ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Zürich
12 hours ago
Research Assistant for Criminal Law / Economic Criminal Law 50%
- 14 February 2026
- 50%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
Job summary
Join the ZHAW as a Research Assistant in Criminal Law (50%). Gain valuable insights and experience in a dynamic academic environment.
Tasks
- Support the Business Criminal Law department with administrative tasks.
- Contribute to research projects in criminal and business criminal law.
- Assist in digital document management and exam supervision.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Law or Business Law required; strong interest in research.
- Excellent communication skills in German and English are essential.
- Structured, reliable, and proactive approach to work is needed.
Is this helpful?
About the job
Research Assistant for Criminal Law / Economic Criminal Law 50%
Would you like to gain initial experience in teaching and research and gain insights into the exciting field of criminal law and economic criminal law? Then we have the right position for you!
Department: School of Management and Law
Start of work: June 1, 2026, or by arrangement. The position is initially limited to one year, with the option of extension.
- Organizational and administrative support of the Economic Criminal Law unit
- Participation in research projects in the field of criminal and economic criminal law
- Digital document management
- Maintenance of infrastructures
- Support with exams (supervision and documentation)
- Procurement and preparation of documents
- Completed bachelor's degree (university or university of applied sciences) in law or business law
- Strong enthusiasm for scientific work and collaboration in a committed team
- Very good written and oral language skills in German and English
- Structured and independent working style as well as high reliability
- Initiative, flexibility, and interest in developing and advancing new topics
The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.
ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation.
The ZHAW School of Management and Law (SML), with around 9,500 students, is one of the largest business schools in Switzerland. It is the only university of applied sciences in the country represented in renowned rankings of the business newspaper "Financial Times" and accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA – labels for high quality standards in teaching, research, and continuing education. The internationally recognized bachelor's and master's degree programs, cooperative PhD programs, and numerous continuing education offerings are scientifically based, interdisciplinary, and practice-oriented. The SML maintains numerous cooperations with over 190 selected partner universities worldwide.
The Business Law department concentrates the legal expertise of the School of Management and Law. In addition to the diverse existing activities of the department in teaching, research and development, and continuing education, a new bachelor's degree program in Applied Law was added in the fall semester 2022, in which criminal law is an important component.
The Economic Criminal Law unit is part of the School of Management and Law. We deal with criminal law and criminal procedural questions in a national and international context.
We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:
Prof. Dr. iur. Sonja Pflaum
Head of Unit
Irina Keiser
Recruiting Manager
