• Your main task as PhD candidate will be to develop your PhD project within the framework of the overall project under the supervision of the Principal Investigator Giacomo Tagiuri and a supervisory team including scholars from within and outside UvA.
• In addition to your own thesis research, you will contribute to the overall project research and its dissemination. This may include data collection and research for jointly written publication(s), as well as providing and sharing your expertise (disciplinary or methodological) with other team members.
• You are expected to conduct field research for at least 4 to 8 weeks, in one or more European Member States relevant to your project. The design, location, duration and methods of your fieldwork will depend on your case selection and research experience to be decided together with your supervisor(s). The methods may include qualitative interviews with officials and stakeholders; ethnographic work; archival/historical research; among others.
• Teaching (up to 10% of your time) and organizational support for the project leader may be part of your job responsibilities. These tasks will allow you to gain valuable professional experience for a future academic career.

• A master’s degree in law, the social sciences or the humanities. Possible disciplines include: law; sociology; anthropology; history (including economic history); political science (including international relations or public administration); economics (including political economy); philosophy and allied fields;
• Some knowledge or curiosity about law and governance in the EU;
• Experience and/or passion for academic research and writing;
• Excellent command of English both oral and written  (knowledge of a second European language beyond English would be an advantage as the project seeks to produce findings representative of the diversity of European socio-economic arrangements;
• Training or experience in qualitative social science methods (interviews; ethnography) may be an advantage;
• Curiosity and willingness to engage in a collaborative interdisciplinary socio-legal project.

The position concerns temporary employment of 38 hours per week for a maximum term of four years which should result in the conferral of a doctorate. We offer an employment contract for one year with a probationary period of two months, preferably starting on 1 September 2026. The appointment will be extended for another three years upon a positive assessment, i.e until 31 August 2030. The employment contract is for 38 hours a week.

Your salary will start at € 3.059 gross per month increasing till € 3.881 (year 4) on the basis of a full working week of 38 hours. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8.3% year-end allowance. A favourable tax agreement, the 30% ruling, may apply to non-Dutch applicants.