Visiting researchers
Institute for European Integration
2022
Dr. Roberto Luppi, Villa Vigoni and Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta, Palermo
Dr. Chien-Huei Wu, Institute of European and American Studies at the National Academy of Sciences in Taipei
"EU, China and Taiwan relations"
Riccardo Samperi, University of Enna
"Protection of Fair Competition in the European Single Market against Distortions caused by Foreign Subsidies"
Former guest researchers
2021
Paul Weismann, University of Salzburg
"Soft law and its importance in ensuring Member States' compliance with Union law"
Alejandro Sánchez Frías, University of Málaga
"Judicial Harmonization of European Law through autonomous concepts (EULOGOS)"
2019
Eric Maldonado*, University of Hamburg
"Bridging The Gap In Transatlantic Data Protection"
Stefan Martini*, CAU Kiel
"Before the Second Lisbon Decade - The Legal Discourse on the Future of European Integration"
Salomé Minesashvili*, Free University of Berlin
"European Identity Discourses in the Contested Neighborhood of Europe and Russia: The Case of Ukraine"
Nataliya Stranadko*, Portland State University
"EU-US Climate Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement"
Vivian Stergiou, National and Kapodistrias University of Athens
"Sharing economy platforms and rating systems as consumer protection mechanisms - Do ratings, stars and peer comments suffice for consumer protection?"
*The research stays of these scientists were financed by a grant from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
2018
Lyudmila Igumnova, Irkutsk State University
"Official EEAS communications with Russia: crafting the image of Normative Power Europe"
Nilyufar Abdulatova, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent
"Transparency in the extractive industries as a legal tool for strengthening good governance: the EU approach"
Guest researcher at the Fotar2018 conference*:
Goran Dominioni, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research field: Environment and climate change
Charlotte Hulme, Yale University, New Haven
Research field: Environment and climate change
Sascha Lohmann, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
Research field: Global trade and investment
Hanna Pfeifer, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg
Research field: Peace and security policy
Elisabeth Winter, Free University of Berlin
Research field: Global trade and investment
*These research stays were funded by grants from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
2017
Amany Selim, Paul Valery University, Montpellier
"The Reception of Syrian refugees in Arab communities in Berlin: A reexamination of intra-ethnic relations in Western host societies"
2016
Zamira Xhaferri, Maastricht University
"Has the Introduction of a Novel Hierarchy of Norms by the Lisbon Treaty Achieved its Intended Objectives?"
Andrew F. Tuch, Washington University, St. Louis
"The Weakening of Fiduciary Law"
Giovanni Zampetti, La Sapienza University, Rome
"Signs of Crisis in the European System of Fundamental Rights: Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR and the Issue of the Accession of the European Union to the Convention"
Francesco Saitto, La Sapienza University, Rome
"European political parties and European public space from the Maastricht Treaty to the Reg. No. 1141/2014. A historical and comparative analysis"
Barbora Králicková, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
"Harmonization of competition rules, country study Slovakia"
Claudio Lombardi, Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, Moscow
"Analysis of the Kone case on umbrella pricing"
2015
Mersilia Anastasiadou, Center of Eastern Studies for Culture and Communication, Panteion University of Athens
"Economic Adjustment Programs to cope with the Greek debt crisis and their implementation by Greece"
Darlis Mojarrieta, University of Sydney
"Selection Policies for Skilled Migration in the European Union: Implementation of the EU Blue Card Scheme"
Sergiu Buscaneanu, Humboldt University of Berlin
"Regime Dynamics in Post-Soviet States: EU Democracy Promotion, International Influences, and Domestic Contexts"
Nargiza Kilichova, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt
"Competition Policy implications in cross-border merger transactions"
Marko Milenkovic, Institute of Social Sciences Belgrade
"Approximation of State aid Control in Serbia to EU Law - challenges and prospects"
2014
Alexander Salenko, Department of International and European Law of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University of Russia
"The right to protest in Europe and Russia"
Marianne Takle, NOVA, Oslo and Akershus University College
"Harmonization of Categories and the European Border Control Regime"
"All European countries are not the same!
