Researcher (22811) - Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law

Contenido de trabajo

→ Apply before 02/08/2022 (DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (Brussels Time)

→ Faculty of Law and Criminology

→ Department: RE23 - Criminologie, Strafrecht en Sociaal Recht

→ Occupancy rate: 100%

→ Number of positions: 1

→ Type of employment: Contract of limited duration

→ Term of assignment: 12 maanden (max 15 maanden)

→ Wage scale: WM1 to WM4 (master degree)

→ Required diploma: Master

About Ghent University

Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 8,000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11 faculties and more than 80 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.

YOUR TASKS

Background Of The Research Project

Both corporations and non-profit organizations are increasingly collecting and managing sensitive data. This can be both personal data and highly confidential strategic data. Other parties process these data, using machine learning techniques or statistical processing to optimize strategic processes by enriching them with external data sources. The CoCoNut project supports the establishment of sustainable collaborations between data managers on the one hand and data processors on the other. This is done by developing a generic platform for controlled exchange of sensitive data. The efficient and effective exchange and processing of large amounts of data in many application domains is supported by architectural tactics, algorithms, and technologies. Data managers want rock-solid guarantees about the level of anonymity of the data they release. Data processors, on the other hand, want the quality of the data to effectively allow for further optimization of strategic processes.

Within this CoCoNut project, these privacy enhancing techniques are applied to concrete use cases whereby Ghent University and Catholic University Louvain in particular, are cooperating on a case concerning fraud detection in collaboration with companies specialized in this field (Graydon and Cropland). Graydon collects data on various aspects of companies, including their financial reports, and offers information to other companies that want to use these insights for possible business collaborations. Moreover, Graydon also wants to share these datasets in a controlled way with social actors and governmental organizations, such as police investigators, in order to detect rogue and fraudulent business networks. This raises the question of what the legal requirements/possibilities are to make these collaborations successful.

Tasks

• Contribute to the general management of CoCoNut: help prepare meetings, take minutes and keep track of deadlines and deliverables.
• Gaining insight into the concrete use-case by, on the one hand, executing a literature study on corporate fraud (and fraud detection) and, on the other hand, checking the types of data available within the police and the public prosecutor’s office.
• Developing semi-structured questionnaires, conducting expert interviews and analysing the data and being able to report on it.
• Analysing the usability of the official reports/conviction data for the use case.
• Testing the usability of the available data for fraud detection by means of a quality analysis in cooperation with the CoCoNut partners.
• To contribute to the development of legally possible cooperation strategies for data sharing in a fraud detection context by analysing the existing national legal framework on data sharing, GDPR requirements, audit and accountability.
• Contribute to the development of data de-identification strategies by examining the legal requirements of this privacy-enhancing technique.
• Contribute to the development of a quality framework from a GDPR and legal perspective for the privacy-enhancing sharing of data in the context of fraud detection.
• Help organise a closing conference to publicise the project results and findings to a wider group of stakeholders - decision-makers at the level of Flanders, civil servants, civil society organisations, industry and experts.
  

What We Are Looking For

• You hold a Master of Laws or a Master in criminology.
• Demonstrated knowledge of privacy and data protection law is required.
• Knowledge of business and ICT law is an asset.
• Experience with phenomenological (qualitative) analyses of financial or organized crime and crime phenomena is an asset.
• Demonstrated research experience in law and related fields involving legal methodology is required.
• Excellent spoken and written English skills.
• Knowledge of French is an added-value.
  

What We Can Offer You

• We offer you a full-time contract (100%) of definite duration for 12 months.
• Your contract will start on 1/09/2022 at the earliest.
• Your remuneration will be determined by salary scale WM1 to WM4 (if you hold a Master’s degree) or salary scale PD1 to PD4 (if you hold a doctorate). Click here for more information about our salary scales.
• All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 35 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, bicycle allowance and eco vouchers. Click here for a complete overview of all the staff benefits (in Dutch).
  

INTERESTED?

Apply online through the e-recruitment system before the application deadline (see above). We do not accept late applications or applications that are not submitted through the online system.

Your Application Must Include The Following Documents

• In the field ‘CV’: your CV and an overview of your study results (merged into one pdf file)
• In the field ‘Cover letter’: your application letter in pdf format
• In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of the required degree (if already in your possession). If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
• In the field “other documents”: a reference letter, an overview of your study results, …
  

Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.

As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. Jelle Janssens (264 Jelle.Janssens@UGent.be, +32(0)9/264 69 59). Important: do NOT send your application by email, but apply online.

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