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MCEL People

 MCEL members
 Distinguished associate scholars
 Associate scholars
 Visiting scholars and PhD researchers
 Student trainees

Directors: Ellen Vos and Monica Claes
Management team: Merijn Chamon, Pauline Melin, Stevi Kitsou, Matteo Bonelli, Valentina Golunova, Alex Soroiu
 

MCEL Members

Honorary scholars

Maja Brkan

Maja Brkan is judge at the EU General Court. She worked at Maastricht University as assistant and then associate professor between 2013 and 2014 and was a member of MCEL in that period.

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Paul Craig 

Paul Craig is Emeritus Professor of English Law, St John’s College, University of Oxford. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Maastricht University in 2014. 

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Associate scholars

Merijn Chamon 

Merijn Chamon is Professor of EU Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and visiting professor at the College of Europe. He was a member of MCEL between 2019 and 2023 as Assistant and then Associate Professor of EU law.

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Florin Coman-Kund 

Florin Coman-Kund is Assistant Professor in European Union Law at the Erasmus School of Law, University of Rotterdam. He completed his PhD dissertation at Maastricht University in 2016 and was a member of MCEL until then.

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Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson is Professor for European Law and Governance at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. From 2009 to 2011 he was Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Law at Maastricht and a member of MCEL.

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Paul Dermine

Paul Dermine is Professor of European Union Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He completed his PhD research at UM in 2020 and was a member of MCEL until then.

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Diane Fromage

Diane Fromage is Professor of European Law at the University of Salzburg. She was assistant professor of EU law at Maastricht University between 2016 and 2020 and a member of MCEL in that in period.

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Francesca Galli

Francesca Galli is Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute and Head of Unit at Italian Ministry of University and Research. She worked at UM and was a member of MCEL between 2014 and 2017.

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Kathrin Hamenstadt

Kathrin Hamenstädt is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History at the University of Leiden. She worked at UM as a PhD researcher and was a member of MCEL between 2010 and 2014.

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Elise Muir

Elise Muir is Professor of EU law at the Institute for European Law, KU Leuven. She worked at UM as assistant and associate professor until 2018.

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Thu Nguyen

Thu Nguyen is Policy Fellow for EU Institutions and Democracy at the Jacques Delors Centre. She worked at UM and was a member of MCEL between 2013 and 2020.

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Evangelia Psychogiopoulou

Evangelia Psychogiopoulou is Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Greece. She worked at UM and was a MCEL member between 2014 and 2016.

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Nikos Skoutaris

Nikos Skoutaris is Associate Professor in European Union Law at the School of Law of the University of West Anglia. He was a member of MCEL and assistant professor of EU law at UM between 2010 and 2012.

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Maartje de Visser 

Maartje de Visser is Associate Professor of Law at School of Law, Singapore Management University. She worked as assistant professor at UM and was a MCEL member in 2010-2013.

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Annalisa Volpato

Annalisa Volpato is Assistant Professor at Università degli Studi di Padova. She obtained a double PhD in EU law at Maastricht University and Università degli Studi di Padova and was a member of MCEL until 2023.

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Maria Weimer

Maria Weimer is associate professor of EU law and regulation at the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at UM and was a MCEL member between 2011 and 2013).

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Visiting scholars and PhD researchers

Academic year 2023-2024

Livia Baldinelli

Livia Baldinelli is PhD student in Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage at IMT School for Advanced Studies.

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Giulio Rivellini 

Giulio Rivellini is PhD student in Law and Business at LUISS Guido Carli.

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Emmalucia Virardi 

Emmalucia Virardi is PhD student in Law at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.

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Ketevan Vardosanidze

Ketevan Vardosanidze is PhD student at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

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Academic year 2022-2023

Ylenia Maria Citino

Ylenia Maria Citino is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Sciences (DISP) in Luiss Guido Carli University and Research Member of the Center of Parliamentary Studies (CESP) in Rome.

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Francesco Liguori

Francesco Liguori is PhD candidate at the Sapienza University of Rome.

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Nicola Bergamaschi

Nicola Bergamaschi is PhD student at the University of Bologna.

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Andrea Conzutti

Andrea Conzutti is PhD Candidate in Constitutional Law at the Universities of Trieste and Udine in Belgium.

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Maria Kalogirou

Maria Kalogirou is PhD Candidate at the University Paris Nanterre.

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Lisette Mustert

Lisette Mustert is PhD candidate at the University of Luxembourg.

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Academic year 2021-2022

Nuno Matos

Nuno Albuquerque Matos is PhD candidate at the Global School of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon.

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Robin Gadbled

Robin Gadbled is Coordinator of research activities at the Institute for European Law at KU Leuven, as well as a Teaching Fellow for the Europeaum Scholars Programme (coordinated by Oxford University). 

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Elsa Fernando Gonzalo

Elsa Fernando Gonzalo is PhD candidate at the University of Salamanca. 

  More information about Elsa Fernando Gonzalo  

"My research stay in MCEL was fantastic. The international environment of MCEL and the availability of the staff of Maastricht University were incredibly good. It offers a perfect scenario to do a research stay in this institution. Also, the professors and colleagues were always available to discuss questions of my research topic. I really recommend it!" David Gutiérrez

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Student trainees

Would you like to become a student trainee at MCEL? Learn how you can join us.

  • MCEL trainees in 2023-2024

     Ivor Meštrović
     Jakob Piep

  • MCEL trainees 2022-2023

     Eliza Wójcik
     Cecilia Durante
     Ivor Meštrović

  • MCEL trainees in 2021-2022

     Eliza Wójcik
     Margot Robins
     Natália Racková

  • MCEL trainees 2020-2021

     Alexander Merkulov
     Busra Ataman
     Maija Maunu

  • MCEL trainees in 2019-2020

     Busra Ataman
     Leo Kapetanovic

  • MCEL trainees in 2018-2019

     Ilaria Piovesan
     Kejda Revaj
     Alexandra Zaytseva

  • MCEL trainees in 2017-2018

     Diya Dilan
     Maia Ignatenko
     Ilaria Piovesan

  • MCEL trainees in 2016-2017

     Marie Gérardy
     Maia Ignatenko
     Kristi Georgieva

  • MCEL trainees in 2015-2016

     Craig Eggett
     Marie Gérardy
     Aysegül Öztekin

  • MCEL trainees 2014-2015

     Egelyn Braun
     Kate O' Reilly
     Sarah Wagner

  • MCEL trainees 2013-2014

     Giulia Giardi
     Egelyn Braun
     Seyda Uyar