Martijn Hesselink has been appointed Professor of Transnational Law and Theory at the EUI from September 2019.
Prior to joining the EUI, he was Professor of European Private Law at the University of Amsterdam, where he was also the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law. Professor Hesselink is an editor of the European Review of Contract Law. He served as a member of the European Commission's expert group on European contract law and wrote numerous studies, reports and briefing notes on matters of contract law and consumer law for the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Professor Hesselink has been a visiting professor or fellow at several universities, including René Descartes (Paris V), Roma Tre, Católica Global School of Law (Lisbon), Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), Sciences Po (Paris), Columbia Law School (New York), and the Institute for European and Comparative Law (Oxford).
Supervision Interests
"I welcome research proposals on themes of European private law and its theory, especially contract, consumer and family law. And on topics of global law, justice and democracy. I particularly encourage researchers to adopt normative and critical approaches."
Contact Details
Tel. [+39] 055 4686 764 / 267
Email: [email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Claudia de Concini
Postal address: Law Department | Via Bolognese 156 | 50139 Florence - Italy (Villa Salviati, Castello - Office SACA 110)
Working Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Dutch