PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN UNION LAW
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Department of Law and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
European University Institute
Florence, Italy
PROF. DEIRDRE CURTIN
Joint Chair Professor of European Union Law at the Department of Law and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (Florence, Italy) since September 2015.
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Director of the Centre for Judicial Cooperation at the Robert Schuman Centre and Professor of European Law and Governance of the University of Amsterdam since 2008.
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Previously, Professor of European and International Governance at the Utrecht School of Governance of the University of Utrecht and Professor of the Law of International Organizations at the Faculty of Law of the University of Utrecht.
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Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, a laureate of the Spinoza prize by the Dutch Scientific Organization for research in the field of European law and governance, a holder of an Honorary Doctorate in law by the University College in Dublin, an Honorary Bencher by the King's Inn, Dublin.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
Department of Law, Robert Schuman Centre
Joint Chair of European Union Law and Politics
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University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
Professor of European Law
Amsterdam Centre of European Law and Governance
Founding Director
University of Utrecht, Utrecht School of Governance
Professor of International and European Governance
College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium)
Visiting Professor of Law
University of Utrecht, Faculty of Law
Professor of the Law of International Organizations
Director of the Europa Institute
University of Leiden, Faculty of Law
Senior Research Fellow (part-time)
University of Leiden, Faculty of Law
Lecturer in European Community Law
Trinity College Dublin, Faculty of Law
Frances E. Moran Research Scholar and Tutor
in Criminal Law and the Law of Torts
EDUCATION
National University of Ireland
LL.D. Degree (Doctorate in Law)
Honourable Society of Kings Inn (Dublin)
Barrister-at-Law (B.L.) Degree
Trinity College Dublin
Master of Legal Science (M.Litt.) Degree (by thesis)
Trinity College Dublin
Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) Degree
VISITING RESEARCH POSITIONS
NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin)
Regular Fellow
Freshfields (Brussels)
Legal Counsel to the Brussels office
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (Wassenaar)
Regular Fellow
Court of Justice of the European Communities
(Luxembourg)
​Référendaire (Legal Secretary) to Judge T.F. O'Higgins
Stanford University (US)
Visiting Fellow, Stanford Program
in International Legal Studies
AWARDS AND HONOURS
Kings Inns Dublin
Elected Honorary Bencher
Irish Women Lawyers Association
Honorary Member
Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
Elected Member
University College Dublin
Honorary Doctorate in Law (LL.D.)
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
The Spinoza Prize
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Elected Member