Biography

Director of the Centre for Judicial Cooperation at the Robert Schuman Centre. Prior to joining the EUI, Prof. Curtin held the Chair in European Law and Governance at the University of Amsterdam where she was also the founding Director of the Amsterdam Centre of European Law and Governance (2008-2016). Earlier, she held the Chair in European and International Governance at the Utrecht School of Governance of the University of Utrecht (2003-2013) and the Chair in the Law of International Organizations at the Faculty of Law of the University of Utrecht (1992-2002).

Prof. Curtin is also an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW, 2003) and a laureate of the Spinoza prize by the Dutch Scientific Organization (NWO, 2007) for research in the field of European law and governance. She holds Honorary Doctorates in law awarded by the University College in Dublin (2008) and University of Copenhagen (2018). She is an honorary Bencher of the King's Inn, Dublin (2013).

Research projects, clusters and working groups

Ongoing

• Transnational Democracy in the 21st century
• Supporting Ukraine’s progress on EU reforms
• Digital Public Sphere Working Group
• Facilitating mutual recognition: Analytics and Capacity building Information LEgal eXplainable tool to strengthen cooperation in the criminal matter

Completed

• Preserving Public Values in Privatised Digital Systems
• Un-owned personal data – Interoperable EU borders and transitioning rights
• Knowledge, Advisory and Capacity Building information tools for criminal procedural rights in judicial cooperation
• Integrating diversity in the European Union
• TRust, Independence, Impartiality and Accountability of judges and arbitrators under the EU Charter
• Advisory and training system for internet-related private international law
• Analytics for DEcision of LEgal cases

Supervisees

• Adrian Rubio
• Alexandra Karaiskou
• Anna Morandini
• Béla Strauss
• Ella De Jonge
• Estela Lopes
• Francesco Della Corte
• Ivanka Karaivanova
• Johannes Müller
• Leonore Ten Hulsen
• Ludivine Stewart
• Maarja Saluste
• Maria Magierska
• Marina Chernenko
• Mateus Correia De Carvalho
• Michele Gigli
• Natalia Menéndez González
• Valerie Albus
• Wiktoria Licha

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• CURTIN, Deirdre; RUBIO, Adrian (2024), Regulation 1049/2001 on the right of access to documents, including the digital context, Book
• BENIFEI, Brando; BUSUIOC, Madalina; RANCHORDAS, Sofia; ROTENBERG, Marc (2023), The citizen is not a dataset, Video
• BUSUIOC, Madalina; CURTIN, Deirdre; ALMADA, Marco (2023), Reclaiming transparency : contesting the logics of secrecy within the AI Act, Article
• CURTIN, Deirdre; CATANZARITI, Mariavittoria (2023), Data at the boundaries of European law, Book
• CURTIN, Deirdre; PATRIN, Maria (2022), Constitutional standards of democracy and accountability in differentiated integration, Other
• CURTIN, Deirdre (2022), The practice of judicial interaction in the field of fundamental rights : the added value of the Charter of fundamental rights of the EU [Foreword], Contribution to book

Supervision interests

"I welcome research proposals on all aspects of European governance and European institutions, in particular in relation to their accountability and transparency. In addition issues relating to the protection of fundamental rights in Europe and beyond, in particular privacy and data protection, are part of my current research interests. I encourage researchers to address their topic from theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary perspectives”