Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Health Law

The Erasmus Observatory on Health Law has a vacancy:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Health Law
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Institute of Health Policy and Management

Applications are invited for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow to join a NWO (Dutch Scientific Council)-funded research project granted to Dr. Den Exter to study the role of International/European trade law on Dutch health insurance. Experience in areas related to International and European trade law and health law is essential, and expertise in Dutch health law is highly desirable. You will join an active research team studying the concept of health law from a national and international perspective.

The objectives of the study are to examine the influence of international law on organizing and financing (Dutch) social health insurance law, in particular when introducing forms of competition in public health services. Therefore, this research explores the legal foundation of the WTO's and EU's trade in services policy, when liberalizing health insurance services. The comparison aims to present a common framework of the law of the WTO and the EU defining the scope of public services immunity under treaty law.

You will have a PhD in a relevant area, with a legal background. You should be an enthusiastic and well-motivated scientist, a good teamworker.

The post is available immediately for a period up to two years with an estimated start date of 1 July 2010.

For job description and to apply on-line

Salary                                                 Gross monthly salary is scale 11
Application Deadline              1st of June 2010
Contact                                             Andre den Exter, denexter@bmg.eur.nl or Martin Buijsen, buijsen@bmg.eur.nl , phone + 31 10 4081867