• Last application date: 2012-01-31 23:55
• Department: RE08 - Department of Penal law and criminology
• Contract: statutair
• Occupancy rate: 100%
• Vacancy Type: zap

The Faculty of Law has a vacancy for a full time (100%) tenure track professor in the department of Criminal Law and Criminology charged with academic teaching (mostly in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out scientific duties in the fields of criminology and sociology of law. Th appointment wil be made in the rank of lecturer, starting from 1 October 2012.

Job qualifications

• Candidates hold a PhD with a doctoral thesis in criminology, and have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on October 1st, 2012;
• Candidates have a strong academic record in the fields of criminology and sociology of law,  demonstrated by recent publications in international and domestic peer reviewed journals and/or books;
• Candidates possess the necessary didactic, organizational and communicative skills for teaching criminology and sociology of law issues at an academic level;
• International mobility, amongst others through participation in research programs at research institutions not linked to the university where the highest degree was obtained, is recommended;
• Candidates possess sufficient Dutch language skills to perform the tasks associated with the job position, or are prepared to acquire the necessary language skills during within a time span of three years.
• Holding an additional degree of master  in sociology is an asset.

Job desciption:

• Academic teaching in the fields of criminology and sociology of law;
• Academic research in the above mentioned fields;
• Participation in internal and external service activities, as well as in the management activities of the department and the faculty

For more detailed information on this job position, please contact prof. Gert Vermeulen, director of the department of criminal law and criminology (Gert.Vermeulen@UGent.be or +32 (0)9 264 69 43).

This full-time position is a tenure-track temporary appointment for a period of five years, at the end of which a tenure decision will be taken as full-time Professor in the rank of Senior Lecturer (hoofddocent), depending on an overall positive evaluation of the candidate.
Applications must be sent in duplicate by registered mail to the rector of Ghent University, Rectorate building, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Ghent, Belgium, using the specific application form Autonomous Academic Staff (ZAP), including the necessary attestations of competence (copies of degrees), the 31st of January 2012 at the latest.