Postdoctoral Positions at iCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

Official occupation: Post doc., samfundsvidenskab. Employment conditions: Almindelige vilkår. Employer CVR: 29979812.

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Public Sector, Education & Impact (occupation evidence). The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 2 postdoctoral positions available from 1 February 2027, for a duration of 2-3 years. Successful candidates will join the Avant-Courts project at iCourts, Centre of Excellence for International Courts and Governance. About the project Avant-Courts - Decentring Legal Power:

Avantgarde Courts at the Frontiers of the Global Economy The project is led by Professor Mikael Rask Madsen and investigates the transformation of the global legal order caused by the rise of new hybrid courts at the frontiers of the global economy.

It focuses on jurisdictional battles and legal knowledge exchanges between Western courts and new challengers, analysing how new litigation hubs are disrupting traditional legal institutions. The project starts out by examining avantgarde courts in three distinct legal spaces: new economic spaces, outer space, and virtual spaces. Other empirical sites may also be considered.

The postdoc projects are expected to contribute to Avant-Courts’ exploration of virtual courts or space adjudication1 …