The Law Department provides a stimulating and supportive environment bringing together doctoral researchers, post-doctoral researchers, professors and visitors from more than 35 countries. In broad terms, members of the Department focus on what can be termed Transnational Law. This includes Public International Law, European Public and Private Law and Comparative Law, but also more amorphous forms of legal ordering that transcend the state in multiple and evolving ways.
The Department is methodologically diverse, and professors and researchers adopt many different approaches, including doctrinal, critical, law-in-context, normative, empirical, sociolegal, historical and mixed methods. They frequently draw insights from other disciplines and many researchers undertake research which is theoretical in its orientation.
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As an international organisation by nature, the EUI, including the Law Department, has no dominant research or legal culture. Rather, it provides an open, multilingual, and welcoming international environment. Each member of the faculty brings their specialism and focus to the Department’s principal research strands.
Law department research themes
Full-time Professors
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Loïc Azoulai
Director of Graduate Studies
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
Research themes
European law and institutions,
Law and society,
Migration,
Citizenship,
Philosophy of Law
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Arnulf Becker Lorca
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
Co-Director of the Academy of European Law
Academy of European Law
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
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Deirdre Curtin
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
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
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Gráinne De Búrca
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
Co-Director of the Academy of European Law
Academy of European Law
Research themes
European law and institutions,
European Union (EU),
Democracy,
Human rights,
EU governance,
Gender equality,
Transnational governance
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Megan Donaldson
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
Research themes
Public international law,
Global governance,
Transnational governance,
Global, imperial and colonial history,
Conflict and peace,
Information and disinformation,
Transnational history,
Diplomatic History,
Political theory,
Cold War,
Modern history,
Theory of international law,
Decolonisation,
International organisations,
Empires,
Legal theory,
International history,
Critical approaches to international law,
International institutions,
Peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacemaking,
Politics of international law,
International courts,
Humanitarian law, international humanitarian law,
International criminal law,
History of political thought,
Comparative international law,
United Nations
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Martijn Hesselink
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
Research themes
Private law,
Constitutional law,
Consumer law,
Social justice,
Democracy,
Political theory,
Legal theory,
Critical theory,
European private law
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Nicolas Petit
Head of Department
Full-time Professor
Project Director
Department of Law
Research themes
Antitrust Law,
Artificial intelligence (AI),
Intellectual property (IP), intellectual property rights,
Law and technology,
Law and economics
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![Portrait picture of Sergio Puig De La Parra]()
Sergio Puig De La Parra
Full-time Professor - Joint Chair
Department of Law
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
Director
Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
Research themes
International economic law,
Trade law,
Business and human rights,
Empirical legal methods, empirical legal studies,
International human rights law,
Development
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Joanne Scott
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
Co-Director of the Academy of European Law
Academy of European Law
Research themes
European environmental law and regulation,
Climate change law and governance,
EU external relations,
EU governance,
International environmental law
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Mathias Siems
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
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
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Thomas Streinz
Full-time Professor - Joint Chair
Department of Law
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
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,
Cybersecurity,
Critical infrastructures,
Computable law,
International economic law,
Technological change and society,
Data protection,
Digital infrastructure,
Digital trade,
Internet, online platforms,
Internet of Things (IoT), 5G,
Infrastructure,
History of infrastructure (telegraph, railways),
Open source software
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Silvia Suteu
Full-time Professor
Department of Law
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,
Citizen participation
Part-time Professors
For a more detailed indication of the supervisory interests of each Professor, please visit their profiles