Patient control of their health data used for research and treatment purposes (DC14)

The PhD project is embedded in Work Package 4: Ethics and Legal Aspects of AI Tools of the ENDOTRAIN network. It originates from the EU’s plan to create a well-functioning single European market for data which requires adopting legislation that considers many objectives and interests. The project shall examine the compatibility of the EHDS with existing and, if relevant, forthcoming regulations in the digital field such as the GDPR. It shall clarify the scope of patient control over their health data before and after the adoption of the EHDS and, if necessary, propose optional amendments to existing and, if relevant, forthcoming EU/EEA legislation while also exploring room for national adjustments. The project shall result in a comprehensive legal analysis of the relevant legal framework and its consequences for data-hungry digital health approaches. 

Research field: 

EU/EEA data protection law, EU/EEA digital legislation, in particular EHDS, AI regulation.

Secondments planned: 

• UniCA: 1 month to study ethics by design (start date M12);
• UULM: 1 month to study interoperability of ENDOTRAIN data with the EHDS (start date M24) 

The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen, offers a PhD position affiliated with the Research Group for Information and Innovation Law. The Faculty of Law consists of 15 research groups and three research centres, covering all the traditional legal disciplines and including several internationally renowned academic communities. The faculty's strategic priorities include research on the rule of law and international legal cooperation, climate, energy and sustainability law, as well as law and enabling technologies.  

The Research Group for Information and Innovation Law focuses on legal issues related to technology, innovation and processing of information, including intellectual property rights and the processing of personal data.  

The candidate should work full-time on the project and must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Norway for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.

The PhD student will be enrolled in the PhD programme at the Faculty of Law, UiB 

As a PhD candidate you must carry out an independent research project which will result in a scientific dissertation. You will also have to complete a training component which consists of courses in legal theory, handling of sources, methodological perspectives in legal science, text quality, research dissemination among other things. Some courses are mandatory, while other courses can be chosen based on relevance to the PhD candidate's own project. The training component includes a total of 30 credits, which corresponds one semester of full-time study.  

Find more information on the PhD programme at the Faculty of Law here.  

• The candidate must either hold a Norwegian Master in Law or an equivalent Law degree from a different jurisdiction. Applicants must have submitted their thesis for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the degree has been awarded.
• Expertise in EU/EEA law is an asset.
• An interest in interdisciplinary and international collaborative work and motivation to pursue an academic career.
• Applicants must be able to work independently and in a structured manner and to collaborate with others.
• Applicants with education from outside Scandinavia must include a certified translation to English or Scandinavian if the original diplomas, transcripts, and additional documentation are not in one of these languages. A Diploma Supplement with a standardized description of the structure, level, content, and status of the applicant's education must also be included. Applicants with education from outside Scandinavia will be evaluated according to the regulations of the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education. 

• An excellent opportunity for exciting career development in a professionally challenging working environment at the Faculty of Law.
• Salary as PhD research fellow (code 1017) in the state salary scale. This constitutes a gross annual salary of NOK 568.700, - NOK 610 400,- . For particularly highly qualified applicants, a higher salary may be considered.
• Opportunity to apply for a mobility grant to institutions abroad as part of the position.
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
• Generous welfare benefits. 

Applications will only be accepted through the Jobbnorge portal.

Applications without the mandatory attachments (application, CV, mobility declaration, motivation templates) will not be considered.

For questions about the project, please contact the primary supervisor Prof. Malgorzata Cyndecka: malgorzata.cyndecka@uib.no

For questions about the ENDOTRAIN programme, please contact Programme Manager Elizabeth Farmer (elizabeth.farmer@uib.no) 

For HR related questions, please contact HR adviser Ingrid Müftüoglu (ingrid.muftuoglu@uib.no)