IISL Scientific Director – Summary Job Description

Institutional positions

Distinguished Professor at the University of the Basque Country

Research Professor at Ikerbasque

Member of the IISL Governing Board

Member of the Delegate Commission of the IISL Governing Board (a body in charge in particular of taking urgent decisions that cannot wait for Governing Board meetings)


Main Duties

General

Design of the annual IISL Activity Programme

Production of the annual IISL Activity Report

Representation of the Institute in the scientific domain

Coordination of the Institute’s research activities (The Institute currently aims at establishing itself as a research institution. Research activities already are carried out with connection to the IISL: linked to courses of the Master programme or to workshops, or conducted by visiting scholars. More recently, the Institute also hosts researchers hired for the carrying out of research projects in which it is one of the institutional partners. The SD takes the initiative of such projects, supports the setting up of other projects, and takes the measures likely to favour productive interactions between these different research activities.)

Master

Closure of the former year’s programme

Opening of the new programme (designed by the former SD)

Teaching of the Thesis Seminar

Mentoring of the students

In collaboration with the person in charge of the Master at the University of the Basque Country, design of the programme for the next year

Workshops

Preparing the evaluation and selection of the proposals by the IISL Governing Board

Promotion of the WS programme

Identification of WS of special interest for regional stakeholders

Introducing the IISL to the WS participants

Visiting Scholars

Decision of applications

Organization of seminars

Library

Review of books and journals acquisition

Bibliographical review in her/his research domain

Ordering of new books and journals

Publications

Follow up of the IISL Book Series

Review of editorial contracts

Difusión de publicaciones.

Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Oñati Socio-Legal Series

Promotion of IISL Publications

Sociology of Law Lectures

Approval of proposals

Coordination with other IISL activities

Other meetings

With regional and international partners,
setting up of conferences, summer schools
and similar events to be hosted by IISL


Main  source: Plan de acogida Director/a científico/a, IISL, July 2024
See also here the general presentation of the IISL Scientific Directorship, as well as the page about the IISL Scientific Directorship on the IISL official website.


This page last updated 17 April 2025