Faculty areas of supervision - Department of Law

Prospective applicants should look closely at the research interests specified by the professors on their personal Web pages. These will provide the clearest idea of the kinds of research topics supervised at the EUI. It should not be assumed that the interests listed are the only topics those professors will supervise, but they should serve as a helpful guide. The specific research interests of the professors available to supervise new researchers are set out below.

In the application form, you are asked to list the names of potential supervisors for your research. Faculty members will then become aware that you consider them as potential supervisors. However, you should not contact them and ask them for advice, as this could undermine the competitiveness and fairness of our selection procedure.

In the application form, you may (if you wish) add the names of additional EUI faculty members not belonging to the Department that you believe could supervise/co-supervise your project.

Professors

• Loïc Azoulai

  Full-time Professor

  Chair in Law and Social Europe

  Department of Law

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  Research themes

  European law and institutions, Law and society, Migration, Citizenship, Philosophy of Law

• Arnulf Becker Lorca

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

  Co-Director of the Academy of European Law

  Academy of European Law

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  Research themes

  Global governance, Climate change governance, Human rights, Global, imperial and colonial history, Colonialism, Latin America, International law and international relations, Comparative international law, Theory of international law, History of international law, Spanish Empire, Politics of international law, Eurocentrism and international law, Critical approaches to international law, Public international law, Third World approaches to international law

• Deirdre Curtin

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

  Dean of Graduate Studies

  Office of the Dean of Studies

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  Research themes

  European law and institutions, EU constitutional and administrative law, Protection of fundamental rights in Europe, Accountability of European governance, Privacy and security in a global context, Transparency and secrecy in law and practice

• Gráinne De Búrca

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

  Co-Director of the Academy of European Law

  Academy of European Law

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  Research themes

  European law and institutions, European Union (EU), Democracy, Human rights, EU governance, Gender equality, Transnational governance

• Martijn Hesselink

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

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  Research themes

  Private law, Constitutional law, Consumer law, Social justice, Democracy, Political theory, Legal theory, Critical theory, European private law

• Sarah Nouwen

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

  Co-Director of the Academy of European Law

  Academy of European Law

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  Research themes

  Public international law, Politics of international law, International criminal law, International human rights law, Transitional justice, Peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacemaking, Third World approaches to international law, International law and international relations, International law and constitutional law, Anthropological approaches to international law, Qualitative empirical research in international law, Critical approaches to international law, History of international law, Eurocentrism and international law, Africa

• Nicolas Petit

  Head of Department

  Full-time Professor

  Director of Research

  Department of Law

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  Research themes

  Antitrust Law, Artificial intelligence (AI), Intellectual property (IP), intellectual property rights, Law and technology, Law and economics

• Sergio Puig De La Parra

  Full-time Professor - Joint Chair

  Department of Law

  Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

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  Research themes

  International economic law, Trade law, Business and human rights, Empirical legal methods, empirical legal studies, International human rights law, Development

• Joanne Scott

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

  Co-Director of the Academy of European Law

  Academy of European Law

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  Research themes

  European environmental law and regulation, Climate change law and governance, EU external relations, EU governance, International environmental law

• Mathias Siems

  Director of Graduate Studies

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

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  Research themes

  Corporate and securities law, Comparative law, European private law, Law and economics, Empirical legal methods, empirical legal studies, Transnational private law, private international law

• Thomas Streinz

  Part-time Professor

  Department of Law

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  Research themes

  Global governance, Law and technology, Data regulation, Digital economy, Digital transformation, Digital markets, Governance and regulation, Regulatory and governance theory, Artificial intelligence (AI), Artificial intelligence and the law, International economic law, Technological change and society, Data protection, Internet, online platforms, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, Infrastructure, History of infrastructure (telegraph, railways), Critical infrastructures, Computable law

• Silvia Suteu

  Full-time Professor

  Department of Law

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  Research themes

  Democracy, Gender equality, International human rights law, Human rights, Gender and sexuality, Central and Eastern Europe, Comparative and European constitutional law, Political institutions (electoral systems, constitutional design, legislative politics), Citizen participation