Professor of Criminal Law

Aarhus University invites applications for a professorship in criminal law. The position will be filled as per 1 January 2025 or by agreement.

• Contribute significantly to the faculty's overall research strategy and to the department's research and teaching environment within the main area of criminal law, particularly the general and special part of criminal law.
• Teach in Danish, including in criminal law at the Bachelor's degree programme.
• Participate in internal and external, including national and international, research groups within the subject area and relevant interdisciplinary areas.
• Disseminate knowledge to a wider circle of stakeholders, including the mass media.
• Conduct the development of the subject area at the highest international level, including supervising PhD students within the subject area and by offering relevant research training courses.
• Undertake research management within the subject area and actively pursue the department's objective of increased external funding.

• Research and teaching qualifications at such level as can be attained following a satisfactory period of appointment as associate professor within the subject area, but which could also be achieved otherwise.
• Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level within the subject area, and the applicant should document that he/she has contributed to the further development of the subject area.
• Document publication in/with leading national and international journals/publishers and document experience with presentation of his/her research for peers within the subject area at leading international conferences.
• Document a research plan or considerations about further development of the subject area, including in relation to the interaction between Danish general and special criminal law.
• Document significant teaching and examination qualifications in the subject area.
• Document the ability to perform research management and, where appropriate, other management functions, for example the ability to enter into and build a strong research environment.
• Document the ability to obtain external funding.

The Department of Law is one of the six departments at Aarhus BSS - one of the five faculties at Aarhus University. Aarhus BSS unites the business and social science-related research fields and brings them closer together to reflect the close relationship between society and the business community.

With almost 60 academic staff, a competent secretariat with just over 10 technical-administrative staff and approx. 20 PhD students, we have a dynamic, ambitious and academically diverse teaching and research environment.

At the Department of Law, we offer high-quality teaching and research in Danish, European and international law and jurisprudence. We attach great importance to the practical applicability of our research for Danish legal life.

For further information about the position and the department, please contact Head of Department, professor Torsten Iversen.

For more information about research opportunities at Aarhus University, please visit our website.