Associate Professor of Private Law (Civil Legal Sciences), in the thematic area of Peace, Justice and Effective Institutions (ODS 16)

12 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

NOVA School of Law

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

25 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Jul 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

264/2024

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

In accordance with article 39 of the University Teaching Career Statute (ECDU), approved by Decree-Law no. 448/79, of 13 November, in its current wording, by delegation of powers, the Dean of NOVA School of Law at NOVA University, Lisbon, Professor Margarida Lima Rego, following authorising order of 01/02/2024, issued by the Rector of NOVA University, Lisbon, Professor João Sàágua, hereby announces the opening of an international application procedure for a period of 30 working days, starting on the day immediately following the publication of this notice in the Portuguese official gazette (Diário da República), the opening of an international tender procedure for the recruitment of 1 Associate Professor in the university teaching career in the area of Private Law (Civil Legal Sciences), thematic area Peace, Justice and Effective Institutions (ODS 16), under a public service employment contract for an indefinite period of time as established in Order no. 2224/2022, published in the Portuguese official gazette, Series 2, no. 36, of 21 February 2022, as set out in the staff map of NOVA University, Lisbon.
According to the resolution of NOVA School of Law's Scientific Council of 7 December 2022, which approved the consolidated list of NOVA School of Law’s subject areas for the purposes of recruitment procedures, the area of Private Law (Civil Legal Sciences) includes: General Theory of Private Law; Law of Obligations; Civil Liability; Contract Law and Theory; Property Rights; Personal Law; Consumer Law; Technological Innovation and Civil Law; Copyright.
This procedure is ruled by article 37 and following of ECDU, as well as by the Regulation of the University Teaching Career Recruitment Calls at NOVA University, Lisbon (published as an annex to Order no. 3012/2015, 2nd series of the Portuguese official gazette, no. 58, of 24 March) and the Regulation of the Teaching Career Recruitment Calls at NOVA School of Law (Regulation no. 115/2013, published in the 2nd series of the Portuguese official gazette, no. 59, of 25 March).

 

Requirements

Research Field

Juridical sciences » Private law

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

General requirement: on the date of the deadline for submission of applications, the candidate must hold a doctoral degree for more than five (5) years and hold the title of aggregate, under the terms of article 41 of ECDU.

Specific Requirements

Special requirements:(2.1)Holding a doctoral degree in Law; (2.2) Having an excellent curriculum in Civil Legal Sciences, both in Teaching and Research; (2.3) Having, by the deadline for submission of applications, at least 3 (three) articles published in indexed scientific journals with international circulation and peer review in which the candidate is first author; (2.4) Fluency in spoken and written English.

 

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Research Field

Juridical sciences » Private law

Years of Research Experience

4 - 10

Internal Application form(s) needed
APPLICATION-FORM-FOR-COMPETITION-PROCEDURE-OF-TEACHING-STAFF-20.06.2022.pdf
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Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

