R220302 - Reader In Law

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Aston Law School
Location:  Aston University Main Campus
Salary:  £51,799 to £60,022
Grade:  Grade 10
Contract Type:  Continuing
Basis:  Full Time
Closing Date:  23.59 hours BST on Sunday 19 June 2022
Interview Date:  Friday 01 July 2022
Reference:  R220302
Release Date:  Wednesday 18 May 2022

Aston Law School seeks to be a distinctive law school, combining academic strength and practical insight to the benefit of our current and next generation stakeholders. We do so as part of The Guardian’s University of the Year 2020, with Gold TEF status, and as one of the leading universities in the UK for Entrepreneurship and Social Mobility. We are an independent law school within the same College as, and with strong links to, the world-renowned Aston Business School

We are recruiting a research active Reader to join our research active community of law academics which is currently focused in the areas of:

• the New Economy, constituting:
  • Global Commerce (including Digital and Traditional Enterprise and Entrepreneurship;  Finance, and IP, Space law); and
  • Global Finance (including FinTech, Credit Rating, Crypto and borderless currencies, Debt Finance and Insolvency);
• Risk, Regulation and Governance (RRG) (including ESG, Financial Crime, Legal Risk, Algorithmic/AI risk and Regulation, Governance of new technology and business models; Relevant Policy Development, Crises, Professional risk);
• Rights of the Individual (including Property, Real Estate, Human and Personality rights, Reputation and Digital Assets); and 
• Language and Law: language-focused analysis of legal texts and documents, jurisprudence; the future of law and lawtech including predictive analytics and the potential for corpus linguistics for legal analysis.

The ethos of the School and therefore this role provides opportunities to shape how we make our contribution in the most effective way for our beneficiaries.  Hence this role can be moulded in ways that better serve those beneficiaries.

This post is available to start immediately.  Informal enquiries about it should be addressed to Jonathan Fortnam (Dean of Aston Law School) by email [email protected] .

Aston University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  It promotes equality and diversity in all aspects of its work. We are committed to the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charter-marks/athena-swan/ , recognised by a silver award, and we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. We strive to have robust inclusivity strategies in place, including race and sexual orientation, to encourage colleagues to have the confidence and freedom to be themselves in the workplace. For more information, visit: https://www2.aston.ac.uk/about/inclusive-aston

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

If you require the job details document or an application form in an alternative format please contact the recruitment team at [email protected]