Call for applications: Junior Fund (post-doc research positions)

The Faculty of Law opens a call for applications within the so called JUNIOR FUND programme of Charles University. 

We are looking for international junior researchers (holding already a doctoral degree), who would be interested to carry out a research on one of the bellow topics.Details regarding the eligibility criteria and other useful information may be found here.

If the project is accepted for funding, the beginning of the research period is envisaged to be January 1st, 2026. The duration of the project shall be 2 years.

The applications need to be submitted via email to international@prf.cuni.cz (and to the supervisor of the respective research topic) by July 31st, 2025 at the latest. Online interviews with the short-listed candidates shall take place in the first half of August 2025.

The topic for the post-doc research in the 2025 call is as follows:

The nature and limits of the Board liability in the event of breaches of duties (due care, due diligence, ESG, CS3D)

The visiting researcher is expected to provide a thorough analytical reflection on the legal and regulatory frameworks influencing board liability at both the national and European levels. The research should not only consider the traditional concept of directors’ liability in corporate law, but also incorporate recent developments in the areas of sustainability, responsible business conduct, and emerging obligations under EU legislation, particularly in light of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The researcher should engage with existing case law and offer a critical analysis, while also proposing potential directions for the future development of directors’ liability in response to evolving societal and regulatory expectations. A comparative perspective is also anticipated, as well as the ability to identify the impact of these changes on corporate governance and the legal certainty of board members.

Workplace: Department of Commercial Law

Supervisor: Doc. JUDr. Bohumil Havel, Ph.D.

E-mail of the supervisor: havelb@prf.cuni.cz