1. Criteria and weightings for assessment and ranking:
a) Scientific performance (0-45 points):
i. Academic career (0-15 points);
ii. Publication of scientific articles in specialised journals, with publication in indexed scientific journals with international circulation and peer review in which the candidate is first author being valued above all others, as well as quantitative data on their impact, where available, and recognition by the international scientific community; other relevant forms of scientific publication are also given weight, including monographs or book chapters, articles in other relevant scientific journals, and contributions to conference proceedings (0-15 points);
iii. Participation in research projects, with particular value given to projects with external funding to the institutions in which they have been integrated, where the candidate is a principal investigator; supervision of dissertations and other non-teaching components of study cycles with a relevant research dimension; participation as an examiner in academic juries or commissions, with special emphasis on participation as an external evaluator; other indicators of international and/or national recognition of scientific leadership, taking into account awards and distinctions, organisation of scientific conferences, invitations to speak at scientific conferences, membership of international scientific networks, membership of editorial boards of scientific
journals and/or peer review panels, and on juries for scientific prizes or evaluation of research projects (0-10 points);
iv. Quality and innovation of the scientific development project (0-5 points).
b) Teaching ability (45 points):
i. Teaching activity carried out in the area to which this recruitment procedure relates, taking into account the subjects and the diversity of study cycles, and in particular the coordination and management, creation, development and promotion of curricular units, courses or course outlines and study plans, and the production of teaching materials (0-25 points);
ii. Quality and innovation of the pedagogical development project (0-10 points);
iii. Successful attendance of courses or activities to develop teaching skills and/or the quality of the teaching activity carried out, including the evaluation of teaching by students in relation to curricular units taught by the candidate (0-5 points);
iv. The diversity of language skills from the point of view of their suitability for NOVA School of Law's current and expected teaching offer (0-5 points);
c) Other relevant activities (10 points):
i. The ability to translate scientific and academic work into social value, namely by providing services to the community and/or carrying out scientific dissemination activities (0-5 points);
ii. Organising or participating in non-academic events to disseminate knowledge, relevant participation, or aptitude for relevant participation in concerted efforts to raise funds from outside the institutions in which they have been integrated to finance scientific research or scientific dissemination actions, and/or other relevant services to the community related to academia (0-5 points).
2. When assessing applications, special emphasis will be placed on the work and activities carried out in the area of this recruitment procedure in the five years prior to the date of the call.
3. The national and international scope of the candidates’ activities will always be taken into account, with candidates with an international profile being particularly valued.
4. In compliance with Article 9(h) of the Portuguese Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities for men and women with regard to access to employment and professional progression, taking scrupulous care to avoid any form of discrimination.

Selection process

1. Once the deadline for applications has passed, the selection board will meet, either in person or by telematic means, to check the admissibility of applications.
2. Applications that have been favourably accepted by a majority of the members of the jury will be admitted to the competition.
3. If any candidate is rejected outright, they will be notified to make a statement within 10 working days, in accordance with the Code of Administrative Procedure.
4. At the end of this period, the selection board will meet in person or by telematic means to assess and rank the candidates, drawing up a reasoned written opinion with the final ranking of the admitted candidates.
5. Each member of the jury will rank the applications in descending order of merit, giving each application an overall score on a scale of 0 to 100, resulting from the sum of the partial scores given to the weighted aspects.
6. The ranking of the admitted candidates is made by vote of the members of the jury, with each member voting in coherence with their own ranking, unless there are duly substantiated deviations.
7. The final ranking of accepted candidates is determined as follows:
7.1 The first vote is intended to determine which candidate will be placed first, and in this vote, if a candidate obtains more than half of the votes to be placed first, he/she will be ranked in this position;
7.2 If the situation referred to in the previous paragraph does not occur, a new vote will be held, only among the candidates who obtained votes for 1st place, after removing the candidate who received the least votes for that position in the previous vote;
7.3 If there is more than one candidate to be withdrawn, due to an equal number of votes, with a minimum of one vote each, a vote will be held only on these candidates to determine the candidate to be withdrawn from the next vote; in this vote, each member will vote, from among the candidates with equal votes, for the candidate who occupies the lowest position in the order of their opinion; in the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by the casting vote of the president of the jury;
7.4 The votes are repeated until it is determined which candidate will be ranked first; if there are only two candidates left and each of them receives half of the votes, the tie-breaker is made by the casting vote of the president of the jury;
7.5 Once a candidate has been chosen for first place, he/she is removed from the subsequent ballots, and the whole process is repeated for second place, and so on until the ranked list of all candidates is obtained;
7.6 Only candidates with a score of 50 or more will be ranked; candidates with a score of less than 50 awarded by an absolute majority of the members of the jury will be excluded;
7.7 Candidates not selected to take up the post for which this competition is open will be notified to give their opinion within 10 working days, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure.
7.8 Once the prior hearing has taken place, the selection board will analyse the arguments presented and approve the final list of candidates.

Additional comments

https://novalaw.unl.pt/legislacao-e-documentos-de-gestao/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

NOVA School of Law

Country

Portugal

State/Province

Lisbon

City

Lisbon

Postal Code

1099-032

Street

Campus de Campolide

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Lisbon

City

Lisbon

Website

https://novalaw.unl.pt/

Street

Campus de Campolide, Lisbon

Postal Code

1099-032 Lisbon

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

+351 21 384 74 00

STATUS: EXPIRED