Prof Dr Niels Philipsen (N.J.)
Research profile
Niels Philipsen received his doctorate in December 2003 in the field of Law and Economics. From 2004 to 2006 he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the NWO-programme "Shifts in Governance" and afterwards as a Senior Researcher in various research projects (including contract research for, inter alia, various ministries, European Commission, OECD, insurers, and professional organizations).
Niels Philipsen is a Resident Fellow of M-EPLI (Maastricht European Private Law Institute) and is Vice-Director of METRO (Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Legal Research).
He is also Professor of Shifts in Private and Public Regulation at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (0.2 FTE).
In addition, he is Adjunct Professor of the School of Law and Economics at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, China (since 2016); and Adjunct Professor at the School of Law of Beijing Normal University in Beijing and Zhuhai, China (since 2023).
Research projects
Niels Philipsen is actively involved as a researcher in many projects. He also co-ordinated several projects for the European Commission and OECD.
Most of these research projects can be found at the METRO website:
https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/institutes/metro/research/projects.
Recent publications
Other publications
Niels Philipsen publishes regularly in national and international journals and in books. He also contributed to many studies for, inter alia, the European Commision (various DGs), ministries, OECD, International Bar Association, insurers, and others.
Selected publications
Philipsen, N.J., “The Role of Private Actors in Preventing Work-Related Risks: A Law and Economics Perspective”, European Public Law, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2018, 539-554.
Philipsen, N.J., “Limiting Auditors’ Liability: The Case For (and Against) EU Intervention”, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Vol. 39, 2014, 585-597.
Philipsen, N.J., “Regulation and Competition in the Legal Profession: Developments in the EU and China”, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2010, 203-231. (Advance access published on April 1, 2009, doi:10.1093/joclec/nhp009.).
Philipsen, N.J., “Compensation for Industrial Accidents and Incentives for Prevention: A Theoretical and Empirical Perspective”, European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2009, 163-183. (Online First published on May 7, 2009, doi: 10.1007/s10657-009-9103-0.).
Faure, M.G., Ogus, A.I. and N.J. Philipsen, “Curbing Consumer Financial Losses”, Law & Policy, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2009, 161-191.
Notes
Niels Philipsen is co-ordinator of the Metro Seminar Series: http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Institutes/METRO/Research/METROSeminars.
He is involved in the supervision of several PhD researchers and is currently also one of the confidential advisors for PhD researchers on behalf of the Maastricht Graduate School of Law.
In addition, he is a member of the Science Committee, UM China Team, and the ERCIC (Ethics Committee Inner City Faculties).