Job description
The full time Academic Position in Epistemology of Law and Legal Methodology aims to recruit a teacher (tenure-track) and researcher specialized in the production of legal knowledge issues and the methodologies used to support it. This profile may include a philosophical and/or sociological and/or historical approach to the processes involved in the production of standards and standard-setting mechanisms, as well as discourse and knowledge about them; a critical approach to the notion of ‘science of law’, its purpose and its methods; a positivist and/or empiricist approach to legal methodology; or any other scientific approach to epistemology and methodology in the broad sense.
The skills of the successful candidate must include the criticism of sources and the fundamental elements of legal methodology, in particular the research and processing of legal sources, methods of referencing and citation, the problematization of a question and the formulation of hypotheses about it, the deployment of a structured argument, etc. The workload includes the annual production of an in-depth diagnostic test for students entering the Master's in Law programme, to assess their training needs in this area and allocate them to the appropriate methodological courses. This test should be implemented during the first year.
The successful candidate will be expected to carry out research and work in at least one of the ULB Faculty of Law and Criminology's research centres, to take part in teaching at bachelor's and master's level, and to take part in the organisation and management of the Faculty.
This is a tenure track position, after a three-year probation period.
Main Research Field : Epistemology
Sub Research Field : History of Law – Philosophy of Law
Required educational level: Phd Degree in Law or a PhD in the humanities or social sciences deemed equivalent by the selection committee, supplemented either by a Master’s in Law or by significant, demonstrable experience in legal methodology and epistemology, both in research and teaching.
The doctoral dissertation—or alternatively other publications—must allow the committee to assess the candidate’s expertise in the fields of epistemology of law, legal methodology, or source criticism.
A doctoral thesis specifically devoted to these topics is considered an asset.
Required Languages :
Français : Full professional proficiency (C2)
English : Very good knowledge
Interested ?
For more information, please contact Dean Prof. Pierre Klein (email: [email protected])
- Your application must include a Curriculum Vitae(a standard CV can be downloaded from the website: https: //www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques-cv-type) and a document completed using the template is available at this URL address (https://www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/1e-applic-form-acad-tps-plein89-docx). This template structures your application by including the following elements:
- A letter of application and motivation;
- A thesis report written by the jury after the defense (if available);
- Three publications outlining the candidate's profile, and a note justifying the choice of these three publications and their contribution to the fields connected to the position ;
- A text of no more than 6 pages describing past research activities (2 pages) and the candidate’s current research project (4 pages);
- A text of no more than 4 pages reporting any previous teaching activities and describing the teaching project for the courses included in the position;
- A text of no more than 4 pages describing the international achievements and projects, relating to research, teaching or any other professional activity relevant to the position;
- A supplementary list of 3 to 10 achievements of any kind (publication, teaching, network, research contract, research visit, dissemination to the public, etc.) that the candidate wishes to highlight as evidence of his/her competence for the position, with a few lines explaining why they are significant;
- The names and contact e-mail addresses of five referees who may be contacted for evaluating the applications, with due regard to gender balance. These persons may not be in conflict of interest.
Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the template provided will not be examined by the selection committee.
Where to go to apply?
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Equal opportunities policy
ULB's personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal opportunities.
We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality, beliefs, disability, etc.
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Reference : 2025/A017
Application deadline : 06/10/2025 12 : 00 PM
Start date: 01/02/2026
