Open PhD position in sustainability reporting at Centre for Market and Economic Law at the Law Faculty.
The PhD scholarship is fully funded and salaried. PhD positions can commence in January 2024 or as soon as possible hereafter. The start date is negotiable. The anticipated end date is 31 December 2026.
The Centre for Market and Economic Law at the Law Faculty at University of Copenhagen now offers a position for an ambitious and committed PhD researcher with interest in business law and sustainability. The candidate will be part of a larger research project, the NASDAQ SUSTAINABILITY LAW RESEARCH, a research project led by associate Professor Lone Wandahl Mouyal and financed by the NASDAQ Nordic Foundation.
The NASDAQ SUSTAINABILITY LAW RESEARCH aims at identifying legal gaps and solutions to the implementation of EU sustainability requirements. Denmark and Danish listed companies are used as a case study for the research. Research results are expected to be relevant to Danish companies and law-makers, but it will also have broader implications for other countries in the Nordics and within EU.
The NASDAQ SUSTAINABILITY LAW RESEARCH runs in 3 parallel tracks:
1) The corporate sustainability due diligence track.
2) The corporate sustainability reporting track.
3) The corporate sustainability accountability track.
The preferred candidate will be able to deliver high-level research and a PhD dissertation, which feeds into the 2nd track, i.e. the corporate sustainability reporting track. The focus of this track will be on the implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Applicants must have obtained a degree that corresponds to the Danish Master of Laws degree which is a second cycle 120 ECTS degree (two years of full-time studies), that builds on a 180 ECTS bachelor’s degree (three years of full-time studies) or equivalent qualifications. Applicants with a non-Danish Master’s degree will have their degree assessed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science in order to establish, if the Master’s degree is equivalent to a Danish Master’s degree.
• Applicants must have obtained a minimum overall grade average of 8.2 or above at the Master’s level in accordance with the Danish grading scale (for Danish scale, see https://ufm.dk/en/education/the-danish-education-system/grading-system?set_language=en&cl=en ).
• Applicants may submit their application before they have completed their Master’s Degree. The Master’s degree must be obtained before the start date.
• Applicants must document an aptitude for research through the meritorious assessment of their final thesis, publications or academic recommendations in order to show that they are capable of undertaking the demanding task of writing a PhD thesis.
• Applicants must have excellent language skills in English and have excellent communications skills. Applicants must be able to teach at an academic level in Danish or English and to follow PhD courses in English.
• Candidates must have general knowledge of EU law.
• Practical experience with non-financial reporting for example from accounting or corporate experience with sustainability reporting, CSR-reporting, UN Global Compact etc. is an advantage.

Please refer the Job description for details