Senior lecturer in international law and human rights - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Faculty of Law is characterised by internationalisation, the intertwining of education and research, interdisciplinarity, as well as close and boundary-crossing collaboration with wider society. The Faculty’s research environment and PhD-education are markedly international and, alongside the professional law degree, the Faculty offers several international Master’s programmes including one in International Human Rights Law.
Lund University and the Faculty of Law offer an inclusive work environment that fosters development within the broader dynamic research and innovation area of the Öresund region.

Subject:

International law and human rights.

Subject description:
International law comprises rules and principles governing the actions and interactions of states and international organisations, as well as, to some extent, their relations to natural and legal persons (cf the American Law Institute, Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States). Human rights refers to the freedoms, immunities, powers and claims that individuals and groups of individuals, and to a certain extent also legal persons, enjoy in the society in which they live or operate. Human rights entail obligations primarily for states. The legal field of international law and human rights focuses on the obligations that derive from international agreements and customary international law. Human rights issues often emerge within other fields of law, such as international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international refugee and migration law.

Work duties:
The work duties include specific responsibility for teaching and assessment in international law and human rights in the Swedish law degree programme, in the programme´s specialization courses and in the Master´s programme in international human rights law. Furthermore, the work duties include supervision and assessment of degree projects. Other teaching and supervision duties may be included, for example within the framework of the faculty´s distance learning and commissioned education courses. It is assumed that all teaching staff at the faculty shall work for the educational development of the courses and programmes at all these levels.
Furthermore, the senior lecturer is to maintain and further develop a stimulating research and education environment through teaching, supervision and collaboration with teaching staff, researchers, doctoral students, students and wider society.

Qualifications:
A person shall be qualified for appointment as a senior lecturer if he or she has demonstrated teaching expertise, has been awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws or has corresponding research expertise or some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it involves.
The general qualification requirements for a senior lecturer at Lund University are to be suited to the position and to have the general ability required to complete the duties of the post well.
According to the Lund University appointment rules, to qualify for appointment the applicant shall have completed at least five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning or have acquired equivalent knowledge by other means. In special circumstances, it is possible to consider as qualified a person who does not have at least five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning.

Assessment criteria:
The assessment criteria shall be the degree of the expertise required to qualify for appointment. As much attention shall be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of other qualifying criteria.
For appointments as senior lecturer, the following are to form the basis for assessment:
a good national and international standing as a researcher, where the requirement for international qualification is to be assessed with reference to the nature and tradition of the specialisation subject high level of teaching skill, which means a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities at various levels and using various teaching methods ability to supervise doctoral students in their studies towards a doctoral degree ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate their activities ability to teach in English is a requirement a good general ability to lead and develop activities
Particular emphasis will be placed on well-developed research expertise within international law and human rights.

Emphasis will also be placed on:
• documented general breadth in legal scientific expertise
• documented ability to draw up applications for external research funding
• documented international research- and teaching experience, for example, in the form of publications, research and teaching stays abroad, research collaboration and conference presentations

Application instructions:
The position is to be applied for electronically via Lund University’s applications portal. Complementary documentation in the form of bound publications/equivalent is to be sent to: Faculty of Law, Lund University, to: Lina Mårtensson, Box 207, 221 00 Lund. The registration number must be stated on any documentation sent via mail.

Applications are to be structured according to the following template (please follow this link) containing the following:
1. Personal letter
2. Brief curriculum vitae (CV)
3. Selected publications
4. Research qualifications
5. Teaching qualifications
6. Leadership and administration
7. Engagement with wider society
8. Other relevant qualifications
The University applies individual salary setting. Please include your salary expectations in your application.
Duration

The position is a fixed-term substitute position with employment from 1 May or agreed start date until 31 january 2022