Postdoctoral Research Fellow

The University of Edinburgh - School of Law

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: 1^st Sept 2026 – 31^st Dec 2028

The Opportunity:

The post-holder will be part of an exciting new research project funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) entitled “Fashion’s PLACE – Private (International) Law and Circular Economy”. The project explores the private law and private international law components of legal design for a just circular economy transition in global value chains (GVC). It takes the fashion industry as a case study, examining the journey of textiles from the places of production, via the marketplaces of consumption, to the places of disposal.

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher with a background in private international law and experience in legal analysis of private international law issues, particularly those relating to sustainability challenges.

The post-holder will be line managed by Professor Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and will be based in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh. The post-holder will work closely with other investigators at the University of Edinburgh and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, namely Dr Antonia Sommerfeld, Dr Michael Picard and Professor Ralf Michaels.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week).

For informal inquiries, please contact Professor Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Principal Investigator and Chair of Private International Law, v.ruiz.abou-nigm@ed.ac.uk

Apply Before: 04/05/2026, 23:59