| Visiting Research Fellows to the AHRC Centre in IP and IT Law |
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The AHRC Centre in Intellectual Property and Technology Law seeks application
from scholars working anywhere in the world, in the fields of IT law, IP law,
medical law or biotechnology, or any associated fields of interest, to visit at
the University of Edinburgh, for periods of anything from two weeks to one year.
Applications are equally welcome from established lecturers or professors, from
younger colleagues, and industry partners. We are unable to consider
applications from current PhD students. Financial assistance is available,
although a full salary cannot be paid, nor can benefits as as superannuation.
Visitors will be encouraged to teach on Honours and Masters courses given under
the auspices of the AHRC Centre, and to take a full part in the intellectual
life of the Centre. Suggestions for guest courses for one term or more to be
given as part of the LL.M in Innovation, Technology and the Law programme would
be particularly welcome.
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| Requirements |
Visitors are encouraged to contribute to the intellectual life of the AHRC
Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law in one
or more of the following ways:
- teaching seminars on our honours/masters programme
- delivering public lecture(s)
- offering stand-alone seminars on their research
- contributing directly to the research programme of the Centre.
It is asked that potential applicants take account of this in their application. Visiting Research
Fellow seminars will be performed by the Fellow under the banner of the AHRC
Centre seminar programme in Edinburgh. The Centre will endeavour as
far as is practical to provide any study accommodation, and computing, Internet
and library facilities to the Fellow, and assistance will be given to help find
accommodation in Edinburgh for the duration of the stay.
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| The Arts and Humanities Research Council Centre |
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The AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
explores the relationship between law and new technologies, including policy and
practical developments, in science, medicine, culture and innovation. It is a
major research hub directing international research networks and young scholars
in identifying the appropriate balance to be struck between protection and
regulation, freedom and privacy, the market and intervention to promote policy
objectives such as education and research. In addition to its dynamic and
cross-cutting research programme, the Centre fully exploits its technical and
legal expertise in the delivery of its teaching and public engagement agenda.
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| The Centre’s Research Programme |
After the initial success of Phase 1 (2002-2007), the AHRC Centre secured
further support from the Council to take its work into Phase 2 from 2007-2012.
The Phase 2 Centre moves beyond the project-driven approach of Phase 1 to
embrace fully its role as an international research hub with clear thematic
focus on the creation and development of new paradigms for the legal
characterisation of, and response to, the demands and potentials of new
technologies.
This involves more direct collaborations towards policy and practice-driven
ends, not only with other academic lawyers, but also with scholars from other
disciplines, policy-makers, practitioners, business and civil society. Phase 1
revealed the enormous potential which exists for such work within the UK, Europe
and the world beyond. Phase 2 translates this potential into actuality,
providing collaborative and interdisciplinary, yet practical, scholarship
addressing new research questions of economic and social importance and visibly
affecting law, policy and practice. A particular aim is to develop a critical
mass of scholars working in the relevant fields. As a leading centre, we want
the Centre to be attractive to overseas visiting fellows and research
postgraduates (especially from developing countries), and it is an explicit
focus of our Centre to attract visitors such as these.
A full account
of the Centre's Phase 2 projects can be found here. |
| The University and the School |
| The University of Edinburgh is a research and teaching institution of
the highest international quality. The Edinburgh Law School will continue to
demonstrate, and to enhance, that quality in its research and teaching
endeavours. In making appointments the School seeks to ensure that it recruits
persona committed to and with the potential to achieve both teaching and
research of the highest standard. Further details about the School are set out
below and may be followed up in detail on its website,
http://www.law.ed.ac.uk. |
| Each year the School of Law admits around 180 students to the first year
of the LLB programme. The Ordinary degree is normally completed in three
years, and the honours degree (to which about three quarters of LLB students
proceed) in four. At postgraduate level, the Faculty mounts a successful and
expanding LLM/MSc programme as well as offering research degrees. In 2001-2
there are 145 postgraduates studying in the School, with 80 admitted to the
LLM/MSc and 65 research students. |
| The School of Law, along with the Law Library and the Europa Library, is
housed in the historic premises of Old College in the centre of Edinburgh. On
1 August 1999 its six former Departments (Private Law, Public Law, the Centre
for Law and Society, Public International Law, the Europa Institute and the
Legal Practice Unit) were amalgamated to form a single School of Law. In
2001-2 there are around 45 full-time academic staff along with a number of
part-time lecturers, about 80 part-time tutors, and library, computing,
administrative and secretarial staff. There is a congenial working environment
which is both lively and productive, with good links between the School and
Departments elsewhere in the University including History and Classics. The
School contains a number of research centres and has an active and vital
culture in both teaching and research. Its libraries are amongst the best law
libraries in the UK, and it has an excellent computing and information
technology resource. |
| Further information |
| Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Rachael Craufurd Smith, Senior Lecturer in EC Law (r.c.smith@ed.ac.uk
or telephone 0131 650 2006). More information about the AHRC Centre can be
found at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc. |
| Application Procedure |
To apply, please download, complete, and return the
Application Form to the following
address:
AHRC Centre for
IP & IT Law,
School of Law,
University of Edinburgh,
Old College,
South
Bridge,
Edinburgh EH8 9YL
by the relevant closing date. There are three closing dates per year: on 1
February, 1 June and 1 November. |
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