Competition for the Academic Position of "Professor" in Professional Field 3.6. Law

The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announces a competition for the academic position of "Professor" in professional field 3.6. Law, area of higher education 3. Social, Economic and Legal Sciences, in Criminal Procedure – one position, for the needs of the Department of Criminal Law.

The announcement was published in the State Gazette, issue 87 of 31 October 2017.

Candidates for "Professor" must meet the following requirements (Art. 71, para. 3 of the Regulations on the Conditions and Procedure for the Acquisition of Scientific Degrees and the Occupation of Academic Positions at the ISL-BAS):

1. to have acquired the educational and scientific degree of "Doctor of Law" or "Doctor of Legal Sciences" (DSc);
2. to have held the academic position of "Associate Professor" at the same or another higher education institution or scientific organisation for no less than two academic years or no less than five years: 
(a) to have been a lecturer, including a part-time lecturer, or a member of a research team at the same or another higher education institution or scientific organisation, or
(b) to have been a practising specialist with proven achievements in his or her field; 
3. to have presented a published monograph or equivalent publications in specialised scientific journals, which do not repeat the works presented for the acquisition of the educational and scientific degree of "Doctor of Law", the scientific degree of "Doctor of Legal Sciences" and for the occupation of the academic position of "Associate Professor"; 
4. to have supervised at least three doctoral students, at least one of whom has defended a dissertation.
5. If candidates have not held the academic position of "Associate Professor", they must present one further published monograph or equivalent publications in specialised scientific journals, which do not repeat those presented for the acquisition of the educational and scientific degree of "Doctor of Law" and the scientific degree of "Doctor of Legal Sciences".
6. All other conditions being equal, account is also taken of the overall assessment obtained from the evaluation of the following indicators: 
(a) possession of the scientific degree of "Doctor of Legal Sciences"; 
(b) development of lecture courses and teaching in the candidate's specialty in a foreign language; 
(c) published textbooks or electronic textbooks based on lecture courses developed by the candidate; 
(d) work with doctoral students; 
(e) leadership of research projects; creation of a scientific group of lecturers; membership of an authoritative organisation in the field of law; presentation of papers at international and national scientific forums; authoritative reviews; creation of a new field in science; an established scientific school; delivery of lectures at foreign universities; 
(f) scientific publications (print and electronic), including publications in international journals.

Candidates for participation in the competition submit an application for admission, accompanied by the following documents (Art. 71, para. 4):

1. a curriculum vitae in the European format;
2. a diploma for the educational and scientific degree of "Doctor of Law" or "Doctor of Legal Sciences";
3. a medical certificate; 
4. a certificate of criminal record; 
5. a summary (in hard copy and electronic format) of the work with which the candidate is applying; 
6. a list of publications and applied research works and a list of citations; 
7. a certificate that they have held the academic position of "Associate Professor" for at least two years, or evidence of compliance with the requirements of Art. 71, para. 3, item 2, letter (a) and/or letter (b); 
8. evidence under Art. 71, para. 3, item 5. 
A candidate who is in an employment relationship with the ISL does not submit the documents under items 3 and 4. 

Deadline for submission of documents – 2 months from the date of publication in the State Gazette.
Documents are accepted at the registry office of the ISL-BAS at 4 Serdika Street, 3rd floor, tel. 02/987 4902.