For you academics out there:
University of Bern, Department of Economic Law
Professorship in European and International Economic Law (100%, open rank)
The Department of Economic Law at the University of Bern is seeking to fill the position of a professor of European and International Economic Law as of the fall semester 2015 (to succeed Prof. Dr. Thomas Cottier).
JOB DESCRIPTION/QUALIFICATIONS: The core duties of the professor consist of furthering the general foundations of European law (including the legal relations between Switzerland and the European Union) and international economic law (in particular WTO law), of managing the Institute for European and International Economic Law, and of representing the aforementioned fields in research and teaching in coordination with the other institutes within the Department of Economic Law; cooperation with the World Trade Institute (WTI) in the field of international trade law is strived for.
The professorship can be structured as a tenured position (Ordinariat or Extraordinariat) or as an assistant professorship with tenure track; in each case, a completed habilitation or an equivalent academic qualification as well as extraordinary academic performance and a stay of at least one year at another, preferably foreign, university or a multi-year, highly qualified professional experience are required. The successful candidate should start on 1 August 2015.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applications including a CV, a list of publications, a list of acquired funding, information regarding teaching experience, teaching evaluations and information regarding participation in academic committees are to be submitted by 22 August 2014 to the following address:
Universitat Bern
Dekanat der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultat
Schanzeneckstrasse 1
Postfach 8573
CH-3001 Bern
The University of Bern strives to increase the number of women in leading academic positions and therefore expressly encourages women to apply.
Professor Cottier's shoes are some big ones to fill!
