Research Fellow

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Research Fellow

**Department/Unit**
- Schulich School of Law - General

**Research Project**
- Infectious Disease Innovation Governance (IDIG)

**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- GP70-25

**Employee Group**
- Grant-Paid (PSAC local 86001)

**Position Type**
- Term

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**
- 12 months (with a possible extension of 1 year)

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0

**Salary**
- $70,000 to $85,000 per annum

**About the Organization**
- The Schulich School of Law plays an extraordinary role in the fabric of Canadian legal education. We are a national law school, with our students coming from and returning to every region. We graduate leaders. Our alumni hold every form of government office, teach in Canadian law schools, innovate in the provision of private and public sector legal services and in business, advance policy in the executive branch of government, render decisions on courts across the country, and offer service to non-governmental bodies and non-profit and community organizations. We have always been known for and proud of our commitment to unselfish public service, in the Weldon tradition.

We embrace the interdisciplinary opportunity of working in a university, we value the creation and dissemination of new knowledge, and we are firmly committed to students and to teaching and learning excellence. We are conscious of the difference we make to law reform, adjudication, legal service, and community engagement at home and around the world. We value the contributions of the founding communities in this province, the Mi’kmaq Nation, Acadians, African Nova Scotians, and British, and we open our doors to the world.

**Job Summary**
- Working in close collaboration with the Chair in Applied Public Health, the Infectious Disease Innovation Governance (IDIG) Research Fellow will play a leading role in a variety of research and capacity-building activities that aim to transform infectious disease innovation law, policy, and practice in the service of health equity. The IDIG Research Fellow will play an instrumental role in: conducting empirical research, including fieldwork in low and middle-income countries; planning and convening workshops with infectious diseases researchers, key research institutions, and decision-makers; and, publishing research findings and policy recommendations in leading journals. The Research Fellow is expected to make a number of contributions to the project’s central aim of rethinking and reshaping the governance of biopharmaceutical innovation in the field of infectious diseases.

This position has an expected start date of January 1, 2026 (Negotiable up to July 1, 2026).

**Key Responsibilities**
- Project coordination, including leading the organization of policy workshops with infectious disease research institutions, scientists, and a variety of decision-makers.
- Carrying out fieldwork in low
- and middle-income countries to collect empirical evidence using qualitative research methods about alternative approaches to drug and vaccine innovation.
- Publishing research findings in academic journals and engaging in a variety of knowledge dissemination activities, including conference presentations, policy-focused meetings with key stakeholders.
- Participation in the development of curriculum designed to build critical thinking capacity in the area of infectious disease innovation.

**Note**
- The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work from within Nova Scotia) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.

**Required Qualifications**
- A law degree (e.g., J.D., LL.B.) is required.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Demonstrated expertise (e.g., published research) in the broad field of pharmaceutical law and policy, including intellectual property law, international trade law, or pharmaceutical regulation.

**Assets**
- Graduate training in law (e.g., LLM, PhD) or another relevant discipline (e.g., PhD in anthropology, political science) is an asset.
- Professional experience in government, industry, and/or non-governmental organizations (e.g., policy advocacy for Doctors Without Borders) is an asset, especially professional experience in low
- and middle-income country settings.
- Professional experience (e.g., internship at the World Health Organization) and/or expertise in global health is an asset.

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a voluntary RRSP, health and dental plans and an employee and family assistance program.

**Application Consideration**

**Diversity Statement**

Posting Detail Information

**Number of Vacancies**
- 1

**Open Date**
- 10/10/2025

**Close Date**
- 11/03/2025

**Open Until Filled**
- No

**Special Inst