Are you an enthusiastic student and do you want to be involved and support the research and teaching of the Law Centre for Health and Life

Join our team!

For the Law Centre for Health and Life in the Faculty of Law we are looking for an enthusiastic student assistant for research support.

What will you do

Your core tasks in this position will include a combination of the following:

• support in the research of the Centre particularly of drs. Katrina Perehudoff and James Hazel including research tasks formatting of research reports and/or assistance with transcribing/coding of expert interviews;
• Assistance developing and managing Bachelors of Law course materials;
• support in setting up the organization/events mailing lists and contacts of a new consortium/programme of research.

What do we require

For this position of lecturer we require that you are:

• interested or a student in Health Law;
• interested or a student in European Law or Public International Law;
• experience using social science research methods is welcome;
• available through the end of August 2025 ;
• a clear communicator in English knowledge of Dutch is preferred;
• able to work independently on projects and play a coordinating role in a team.

What do we offer

We offer you a challenging and diverse position in an ambitious environment. The position is for minimum 6 hours and maximum 16 hours per week with a start date as soon as possible. The vacancy may be filled by more than one candidate depending on suitability.

The salary amounts to a minimum of 3.084and a maximum of 3.141gross per month (salary scale SA CAO Nederlandse Universiteiten) based on full-time employment (38 hours). The UvA also offers extensive secondary employment benefits including 8% vacation pay and 8.3% year-end bonus. TheCAO Nederlandse Universiteitenapplies.

About us

The Law Centre for Health and Life strives to understand how law regulation and policy impact health and how health in turn impacts law and Law Center for Health and Life strives to understand how law regulation and policy impact on health and in turn how health including environmental health and technological advances in the field of health impacts law and policy.

The Centre works from a strong foundation in bioethical values and fundamental rights. The Centres work impacts multiple levels of society by supporting innovative legal solutions at local national European and international level that protect vulnerable citizens in the face of public medical and industrial powers in the field of health and environmental health challenges.

The Law Center for Health and Life is founded on curiosity-driven research autonomy and academic freedom. The Centre fosters an inclusive academic environment with diverse disciplinary knowledge and skill sets from a range of legal our work we connect with other disciplines such as (bio)medicine environmental sciences public health and epidemiology policy and governance political science anthropology and sociology economics and other fields. The Law Centre for Health & Life seeks new knowledge through the use of multi- and interdisciplinary research methods.

The Law Center for Health and Life achieves its goals through:

• High impact research that the Centre disseminates to audiences within and beyond the legal world with legal findings relevant to their spheres of work.
• Societal connection by engaging closely with key stakeholders in the field of health and health-related policy.
• Education excellence by connecting groundbreaking research to teaching in the newly accredited UvA Master Programme on Health Law and through contributions to (interdisciplinary) health and law programs within the UvA.

Do you recognize yourself in the job profile Then we look forward to receiving your application. You may apply online by using the red button.

Applications in .pdf should include:

• a cover letter
• CV
• And list of your university grades (in one file)

For questions about the position or the department please contact during office hours:

• Katrina Perehudoff
• James W. Hazel