AS­SIST­ANT PRO­FESS­OR (non-ten­ured) in TAX LAW, De­part­ment of Busi­ness Hu­man­it­ies and Law

CBS LAW, Department of Business Humanities and Law, at the Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a full-time faculty position as assistant professor (adjunkt) level in:

-                     Tax law

The starting date is expected to be 1 June 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is a 4-year position in tax law.

The candidate is excepted to actively contribute to the research and to the teaching of courses in Danish at CBS LAW and play an active role in the unit’s life as well as wider activities at the Department of Business Humanities and Law.

Research Environment:

The Department of Business Humanities and Law is dedicated to an integrated approach to the contemporary challenges facing business and society drawing on the humanities, interdisciplinary social sciences, and law. It emphasizes problem-oriented research to understand those challenges and to build the lifelong capabilities necessary to address them. Faculty within the Department of Business Humanities and Law have diverse research backgrounds and research foci including but not limited to leadership, entrepreneurship, ethics, strategy, law, politics, sociology, philosophy, history, anthropology, diversity, equity and inclusion, and leisure management. What unites faculty is an overriding concern for the organization of the human within its multiple environments and, by implication, a research interest in the interdisciplinary “conversation” between humanities and social sciences.

CBS LAW is a source of expertise in a number of International, EU and Nordic-specific legal areas and provides, in that sense, the research that business communities need and demand. At the same time, we are strongly represented in European and global scholarship. Our core competences are contract law, company law, IT regulation, public procurement, competition law, tax law, climate law, EU law, international law, and law & economics.

CBS LAW publishes widely both in the international, European, and national core journals and monographs. While we aim to be represented in major international and European law publications.

CBS LAW is a constituent unit of the Department of Business Humanities and Law. As such, a part of our activities concentrates on multidisciplinary research and creating interfaces between law, politics, sociology, history, management, and philosophy. CBS law is involved in teaching BSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law (HA-jur), MSc in Business Administration and Commercial Law (cand.merc.jur), MSc in Business and Economics and Auditing (cand. merc. aud.), Master in Tax and more than 10 other study programmes at CBS. A majority of the courses are taught in Danish.

The Department, through CBS LAW, offers a highly relevant PhD program within the CBS PhD School.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching and associated examination in existing CBS programs (in Danish)
• Individual and group-based research meeting high international standards
• Contributing to the development and application of the research of the department’s research areas and to maintain and strengthen CBS’s international research position
• Promoting CBS’s academic reputation
• Involvement in research projects and external funding opportunities
• Promoting teaching and research capabilities of Copenhagen Business School
• Contributing to the administrative responsibilities and to CBS-wide tasks
• Communicating findings to the public in general and to CBS stakeholders in particular
• Publishing, scientific communication and research-based teaching
• Active participation in the teaching and research activities, including research seminars, workshops and conferences

Qualifications:

• PhD in tax law or near completion of a PhD in law, with a documented plan for submission within a short timeframe
• Documented ability to teach and write at a high academic level and professional proficiency in English (written and spoken)
• Documented ability to teach in Danish
• Documented research production at high level
• Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type.´

The assessment of the candidate will be based primarily on the following qualifications:

• Excellent academic track record and/or a promising pipeline, and an ability to clearly articulate a research agenda in tax law,
• Enthusiasm for theoretical interdisciplinary research,
• Ability to work autonomously, and as part of a team,
• Excellent organizational and communication skills (both oral and written); proficiency in English is required, knowledge of a further Nordic language a plus (if the applicant does not have knowledge of a Nordic language, it is expected that the candidate will learn Danish or another Nordic language as most of the Law courses are taught in Danish),
• Ability to engage with others in a way that reflects our collective commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

Application procedure:

Applications must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below. Applications must include:

1. A letter of motivation
2. Proof of qualifications and a full CV
3. A complete list of publications with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 10 publications for review are allowed.
4. A teaching portfolio documenting teaching qualifications and pedagogical development. The portfolio must include an overview of the applicant’s past teaching achievements and practice and its impact on the students, reflections on pedagogical competencies and core strengths, the educational competencies the applicant would like to develop, and the teaching opportunities they would like to pursue in the nearest future.
5. Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration

Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material by the application deadline Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline.

Recruitment procedure:

The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.

The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment.

Among the qualified candidates, selected applicants may be invited for interview.

Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organization.

Application deadline: 9 April 2026:

Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline.

For further information, please contact Director of CBS LAW Henrik Andersen: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments/department-business-humanities-and-law/henrik-andersen, e-mail, ha.bhl@cbs.dk.

Details about Copenhagen Business School are available at www.cbs.dk.

Apply online (LINK)