Postdoctoral Researcher in Tax Law

Postdoctoral Researcher in Tax Law
Region: Luxembourg (country)
Required experience: None
Environment: Academic
Contract: Temporary position (Full-time)

Company description

If you choose to study or do your research at the University of Luxembourg, you will be part of a young and dynamic institution seeking growth, to which you, as a student, researcher or lecturer, can contribute, and actively participate in its development process. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the heart of Europe, a multilingual country and headquarters of many European institutions and businesses, offers a particularly interesting setting. Therefore, the University of Luxembourg resolutely seeks an international, multilingual vocation and founds privileged partnerships . Since August 12th 2003, the university offers Bachelor and Master Degrees, and Doctorates in line with the Bologna agreement as well as other specific courses . Research focuses on certain priori…


Your role

The successful candidate will work on the LUXTAX project, an FNR CORE project led by Prof. Katerina Pantazatou and Prof. Benoît Majerus. The project will employ an inter-disciplinary approach to explore Luxembourg’s legacy and actuality as a tax haven. By employing a law and history approach the LUXTAX project aims to investigate the history of Luxembourg’s tax regime, its beneficial elements through time as well as the socio-economic context within which this regime/the different regimes through time developed. The project will also explore public perceptions of tax havens, in collaboration with partners specialising in fiscal sociology.

Your profile

  • PhD in law
  • A strong understanding of tax law
  • A demonstrated interest in legal history and interdisciplinary research
  • Fluency in English and French is required; knowledge of German is an asset

We offer

  • Multilingual and international character. Modern institution with a personal atmosphere. Staff coming from 90 countries. Member of the “University of the Greater Region” (UniGR)
  • A modern and dynamic university. High-quality equipment. Close ties to the business world and to the Luxembourg labour market. A unique urban site with excellent infrastructure
  • A partner for society and industry. Cooperation with European institutions, innovative companies, the Financial Centre and with numerous non-academic partners such as ministries, local governments, associations, NGOs …

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