Doctoral Student in Tax Law

One position, full time (100%), with start from September 1, 2010.Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) serves regional and global needs by educating entrepreneurial leaders and business creators.JIBS shall be recognized as providing innovative leadership in research, education and service to society within entrepreneurship and business renewal.JIBS is one of four schools within Jönköping University and has about 2200 students and 200 employees of which 80 are PhD students.. The Department of Law has a strong international profile and reputation.Its main on-going research projects are related to International Tax Law, European VAT Law, EC Law, and Company Law.Several of our recent doctoral students have won prestigious international awards for their doctoral theses.As part of our growth strategy, we are now looking for a new doctoral student.The teaching at the Department of Law is conducted both in the Swedish and English language and the candidate is expected to speak and write both languages fluently.WORKING TASKS / QUALIFICATIONS As a doctoral student, working full-time, at least 70 per cent of your time is devoted to your doctoral research.Doctoral research includes coursework and writing a doctoral thesis.The remaining time is allocated to teaching and administrative tasks. The applicant should hold a Master's Degree (or similar) in Law or in a related subject area.*We seek candidates who have the ambition to pursue an international research career and wish to combine a high level of scholarship with research that is relevant to practice.As an international business school, we highly value skills in other languages than Swedish and English, and it is considered an additional qualification for candidates to have an international outlook as well as prior teaching and/or industry experience.Göran Wahlgren, Department Head. APPLICATION Please submit, in 4 copies: your letter of application with a personal description of yourself, a letter of intent (your motivation for enrolling in the doctoral program), a CV, attested documents (transcript, diploma, evidence of prior teaching and or industry experience), a copy of your Master's Thesis and other publications as well as names and phone numbers to at least two references to the address below: Jönköping International Business School Att.Registrar P.O.Box 1026 SE-551 11 Jönköping Sweden The deadline for applying is April 12, 2010.E-mail applications will not be accepted.Please quote reference number 10/017-7.2.9clearly on your application.â