Academic Opportunities
There are many opportunities to engage in doctoral or postdoctoral research in one of the ten Institutes of Max Planck Law.
Early career researchers benefit from close supervision and mentoring by world leaders in their respective fields. Our Institutes offer unrivalled conditions, including access to rare specialist libraries and databases, work spaces, administrative, and academic and pastoral support. Importantly, researchers receive generous funding contracts in line with public sector salaries.
Additionally, there are many opportunities for our researchers to participate in conferences, seminars, and workshops as well as to instigate projects and initiatives across the Max Planck Law network.
Take a look at the current vacancies for researchers below. A vacancy shows an Institute’s specific requirement, often for a specific project, to be applied for by a specific deadline. If none of the vacancies appeal to you, you can also make a general application at any time in any area that interests you. To do this, select the subject area that interests you in the accordion below and click through to the relevant Institute. There you can find out more about the Institute and methods for application.
Deadline:
5 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
PhD Position
Within the Minerva Research Group The Ethics of Exchange which focuses on how the law’s boundaries are shaped in decision-making processes in organ donation and transplantation.
Deadline:
10 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Research Fellow (Postdoc) for the DFG Research Project
“The Transformation of Human Rights Due Diligence. Norm Contestation in the Business and Human Rights Regime” headed by PD Dr. Janne Mende
Deadline:
19 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Senior Research Fellow/Postdoc — Focus on Nutrition
In the department of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reto M. Hilty.
Deadline:
19 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Senior Research Fellow/Postdoc — Focus on Health
In the department of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reto M. Hilty.
Deadline:
19 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Senior Research Fellow/Postdoc — Focus on Climate Change
In the department of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reto M. Hilty.
Deadline:
30 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Doctoral Students in the Field of Law & Diversity
Working on the project “Cultural and Religious Diversity under State Law across Europe” (CUREDI)
Deadline:
30 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
Postdocs
Several openings available in the Department of Criminal Law under the Director Prof. Dr Tatjana Hörnle.
Deadline:
Open ended
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
PhD Opportunities in the Department of Business and Tax Law
PhD opportunities in tax law, accounting law, corporate law in European and international contexts, private law with connections to business.
Deadline:
Open ended
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Doctoral Training
Application welcome any time in, inter alia, EU constitutional law, international public authority, public law in the European legal space, the individual in public international law, the constitutionalization of public international law, global animal law, etc. → See More
Deadline:
Open ended
Doctoral Students
Unsolicited applications to pursue doctoral research within the areas of the Institute are welcome anytime → See More
Choose a Subject Area
Apart from the current vacancies above, you can also make a general application to engage in either a PhD or temporary research visit at any time and in any area that interests you. To do this, select the subject area that interests you in the accordion below and click through to the relevant Institute. There you can find out more about the Institute and methods for application.
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COMPARATIVE LAW
- Comparative Civil Procedure Law
- Comparative Criminal Law
- Comparative International Law
- Comparative Normative Orders
- Comparative Public Law
- Comparative Private Law
- Comparative Social Law
- Decolonial Comparative Law
CRIMINAL LAW
CRIMINOLOGY
EUROPEAN LAW
- European Civil Procedure Law
- European Law Adjudication
- European Private Law
- European Union Law
- Europeanization of Social Law
- European Coordination of Social Security Systems
- History of European Union Law
- Tax Law in the Context of European Law
HUMAN RIGHTS
- Fundamental Social Rights
- Human Rights, Anthropological Approaches
- Human rights and Protection of Minorities
- International Human Rights Adjudication
- Public Security Law and Fundamenal Rights
- Social Rights and Migration
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & COMPETITION LAW
- Configuration of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
- Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Different Economic Areas
- Principles and Functions of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law
INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Gender and Private International Law
- Gender and Public International Law
- Global Animal Law
- Global Legal History
- International Dispute Settlement
- International Private and Procedural Law
- International Procedural Law
- International Law in the Context of Innovation and Competition
- International Social Rights Protection
- Public International Law
- Tax Law in the Context of International Law
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LAW AND ECONOMICS
- Behavioural Law and Economics
- Behavioural Social Law
- Economic Analysis of Law
- Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Different Economic Areas
LEGAL HISTORY
- Civil Law History
- Comparative History of Legal Method
- History of European Union Law
- History of International Law
- History of International Adjudication
- Legal History in the Early Modern and Modern Period
- Legal History of the Welfare State
- Legal Transfers in the Common Law World
- Normative Production in the Early-Modern Iberian World
- Religious Normativities: Canon Law and Moral Theology
LEGAL THEORY & PHILOSOPHY
- Analytical Legal Theory
- Constitutional Theory
- Global and Transnational Legal Theory
- Law in Modernity
- Legal Philosophy
- Multidisciplinary Theory of Law
- Theory of Legal Science and the History of Legal Scholarship
- Philosophical Foundations of Private International law
- Private Law Theory
- Public International law and Legal Theory
- Sociology of Law
- Transnational Criminal Law Theory
- Theories of Justice and International law
PRIVATE LAW
- Civil Law Disputes and Dispute Resolution
- Civil Law History
- Commercial, Company, and Capital Market Law
- Comparative Private Law
- European Private Law
- European Private Law and Harmonization of Private Law
- European and Comparative Civil Procedure Law
- Gender and Private International Law
- International Private and Procedural Law
- Private law Theory
- Tax Law in the context of Private Law
PROCEDURAL LAW
- Civil Law Disputes and Resolution
- Comparative Civil Procedure Law
- European Civil Procedure Law
- History of Civil Procedure
- International Private and Procedural Law
- International Procedural Law
- Law enforcement and dispute resolution in the context of Intellectual property and Competition Law
PUBLIC LAW
- Adminisitrative Law
- Constitutional and Administrative Social Law
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Theory
- Public International Law
- Public Security Law
- Comparative Public Law
- Public International law and Legal Theory
- Public Security Law
- Tax Law in in the context of Public Law
SOCIAL LAW
- Comparative Social Law
- Social Protection Law
TAX LAW
- Tax Law