The Dublin Regulation and onward migration in Europe"
(Research on parts of this work was conducted at the Institute for European Integration, funded by the DAAD)
Michele Francaviglia, University La Sapienza, Rome
"The balancing technique used by the European Court of Justice to solve the possible conflicts between fundamental rights"
Madalina Dobrescu, London School of Economics
"The role of EU civilian missions in security and peacebuilding processes in Eastern Europe"
Dumitriţa Bologan, Academy of Sciences of Moldova
"Foundations of Adjustment of the Republic of Moldova Competition Law to the European Union Competition Law"
Novitet XH. Nezaj, Government of the Republic of Kosovo
"Kosovo's relationship with the EU, transformation into a market economy and its development of domestic competition law"
Claudio Lombardi, University of Trento
"Convergence of liability regimes in private enforcement of competition law: a law and economics analysis"
Anca Chirita, Durham University
"Adaptation of Romanian competition law to the competition rules of the EU"
Göksel Kuşlu, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Ankara
"Turkey's labor market and social policies during the negotiations of accession with the EU"
Maris Butans, Latvian Competition Council, Riga
"Approximation of Competition Rules of New and Future Member States to EU Law: Latvia"
2013
Nada Dollani, University of Tiriana
"The EU Origin of the Albanian Legal Regime on Product Liability"
Julia Iliopoulos-Strangas, University of Athens
"Fundamental social rights in Europe"
Dzmitry Bartalevich, University of Aarhus
"Convergence between competition control policies in the EU and the US"
Yesim Atamer, Istanbul Bilgi University
"Turkish consumer protection law and its references to European law"
Andrew Glencross, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
"Democracy and European Integration in the Shadow of the Debt Crisis: Markets, Elites, and Voters"
Discussion Paper No. 3/13
Sergei A. Mudrov, Baranovichi State University
"The European Union and Christian Churches: the patterns of interaction"
Also published under the title "PATTERNS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CHURCHES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: REPRESENTATIONS, DIALOGUE, AND INFLUENCE" on Taylor & Francis Online.
2012
Konrad Lachmayer, University of Vienna, Faculty of Law
"Possibilities and limits of European human rights protection using the example of constitutional developments in Hungary"
Khaydarali Yunusov, UNESCO Chair on International Law and Human Rights at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED), Tashkent
"Decision making process within Eurasian economic integration: intergovernmentalismversus supranationalism"
Katalin Nagy, Kopint-Datorg Foundation for economic research, Budapest
"Membership of the Central and Eastern European countries in the monetary union - risks and opportunities"
Balázs Ferkelt, Budapest Business School
"Membership of the Central and Eastern European countries in the monetary union - risks and opportunities"
Endre Domonkos, Budapest Business School
"The limits and future of cohesion policy from a German and Hungarian perspective"
Yulian Tsolov, International Organization for Migration, Belgrade
"Migration Challenges for the Pre-Accession Countries of South-East Europe"
Johann-Jakob Wulf, Andrássy University Budapest
"Macro-regional strategies in the European Union"
2011
Dorian Jano
"Adopting and Implementing EU Legislation: The Case of the Potential Member-States from Western Balkans (2005-2009)"
Zamira Xhaferri
"Post-Lisbon Comitology: A Critical Approach"
Published in: Journal of European and Comparative Law (Issue 20/4, 2013).
Piero Cavicchi
"The European Commission's discretion as to the adoption of Article 9 commitment decisions: Lessons from Alrosa"
Discussion Paper No. 3/11
Andrea Gyulai-Schmidt
"Development of European case law on public procurement law in the area of services of general economic interest"
Published in: Public Procurement Law, Issue 6/2012, pp. 809-833.
2010
Viesturs Pauls Karnups
"Latvian Foreign Trade and Investment with Germany and Russia: Past and Present"
Discussion Paper No. 4/10
2009
Shiwei Shi
"Effects of China's Accession to the WTO on Competition Policy in China: An Institutional-Economic Analysis"
Discussion Paper No. 2/09
Jüri Sepp
"Industrial structure as a cause of productivity differences in Europe: the example of Estonia"
Discussion Paper No. 1/09