Postdoctoral Research Fellow; SCiDA

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Salary The starting salary will be from £42,882 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.

Job profile for Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SCiDA)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SCiDA) Exeter 29/05/2025 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SCiDA) Apply online

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Two full time posts are available on a 12 month fixed term basis (one post to commence 1 August 2025 and the other post to commence 1 February 2026).

The post
You will participate in the research project 'Shaping Competition in the Digital Age' (SCiDA ) .

One post is funded by AHRC (UK Arts and Humanities Research Council) and the other by DFG (German Research Foundation). You will be participating in a comparative research of the UK, EU and German regimes for shaping competition in digital markets and contribute to teaching European Union Law and Law, Digital Markets & Competition modules.

The posts will include conducting comparative theoretical, empirical and doctrinal research of UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act, EU Digital Markets Act and the amended German Competition Act; studying relevant legislation, jurisprudence, soft law, academic literature and policy discussions in order to produce high quality academic research and contribute to other activities within the SCiDA project.

About you
You will:

• be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals
• be able to identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events
• possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study
• be a nationally recognised authority in Competition Law (preferably with the focus on Digital Markets) and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies
• be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leaders as required
• be able to contribute to teaching of European Union Law and Law, Digital Markets & Competition modules

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research

• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly

• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development

• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career

• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26wks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6wks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy

• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

The University of Exeter
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