PhD Vacancy: Nexus Between External and Internal Security Threats or Informality in EU Migration and Foreign Relations Law

Candidates are expected to carry out research in one of the two broadly defined areas:

• External security threats becoming internal security threats: the PhD project may investigate the intersection of external and internal security concerns in the EU, focusing on case studies such as the instrumentalization of migration or the spread of terrorism. It could explore how the division line between external and internal threats is increasingly blurred, and how the EU and its Member States respond to this phenomenon. This project may equally look at external factors such as those which configure both as an external and internal security threat in the EU.
  
  
• Informality in EU migration and foreign relations law: this project may explore the growing use of informality in EU migration and foreign relations law. In EU migration law, informality has been used in recent crisis responses and informal "deals" are often preferred to formal international agreements. Informal agreements are also present in the CFSP, especially in the division of tasks between the Member States. This research could assess the implications of such informal actions for the rule of law, governance, and accountability.
  
  

Additional preferred qualifications for this PhD position

• Completed Master’s degree, preferably in law and/or related domain that is relevant to the execution of the research proposal
• A demonstrable interest and expertise in EU constitutional law and/or EU migration law and/or EU external relations law

Supervision Team

• Prof. Dr Ramses A. Wessel
• Dr Jonas Bornemann
• Dr Viktor Szép