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With over 1500 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is a diverse, vibrant and inclusive community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact.

Please see our current vacancies below.

This is an opportunity to join a supportive and welcoming team of staff providing support to students across the full student lifecycle in the School of Law. Working in a fast-paced environment, Student Advisers provide guidance and support to all students, including additional assistance where needed, in navigating University support systems. The role encompasses pastoral support and administrative work.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns. Student Advisers in Law support mainly campus-based students, so requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis, a mix of remote and regular on-campus working) are typically limited to 1 day a week from home. 

The salary for this post is £33,882 - £39,105 per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

  • Knowledge of and sensitivity to the complex areas of student wellbeing and support
  • Experience of working independently and ability to prioritise workloads in the face of conflicting demands
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - remaining calm under pressure, being able to provide a safe and welcoming space for students in distress
  • Constructive team player, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively 

We are proud to be a diverse Law School. With over 1400 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is an international, vibrant community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact. Our Law School would not be the community it is without our staff and students and we particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally under-represented.

Please apply with a CV and personal statement indicating how you meet the Knowledge. Skills and Experience outlined in the job description. We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role. Law interview panels will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.

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The closing date for applications is 13th of February 2025.

This is an excellent opportunity for two dynamic early career post-doctoral researchers join an exciting interdisciplinary research project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Infra-Legalities: Global Security Infrastructures, Artificial Intelligence and International Law. This project is investigating how AI and automated decision making (ADM) processes are reshaping global security law and governance, with an empirical focus on three areas: (i) digital bordering infrastructures, (ii) platform governance of terrorist and violent extremist content online, and (iii) counterterrorism watchlisting systems. These posts are part of a Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr. Gavin Sullivan (University of Edinburgh). The project involves academic collaborators from law, computer science, critical security studies, global governance and legal anthropology and numerous policy partners from AI and global security-related areas. 

You will play a leading role developing critical, interdisciplinary research for this project at Edinburgh Law School, focusing on at least one of the empirical areas outlined above. Whilst a background in law is desirable, it is not essential. Researchers from other social science disciplines – including Science and Technology Studies (STS), Critical Data Studies, Politics/IR, and Critical Security Studies etc. are also encouraged to apply. A commitment to data and social justice, and advancing the rights of individuals and marginalised groups, is important as is experience in socio-legal or empirical social science research. In this role you will be supported to deliver an ambitious and impactful research agenda and develop a strong research profile, placing you in a strong position to take the next important step in your academic career.  

Both posts are full-time (35 hours per week), two-years fixed term posts based at The University of Edinburgh, School of Law. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working that combine a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. It is envisaged that these roles will involve empirical research and the use of qualitative research methods within and outside the UK. Commencement date is flexible, but we are ideally looking for successful applicants to start in, or before, Summer 2025.  

The salary for this post is £40,247 - £42,632 per annum, depending on experience.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

  • A PhD (or near completion) in Law, Security Studies, STS, Critical Data Studies or related discipline and experience in qualitative, socio-legal or empirical social science research.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and experience of working collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
  • Knowledge of and interest in the transformative effects of AI and algorithmic security governance and the related questions of social and data justice that these changes provoke.
  • Initiative and independence in managing workload, with excellent project management skills.
  • A growing track record of producing high-quality and interdisciplinary academic scholarship. 

We are proud to be a diverse Law School. With over 1400 students and 150 members of academic, research and professional services staff, Edinburgh Law School is an international, vibrant community dedicated to providing research and teaching with local and global reach and impact. Our Law School would not be the community it is without our staff and students and we particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally under-represented in the subject. 

As well as a CV and cover letter, candidates are requested to upload an outline (maximum 2 pages) of their current and future research plans and a one-page document identifying their two strongest publications (which may include work under review or accepted but not published), and explaining why - in their view - these papers are both original and significant. 

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The closing date for applications is the 28th of February 2025.