The EUI has an open vacancy for a

The EUI has an open vacancy for a

Research Assistant in the

Department of Law

Florence, 17 April 2024

Reference: V/RA/LAW/2/2024

Who we are

The European University Institute (EUI) at a glance:

• an international organisation set up in 1972;
• a research university focusing exclusively on postgraduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies, and

advanced research;

• located in the hills overlooking the city of Florence, Italy.

The Institute also hosts the Historical Archives of the European Union.

The Department of Law is European and international in character, comparative in its approach and contextual
in its perspectives. It is committed to the study of law in its many facets. The Department’s researchers study
the challenges facing European law, private law, constitutional and administrative law, public and private
international law, climate change law, environmental law, competition law and economic regulation, and
algorithmic, computational and digital law with PhD opportunities across social, cultural, political and economic
topics. The Department’s methods are diverse. The spectrum of research developed in the department spans
doctrinal legal research, critical legal studies, empirical analysis, law and economics, law and technology,
comparative law, and more.

Employment details
Contract type Part-time 10% (3/30, 4 hours/week)

Length of contract 6 months, start date: 16 June 2024
This contract may be further renewed (several times and conditional to the
availability of funds), leading to an extension of the period of service up to a total
of 5 years, including the first contract period.

Salary indication and Grade: ASTAC1e step 1
grade The basic net monthly salary after taxes is approximately 185 Euro, plus allowances

if applicable.

More information about conditions of employment is available here.

Place of work To be agreed with Project Director (salary simulation based on place of work
Florence, Italy)

About the project

Project Director(s) Prof. Giuseppe Contissa

Project details HUCAN - Holistic Unified Certification Approach for Novel systems based on
advanced automation (Grant Agreement n. 101114762).
The HUCAN project addresses legal and regulatory challenges of an ATM
environment with higher levels of automation. Coherently with the SRIA, that
advocates the need for new methodologies for validation and certification of
advanced automation that ensure transparency, legal aspects, robustness and
stability under all conditions and take full consideration for a future ATM
environment built on multiple AI-algorithms system of systems with a human-centric
approach, the HUCAN project proposes a novel approach for certification and
approval of new ATM-related airborne and ground systems embedding higher
levels of automation, including those based on AI and ML.
The proposed approach is intended to support both the approval/certification and
the design phases of such technologies, developing to this end two interconnected
products: (1) a new holistic and unified certification method for highly automated
systems, whose main target users are EASA, national aviation authorities, qualified
entities, and ANSPs, and (2) a set of suitable design guidelines and associated
toolkit for streamlining the development of automation and AI-powered
technologies, targeted to manufacturers.

Job description The research assistant will provide research support to the Director of the project.
Main tasks include:

• Supporting the review of the state of the art on current approaches,

methods and regulations on airborne systems, aerodromes, and ATM
systems and related certification, as well as roles played by the different
actors involved;

• Contributing to the analysis of benefits, challenges and issues that may

emerge for the certification of non-deterministic systems based on AI and
ML;

• Playing an active part in the description and analysis of case studies being

addressed by the project and to the development of a set of guidelines to
support the design of future advanced automation applications in aviation;

• Participating in the communication and scientific dissemination of the

projects results, also through publication of papers to international referred
journals and participation to national and international conferences.

Qualifications and experience

Qualifications and
Experience Essential:

• Bachelor of Arts in Law

• Demonstrated working experience in law and technology studies

Desirable:

• MA in Law and Legal Science

Languages Excellent knowledge of English, both spoken and written (CEFR level: C1 or
above). Knowledge of other languages constitutes an advantage.

How to apply

Deadline The closing date for applications is 01 May 2024 at midnight (Florence time)

Contact details For more information contact Francesca Fazio

How to apply Fill in the online application form and upload documents as requested

Data Protection
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pre-selection and recruitment by the EUI. The information candidates provide in their application form is collected
for the purpose of the selection procedure. The EUI will ensure that candidates’ personal data are processed as
required by its Data Protection Policy (President’s Decision No. 10/2019 of 18 February 2019 regarding Data
Protection at the EUI).

Equal opportunities
The European University Institute applies a policy of equal opportunities, which, in accordance with Article 1d of
its Staff Regulations, prohibits discrimination on any grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin,
genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority,
property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation. Any reference in this notice to a person of the male sex must
be deemed also to constitute a reference to a person of the female sex.