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postdoctoral researcher in criminal proceedings and the use of ai

university of luxembourg

your role...

the department of law of the faculty of law, economics and finance of the university of luxembourg is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to conduct research in the context of the interdisciplinary research project on” criminal proceedings and the use of ai: challenges for common criminal procedure principles and the principles of the rule of law”. the research project is funded by the fonds national de la recherche. it gathers highly qualified experts in criminal law, it law, data protection law, as well as in ai and machine learning, cybernetics, ethics and representatives of the private sector developing ai to examine critical questions about using ai in criminal proceedings.

the postdoctoral researcher will be working under the supervision of professor katalinligeti in the framework of the above-described research project. in particular, the postdoctoral researcher will assist in setting up and implementing the project by

realizing own research on the eu and council of europe (coe) standards on the use of ai in criminal proceedings

contributing to the various research activities related to the project. together with professor ligeti, draft the questionnaire for the various project reports, prepare comparative analysis of the national reports, prepare the scientific materials of the project meetings

publication of articles in scientific reviews and contributions to conferences

assisting with teaching activities, one to three hours a week and contribute to tutoring students

qualifications...

we are looking for a candidate with a phd in law, preferably with a specialisation in eu/international/national criminal/criminal procedure law and/or it and completed by 1 september 2021 (n.b. applications from phd candidates who will have started their final year of doctoral studies before that date may be considered).

in particular, the following requirements apply:

strong interest in criminal procedure, data protection, digital technology, and interdisciplinary research;

proven ability to autonomously conduct research at a post-doctoral level;

fluent written and spoken english (project language);

good it skills;

proven ability to work individually as well as part of a team;

excellent communication and writing skills.