项目介绍

2026年6月29日

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in South American mobility law from 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The position is a fixed term full-time position for 24 months.

Introduction

The Danish National Research Foundation’s Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law (MOBILE) is seeking a postdoctoral candidate with experience in the interplay between legal regimes in the adoption, implementation and enforcement of mobility law in South America. Mobility law refers to the body of legal rules and practices that govern cross-border human movement, including how people may enter, reside, move, and work across states. It spans different legal domains, including free movement, migration, transnational labour, refugee, and human rights frameworks.

This position is situated within MOBILE’s overarching research agenda, which analyses the legal processes through which regional infrastructures for cross-border human mobility are shaped and subsequently implemented, enforced, and contested in practice. Applicants are expected to conduct socio-legal research that empirically examines the development, implementation, and contestation of South American regional migration and free movement legal frameworks, particularly in their interaction with domestic and international legal regimes. The research will moreover contribute to the broader study of mobility systems across different regions. Hence, the candidate will be expected to closely engage in comparative and interdisciplinary collaborations with other staff at the MOBILE center.

Duties and Responsibilities

The postdoc position is primarily dedicated to research. The position also includes a teaching obligation, and other duties may be required to a limited extent. The university determines the exact ration between the various responsibilities. The ratio may vary over time.

Qualification requirements and assessment criteria

Employment as a Postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level.

More information on careers at UCPH and the requirement for the different academic positions is available on: Career at The University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk).

For more information about Postdoc positions and qualification requirements, please see the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities: Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2013 (ufm.dk).

The prospective candidate should have a proven track record in researching mobility law in South America and other contexts, as well as proficiency in doctrinal and empirical legal methods. The candidate is expected to engage with theoretical and data analysis of legal provisions and judgements and have experience with qualitative analysis.

Ideally, the candidate should have fieldwork experience in the South American region.

All applicants must be able to use English as a working language. Considering the language of legal sources, proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese is an advantage.

You will primarily be assessed in relation to your research qualifications, including your publications, ability to conduct independent research and participate in research collaborations as well as your experience in research management. In addition, the applicant’s research plan and research potential will be assessed in relation to the overall job content described above.

Documented teaching experience will be included in the overall assessment, as well as information on what courses the candidate can teach at the Faculty of Law.

Application
Please submit your application online. To apply, please click on the “Apply now” icon at the bottom of this page. The application must be written in English, and include the following enclosures in Adobe PDF or Word format:

• CV
• Cover letter
• Documentation of qualifications (exam certificates and PhD diploma)
• Complete publication list (attached publications must be marked with an asterisk). The list must be structured systematically and divided into the following categories:
  • Peer-reviewed publications:

Monographs and anthologies

Articles in journals

Book chapters/anthology contributions, etc.

• Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Publications disseminating research findings, etc.

You can attach a maximum of 5 publications. The publication dates must be clearly marked on the list. The selected publications must be uploaded as attachments and numbered 1-5. 
If citing work where the applicant has been a co-author, a co-author declaration, which addresses the applicant’s share of these works, must be submitted. Material that has not yet published can be submitted. Please indicate if this is the case.

• Research plan
• Documentation of teaching competencies/teaching portfolio (please see the UCPH guidelines for teaching portfolios here).

Only documents in English will be assessed.