Ten (10) PhD Positions, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University, Netherlands (2016)

The Tilburg Graduate Law School (TGLS) of Tilburg Law School is committed to training top law students from around the globe whose academic work helps solve today's societal problems, to address new legal challenges and to become excellent researchers. The mandate of TGLS is to ensure and monitor the overall quality of the Research Master and PhD programs. TGLS is responsible for the training and guidance of its Research Master students and PhD researchers. TGLS is now offering ten positions.

The research mission of Tilburg Law School is to understand and improve the role of law in tackling societal problems now and in the future, particularly those connected with globalization and rapid economic, social, cultural and technological change. The research of Tilburg Law School is conducted in an organization that fosters diversity. In addition to jurists, international and national researchers from other disciplines, including economics, psychology, ethics and philosophy participate in the various research programs. Internationalization and interdisciplinarity have become core characteristics of Tilburg Law School’s research.

Positions in the field of Law & Data Science
Tilburg Law School wishes to stimulate research in the field of Law & Data Science. Data Science is a large and rapidly growing field of study. It has an increasingly growing impact on the way we conduct scientific research and on how businesses, individuals and society operate. Furthermore, it will have a noticeable impact on legal and regulatory issues and implications. Tilburg Law School opens two PhD positions in this field. Candidates who wish to conduct research in the field of Law & Data Science are explicitly invited to apply. Please indicate in the application form that you apply for a position in the field of Law & Data Science.

Requirements
You are an outstanding student, with an excellent command of English and who has completed a Master in Law or a Master in adjacent fields like Law and Economics, Law and Technology, Law and Labour Law, Politics and Public Administration, or Victimology. Research Master’s program students are especially encouraged to apply.

Further details:
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