The School of Law invites applications for full-time professors in the field of IT Law.

The School of Law is accepting applications for a position of a full- time professor in IT Law, specialised in Legal Foundations of E-Services and IT Security (click for more information) and for a position of a full-time professor, specialised in Databases, Data Processing and Privacy in the field of ICT (click for more information).

The main task in both positions is to assemble a working group which focuses on specified research topics. The applicants must meet the following qualifications and experience:

• PhD in Law or an equivalent qualification. Qualification in the field of technology or IT is considered as an advantage;

• experience in conducting academic research on a high level, incl. in the abovementioned field;

• success in acquiring research funds in law and information technology fields;

• experience in leading international research projects;

• experience in conducting classroom teaching in the last 5 years in graduate and postgraduate level.

The University of Tartu (UT) was founded in 1632. It belongs to the top 2% of world's best universities by ranking 347th in the QS World University Rankings 2016/17 and within the 301–350 range in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016-2017. It has about 13 400 students, including more than 1300 doctoral students.

The UT has been teaching law since its founding. Today, teaching law still remains as one of the main responsibilities of UT according to the contract signed by the Ministry of Justice, UT and other universities in the country. Estonia is considered as one of the most advanced e-societies in the world and IT Law as a part of ICT is considered as one of the growth areas of smart specialisation in Estonia.

Read more about the application documents here.

Application deadline is January 31, 2017.

Additional information: anette.aav [ät] ut.ee

Please note that all documents must be sent to personal [ät] ut.ee.