Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in Cybersecurity and Privacy (0,8 – 1 FTE)

The European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC), established under the Law Faculty of Maastricht University, offers executive education programmes closely intertwined with the centre’s applied research on legal issues related to personal data protection and cybersecurity. Since September 2021 ECPC offers a new Advanced Master in Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Management. This programme offers an ambitions curriculum for professionals that bridges the intersection between law, technology, ethics, governance and management; it is against this background that ECPC is expanding.

To further strengthen and complement the expertise in our team, we are looking for an outstanding assistant/associate professor in the area of cybersecurity. Possible focus areas for this position include, but are not limited to AI and cybersecurity; Information Security Management; network security; cryptography, pseudonymisation techniques, data security and data protection by design, privacy-enhancing technologies. The candidate is required possess substantial knowledge of the indicated matters from a technical perspective and an understanding of the legal compliance implications.

Key responsibilities

As assistant/associate professor in Cybersecurity, you are expected to:

• in the Advanced Master programme, coordinate and teach post-graduate courses related to cybersecurity/privacy  focussing also on data governance and regulatory issues surrounding these themes for professionals students some of them with a non-technical background;
• Supervise master theses and supervise or assist in supervising PhD’s students;
• Significantly contribute to the performance and further development of the Advanced Master programme as well as other ECPC executive education programmes  especially related to cybersecurity governance, and cybersecurity regulation;
• Conduct research in the field of cybersecurity and/or privacy;
• Acquire, coordinate and contribute to applied research projects in the domain of data security & privacy and related areas;
• Contribute to public and policy debates on global data governance and security issues especially pertaining to cybersecurity and privacy broadly;

The position offers considerable space for personal initiative and fulfilment.

The working language is English.

The preferred starting date is 1 November 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.