UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2 within UCD Sutherland School of Law

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website.

This position is within an ERC Consolidator Grant led by Professor Maebh Harding (Principal Investigator). The ‘reKINdle project’ is a 5-year comparative qualitative study focused on expanding empirical and theoretical understandings of the parent/child link and finding a new legal conceptualisation that works better for children and families. The project is fundamentally about how law relates to and shapes human behaviour.  To do so, reKINdle develops a socio-legal comparative law method to map and analyse legal regulation of the parent/child link in 5 case study countries (provisionally Ireland, England, Poland, France and Sweden). The project also investigates lived experience of regular and irregular legal status through qualitative interviews with parents and other adults. reKINdle will host two international workshops exploring different understanding of the parent/child relationship. In the final stage, reKINdle will use prefigurative techniques and focus groups to explore alternative understandings of legal concepts.

PD1 Salary Range: €46,305 - €52,863 Per Annum

PD2 Fixed Salary: €54,307 Per Annum

Appointment on the above range will be dependent upon qualifications and experience.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 10/10/2025

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

PhD or for someone entering a new area for the first time. If you have already completed your PD1 stage in UCD or will soon complete a PD1, or you are an external applicant whose total Postdoctoral experience, inclusive of the duration of the advertised post, would exceed 4 years, you should not apply and should refer to PD2 posts instead.

The PD2 post is intended for researchers that have completed PD1. As with the PD1, if you have already completed your PD2 stage in UCD or will soon complete a PD2, or your total Postdoctoral experience, inclusive of the duration of the advertised post, would exceed 6 years, you should not apply and should refer to Research Fellow posts instead.

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