CEL Postdoctoral Research Associate - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

CEL Postdoctoral Research Associate - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

About us

King's College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment, where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning, in the service of society. We are a multi-faculty institution, providing high-quality teaching, research and innovation across the sciences, humanities, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. As a member of the Russell Group , an association of leading UK research-intensive universities, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards in research and education. King's is the fourth oldest university in England, with more than 33,000 students from over 190 countries. Background information about the university including rankings, research outputs and King’s Vision 2029 is available: About us | About | King’s College London (kcl.ac.uk)

The CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate will be based at the Centre of European Law (CEL), within The Dickson Poon School of Law, one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally. The Centre of European Law (CEL) was founded in 1974. One of the oldest research centres of its kind, CEL is recognised internationally as a research leader in European Law, its teaching excellence across specialist areas, and its service to the wider communities, including government, public authorities, international organisations, and the practising profession. CEL’s mission is to offer an unbiased forum to debate the many challenges facing European integration, in the belief that discussion and dialogue are ever so necessary. The work of the Centre focuses on the relationships between domestic and European laws, the dialogue between courts, and external relations concerning trade. The Centre is actively engaged with society and external stakeholders, such as government, NGO’s, the practising profession, and policy makers.

About the role

The Centre of European Law (CEL) invites applications for the CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate, a 24-month appointment due to commence in September 2026. The role provides a development opportunity to an early career researcher with exceptional potential in research and scholarship within the area of European Law. The successful applicant will have received their PhD in a relevant subject area within 5 years of the start date. During the two-year appointment, the CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate will be fully integrated within the research community of the Centre of European Law and will contribute to CEL’s research culture, grant capture and engagement and research impact activities. As such, they will be expected to produce high-quality publishable research and, in collaboration with CEL members, at least one major collaborative grant application per year.

The objectives and key responsibilities of the posts are as follows:

Research and scholarship:

• During the two-year appointment, the CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate will:
• Develop at least one major collaborative grant application per year together with the members of the Centre of European Law
• support the CEL in its research funding development and grant application capture; working with the Centre Directors and Research Development Manager;
• Contribute to joint CEL publications, projects or initiatives;
• Publish 2-3 pieces of authored and co-authored research in peer reviewed journals, as a book chapter, or as a monograph.

Communication, liaison and networking:

• The CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate will be expected to: 
• participate in and develop the Centre’s engagement and impact activity; with the expectation that the CEL Post Doctoral Research Associate will lead on the design and organisation of a minimum of two CEL events per year, with support from events staff.
• contribute to the research environment and support the Centres aims and values; 
• be able to communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature. 

Teamwork

• Be actively integrated with the CEL team and work effectively with colleagues on Centre-led initiatives;
• Attend and contribute to Centre meetings, as required;
• Attend Centre events, as required.

Initiative, problem solving and decision making:

• Develop ideas for application/dissemination of research outcomes;
• Contribute to collaborative decision making with colleagues in areas of research

Expertise

• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes

This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/08/2028.