Associate Professor Faculty Position in the School of Law, with a focus on Livable and Resilient Cities

Boston University • Boston, MA

1d • $175,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Boston University School of Law invites applications for a tenure-track Associate Professor whose work is at the intersection of tax law and livable and resilient cities. The position is part of Boston University’s University-wide cluster hire in Livable and Resilient Cities and its major investment in convergent research.

The School seeks scholars examining how law and legal institutions shape the experience of cities and urban environments, with particular interest in tax law and its intersections with family, caregiving, inequality, and economic security. Other areas of interest may include discrimination, disability, healthcare decision-making, and personal autonomy. The successful candidate will offer new perspectives on how legal structures can create or address disparities in economic, physical, and cognitive well-being across the life course.

The successful candidate will contribute to the University community through innovative scholarship, engaged teaching, and participation in its intellectual life. The Livable and Resilient Cities cluster brings together expertise across disciplines to develop approaches to healthier, more equitable, and adaptable cities. Boston University School of Law is a center for legal scholarship addressing challenges affecting health, well-being, and quality of life across the lifespan, with interdisciplinary collaborations across medicine, public health, social work, and the sciences.

Requirements

• Scholarly work at the intersection of tax law and livable and resilient cities.
• Research examining how law and legal institutions shape the experience of cities and urban environments.
• Scholars should contribute through excellence in innovative scholarship, engaged teaching, and participation in the intellectual life of the University.

Nice To Haves

• Research on tax law and its intersections with family, caregiving, inequality, and economic security.
• Research interests may also include discrimination, disability, healthcare decision-making, and personal autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct innovative scholarship.
• Contribute through engaged teaching.
• Participate in the intellectual life of the University.
• Contribute new perspectives on how legal structures can create or address disparities in economic, physical, and cognitive well-being across the life course.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed