PhD: Regulating Digital Systems & Big Tech Ecosystems

Uva; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Amsterdam invites applications for a Doctoral candidate position within the REGULAIRE network in information law and platform regulation. You will conduct a legal PhD at IViR, contributing to the DSA Observatory and Democratic Digital Transformation initiatives.

The role includes supervision across institutions, international secondments, and participation in training schools, with a competitive gross salary and a structured career plan.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in law, political science, media and communication studies, or related fields.
• Demonstrable interest in studying law in relation to digital tech and services.
• Skills or interest in qualitative regulatory process tracing and interviews.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Willingness to engage in international mobility, including secondments.

Responsibilities

• Refine research questions and design with supervision team; prepare ethics, data-management and open-science materials.
• Collect, manage and analyse data using approved methods.
• Complete a doctoral thesis and related outputs under REGULAIRE.
• Participate in local and network-wide training, cohort activities and dissemination.
• Undertake the planned three-month intersectoral secondment.
• Contribute to the research activities of the DSA Observatory.
• Promote research integrity, equality and FAIR data practices.

Skills

Qualitative research

Interviews

Regulatory process tracing

English proficiency

Mobility

Education

Master's degree

Job description

The University of Amsterdam invites applications for a Doctoral candidate position within the REGULAIRE network in information law and platform regulation. You will conduct a legal PhD at IViR, contributing to the DSA Observatory and Democratic Digital Transformation initiatives.

The role includes supervision across institutions, international secondments, and participation in training schools, with a competitive gross salary and a structured career plan.