ELSA and the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation launch a Competition and Pharmacy Law joint research project

ELSA International and the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation are launching a joint research project on "Competition Law and Pharmacy Law: How they integrate with each other and how they clash?" The call for a Main Researcher and several National Researchers are due the 20th december.

The International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) and the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) are working together in collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) on a joint research project in the area of Health Law. Health Law is the International Focus Programme of ELSA for the years 2010-13. With this project, members of both associations will be able to make a joint research project on the topic: “Competition Law and Pharmacy Law: How they integrate with each other and how they clash?”

The main part of the project is taking place in the headquarters of FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) in the judicial capital of Europe, The Hague, in The Netherlands under the supervision of the FIP professionals. ELSA and IPSF have already selected the main researchers, who should have been sent in The Hague for the submission of a final resolution paper. 

ELSA International is with this call looking for participants for both types of researchers:

• One student who is interested in the position as the Main Researcher of the project from ELSA;
• Several students from around the Network who are interested in being selected as the National Researcher of the project from ELSA.

In the end, ELSA International will select one Main Researcher from the whole association and one National researcher per interested country of being involved in the project.

Conditions and Specifications:

The Main Researcher will be responsible to move to The Hague to carry out the research and co-ordinate the overall workflow in close co-operation with FIP Professionals.  The Successful applicant will not be financially remunerated by ELSA, IPSF or FIP. Applicants are responsible for their own travel and living expenses. However, the accommodation will be provided. The ELSA’s Researcher together with IPSF’s Researcher should submit the final report and present it through our different events. The main Researcher will move to The Hague from the second week of January, 2012 until March, 2012 before final report will be presented.

However, the National Researchers will conduct the research from their own countries. Research topics will be negotiated together with the Main researcher of ELSA and IPSF. Moreover, the National Researchers should fill in a survey provided by the ELSA researcher and after doing the necessary research and provide the data to the main researcher. The National Researchers will be working on the project between January, 2012 and April, 2012.

The academic results will be published on the websites of the parties involved and will serve as an interdisciplinary source of information for academic purposes. The paper will also be presented in the following conferences: IPSF Congress, FIP Congress, ELSA IFP Mid-Evaluation Conference in Trieste, Italy and International Council Meeting of ELSA in Batumi, Georgia.

 

Selection criteria for both applicants:

• Completed at least two years of law studies;
• Interested in Pharmacy and Competition Law;
• Good working knowledge in English especially in writing;
• Possess good analytical, methodical and writing skills;
• Experience in research or statistics preferred.

A complete application forms must be submitted electronically to VP STEP of ELSA International (vpstep@elsa.org) no later than 23:59 (CET) on the 20th of December, 2011.

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