Competitions for the academic positions of Associate Professor and Chief Assistant Professor

The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announces competitions for academic positions in the area of higher education 3. Social, Economic and Legal Sciences, professional field 3.6. Law, as follows: 
Associate Professors – one in Civil Procedure and one in Labour Law and Social Security, for the needs of the Department of Civil Law;
Chief Assistant Professor – one in Private International Law, for the needs of the Department of International Law.

The announcement was published in the State Gazette, issue 16 of 17.02.2017.

Candidates for Associate Professor must meet the following requirements (Art. 70, para. 3 of the Regulations on the Conditions and Procedure for the Acquisition of Scientific Degrees and for the Holding of Academic Positions at the ISL-BAS):

1. to have acquired the educational and scientific degree "Doctor of Law" or "Doctor of Legal Sciences";
2. for no less than two years:
a) to have held the academic position of "Assistant Professor" and/or "Chief Assistant Professor", or
b) 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
c) to have been a practising specialist with proven achievements in their field;
3. to have submitted a published monograph or equivalent publications in specialised scientific journals, which must not repeat the works submitted for the acquisition of the educational and scientific degree "Doctor of Law" or the scientific degree "Doctor of Legal Sciences".
4. 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 "Doctor of Legal Sciences";
b) development of lecture courses; innovations in teaching methods;
c) published teaching materials – manuals, collections and others developed by the candidate, or co-authorship of a published textbook or electronic textbook;
d) work with students and doctoral students, including joint work with students and doctoral students in research projects;
e) participation in research projects; presentation of papers at international and national scientific forums; membership of a reputable organisation in the field of law;
f) scientific publications (printed and electronic), including publications in international journals.

Candidates for the competition submit an application for admission, accompanied by the following documents (Art. 70, para. 4):

1. a curriculum vitae in the European format;
2. a diploma for the educational and scientific degree "Doctor of Law" or "Doctor of Legal Sciences";
3. a medical certificate;
4. a criminal record certificate;
5. a certificate that they have held the academic position of "Assistant Professor" and/or "Chief Assistant Professor" for at least two years, or evidence of compliance with the requirements of Art. 70, para. 3, item 2, letter "b" and/or letter "c" of the Regulations for.....;
6. a list of publications and applied scientific work and a list of citations;
7. evidence under Art. 70, para. 3, item 4;
8. a summary (in hard copy and electronic form) of the work submitted for the competition.
A candidate who is in an employment relationship with the ISL does not submit the documents under items 3 and 4.

Candidates for Chief Assistant Professor must meet the following requirements (Art. 69, para. 3 of the Regulations on the Conditions and Procedure for the Acquisition of Scientific Degrees and for the Holding of Academic Positions at the ISL-BAS):

• to hold the educational and scientific degree "Doctor of Law", to have at least three years of professional experience in the specialty and at least five publications in specialised scientific journals.

Candidates for the competition submit an application for admission, accompanied by the following documents (Art. 69, para. 4):

1. a curriculum vitae in the European format;
2. a diploma for the educational and scientific degree "Doctor of Law";
3. a medical certificate;
4. a criminal record certificate;
5. a certificate of at least three years of professional experience in the specialty;
6. a list of publications and applied scientific work and a list of citations.

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