Initiativbewerbung für eine wissenschaftliche Stelle / unsolicited application for academic positio

As an academic staff member you can work on your doctoral or post-doctoral dissertation or on some other research project of your choosing as long as the work fits within our research profile.

General information about the support of junior researchers at the MPI and the possibility to do a doctorate or habilitation / postdoctoral research can be found here.

The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft endeavours to achieve gender equality and diversity. It is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals.

Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

• a documented interest in an area of research pursued by a Director, an Institute research group, or a centre of expertise


• passed first state exam in law or have attained a comparable degree (including degrees earned outside Germany) with above-average results (at least vollbefriedigend)


• very strong German or English skills and, preferably, knowledge of at least one other language


• a willingness to work on international and interdisciplinary topics as well as on European and comparative legal issues

• legal degree with above average marks (in the German system at least vollbefriedigend), earned in- or outside of Germany, or degree in an academic discipline having a relation to the field of law


• completed doctoral dissertation


• very strong German or English skills and, preferably, knowledge of at least one other language