Student Research Assistant

Unist; Amsterdam; Híbrido; EUR 36.000 - 37.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

8% holiday allowance

8.3% year-end bonus

salary scale SA

Descripción de la vacante

The University of Amsterdam seeks a student assistant for the DSA/GDPR research project in the Amsterdam Law School. You will help identify and log DSA private enforcement cases, draft case summaries, and update ongoing GDPR-related analyses.

The role supports collaboration across ACT and IViR and contributes to a co-authored academic article and a DSA Observatory blog post. You will work 10 hours per week under a temporary contract from 1 November 2026 to 30 June 2027, with a gross monthly

Formación

• Master's student in Law; solid legal background also welcome
• Strong interest in platform regulation, data protection, collective redress and access to justice
• Work precisely and systematically; write clearly and concisely; comfortable with spreadsheets or databases
• Excellent English; read legal texts in at least one other EU language (German, Dutch or French valued)
• Available for full contract period; flexible in consultation with the team

Responsabilidades

• Identify, log and code new DSA private enforcement cases for the tracker
• Write and review case summaries based on judgments and filings
• Update the APPLIED case law analysis with new developments
• Support comparison between fields for a co-authored academic article and blog post
• Maintain the literature library and assist with an online expert workshop

Conocimientos

Legal research

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Educación

Master's student in Law

Herramientas

Spreadsheets

Databases

Descripción del empleo

Organisation/Company University of Amsterdam (UvA) Research Field Juridical sciences » Private law Juridical sciences » European law Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline 13 Nov 2026 - 22:59 (UTC) Country Netherlands Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Not Applicable Hours Per Week 10.0 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

How do individuals and civil society organisations take platforms and data-driven companies to court? And what can litigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) learn from collective data protection actions under the GDPR? We are looking for a student assistant to help us investigate.

Join us!

This project, funded through UvA DDT seed funding, connects two ongoing research projects at the Amsterdam Law School. The first maps the private enforcement of the DSA before national courts, including a DSA case tracker published through the DSA Observatory. The second, APPLIED, examines the collective private enforcement of the GDPR through a systematic analysis of case law across Europe. Together, we compare why and how (collective) private enforcement is pursued in both fields: who brings claims, on what legal basis, and with what remedies and results. The project is a collaboration between the Department of Private Law (Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law, ACT) and the Institute for Information Law (IViR).

What you will do

• Identify, log and code new DSA private enforcement cases for the DSA case tracker (to be launched shortly), keeping it up to date as a public resource
• Write and review case summaries for the tracker, based on judgments, filings and other primary sources
• Update the APPLIED case law analysis of collective GDPR actions with recent developments, including new national case law, representative actions and CJEU judgments
• Support the comparison between the two fields, which feeds into a co-authored academic article and a DSA Observatory blog post
• Help maintain a shared literature library and assist with organising an online expert workshop with litigators and academics

Your profile

• You are a Master's student in Law, for instance in Information Law or Private Law; students from other programmes with a solid legal background are also welcome to apply
• You have a strong interest in platform regulation, data protection, collective redress and access to justice
• You work precisely and systematically, write clearly and concisely, and are comfortable with spreadsheets or databases
• You have excellent English and can read legal texts in at least one other EU language; German, Dutch or French are especially valuable
• You are available for the full contract period and can work flexibly in consultation with the team

What we offer

• Hands-on experience in comparative and empirical legal research at the intersection of private law and information law
• A place in a small, collaborative team spanning ACT, IViR and the DSA Observatory, with room for your own initiative
• Co-authorship of a DSA Observatory blog post presenting the project's findings
• A temporary contract of 10 hours per week from 1 November 2026 to 30 June 2027. Your salary is € 3.230,00 to € 3.288,00 gross per month on a full-time basis (38 hours per week; salary scale SA, depending on your year of study), plus 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% year-end bonus. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities applies.

You will work in this team

The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 39,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds.

With over 5,000 students and more than 500 staff members, the Amsterdam Law School is one of the larger law faculties in the Netherlands. We educate lawyers who know how to apply the law effectively with the aim of making a real contribution to solving social problems. The Amsterdam Law School stands for progressive and trail-blazing education and research, for stronger legal institutions, solutions to social problems and a better and juster society.

For questions about the position, please contact Dr Anna van Duin (Department of Private Law) at [e-mail].