governance and patriarchal regimes in colonial contexts).
• For postdoctoral applicants: a record of peer-reviewed publications.
• Excellent command of English. For work requiring Portuguese sources, proficiency in Portuguese is highly desirable (Spanish is an asset).

What we offer

The salary for the position will be based on level 5 of the job requirement scheme for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance. The annual gross salary is €42,000 - €46,000. There will be a six-month trial period for the position.

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