Senior Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity (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. From September 2021 on 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 senior lecturer/ assistant professor in the area of cybersecurity. Possible focus areas for this position includes, but are not limited to, cybersecurity in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, augmented and virtual reality, data protection and privacy-enhancing technologies from technical and legal perspective.

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

• Coordinate and teach courses in the area of cybersecurity and computer science in the         Advanced Master programme which is targeting professionals;
• Supervise master theses;
• Significantly contribute to the performance and further development of the Advanced Master programme as well as other ECPC executive education programmes;
• Acquire, coordinate and contribute to applied research projects in the domain of data security & privacy and related areas.

The position offers considerable space for personal initiative and fulfilment.

The working language is English.

The preferred starting date is 1 November 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.