Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations
About the Chair
The Erasmus+ funded Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic relations is awarded to Elaine Fahey, Professor of Law, City Law School, City, University of London (2019-2022) to promote the development of law and transatlantic relations in research, education, policy making, professional development and public engagement.
The Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations aims to study and critically reflect upon the largest casestudy of global governance in the international legal order, the transatlantic alliance.
- The Chair studies the role played by the EU as a global actor in global governance at a critical time, public dissemination of expert analysis and the engagement with civil society becomes crucial.
- The Chair offers revamped and revised teaching as well as new EU law and global governance modules, including highly innovative interdisciplinary modules (e.g. on transatlantic relations, global governance and clinical legal education) and the use of new teaching formats (e.g. distance learning).
- The Chair promotes deeper understanding of international relations, the global reach of EU law and to focus on the role of international organisations and third countries in the EU’s global actions. It organises events enabling key target groups engage with the EU, its powers, functioning and policies.
Members
Prof. Elaine Fahey
Professor Elaine Fahey is Professor of EU Law and Associate Dean (International) at The City Law School. Her research interests span the relationship between EU law and global governance, trade, transatlantic relations, the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and the study of law beyond the State. Her publications, amongst others, include a monograph, The Global Reach of EU Law (Routledge, 2016). She is co-investigator in the Marie Curie ITN on EU and Transatlantic Investment and Trade ('EUTIP') (2017-2021) and was awarded a British Academy/ Leverhulme Research Grant for the project Between Internal Laws and Global Practices: UN Instruments in the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. She is an academic co-editor of the Routledge UACES book series, Associate Editor of European Papers and on the Editorial Board of CUP’s European Journal of Risk Regulation.
Prof. David Collins
Professor David Collins teaches and researches in the field of international economic law specializing in the law of the World Trade Organization and international investment law. He is currently City's Assistant Vice President (Research/REF) and heads the City Law School's Digital Trade Research Group. David set up Start-Ed, the law school's pro bono commercial legal advice clinic for tech start-ups. He is a Solicitor of England & Wales and is admitted to the Bars of Ontario and New York.
Isabella Mancini (PhD)
Isabella Mancini is a research student under the Horizon 2020 project on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Innovative Training Network (TTIP-ITN). The working title of her thesis is “On Global Law: the Democratisation of Global Governance”.
Dr Jed Odermatt
Dr Jed Odermatt is a Lecturer at the City Law School, whose research interests include public international law, the law of international organizations, and EU external relations law. He has particular expertise in the interaction between the EU and international legal orders. His current research focuses on the law and practice of international courts, in particular the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Dr Adrienne Yong
Dr Adrienne Yong is Lecturer in Law at The City Law School. She researches EU citizenship law and European human rights, and is interested in the human rights effects of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU. Her monograph, The Rise and Decline of Fundamental Rights in EU Citizenship was published in 2019 with Hart Publishing.
Dr Jonatan Echebarria Fernandez
Dr Jonatan Echebarria Fernández joined The City Law School in January 2020. Dr Echebarria Fernández's research interests span from Maritime & Commercial disputes and European Conflict of Laws to Environmental Law. He is currently working in some articles and book chapters related to the impact of marine pollution focused on least developed countries’ coastal communities.
Eva Pander Maat
Eva Pander Maat hold an LLM in Legal Research (cum laude) from Utrecht University. Her thesis focuses on the incorporation of the EU’s climate ambitions in EU trade policy and law. The European Green Deal sets unprecedented climate aims, most notably that of climate neutrality by 2050. The EU is intent to merge these aims with economic growth and the expansion of international trade. However, the incorporation of climate concerns and environmental protection in EU trade policy and law invokes political and legal challenges: climate concerns are often antithetical to trade interests and at tension with the rule-based multilateral trade order. Eva’s thesis will investigate how the EU faces these challenges whilst observing the coherence of EU external action and WTO law. Her PhD is funded by a Jean Monnet Scholarship.
Prior to arriving at City, Eva received a scholarship for a research stay on the Collegio dei Fiamminghi at the University of Bologna, completed traineeships at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin and the Dutch Embassy to Israel in Tel Aviv and worked as a legal assistant on matters of constitutional and administrative law at the Dutch State Attorney’s office.
Besides her research, Eva teaches on EU law courses at City Law School.
Eva’s thesis is supervised by Professor Panos Koutrakos and Professor Elaine Fahey.
Giulio Kowalski
Giulio Kowalski is a Law graduate (Master’s Degree) from the University of Trieste and holds an LLM in Competition Law from King’s College London. Before joining City University, Giulio also practised Data Protection Law, Competition Law and Media Law at two different international law firms in Milan and completed an internship in the field of merger control at the European Commission's DG Competition in Brussels.
See the full list of members of the Institute for the Study of European Laws (ISEL)
Publications
- Curtis, M., Smith, M., Parmar, I.
, Rees, W., Mai'a, K., Cross, D., Moraes, C., Christakis, T., Fahey, E. , Chen, X., Gao, X., Henig, D., Collins, D. A. , Lyons, T., Egan, M. and Shleina, V. (2020). Contemporary Issues in Translantic Relations (City Law School Research Paper 2020/08). London, UK: City Law School, City, University of London.
- Shleina, V. , Fahey, E. , Klonick, K., Menéndez González, N., Murray, A. and Tzanou, M. (2020). The Law of Facebook: Borders, Regulation and Global Social Media (City Law School (CLS) Research Paper No. 2020/01). London, UK: The City Law School.
- EU Law Live Weekend Edition No. 52 Special Issue on Transatlantic Trade (March 2021) edited by Elaine Fahey.
Events
Upcoming events
Check back for details of future events.
Past events and conferences
Events 2022/23
Good Global Governance and the EU and US
Date: Friday, 16th September 2022, 12:00 – 18:00
Location: Online
This short exploratory workshop on ‘Good Global Governance and the EU and US’ considers best practices in global governance. It reflects upon the idea of metrics of good global governance in the post-COVID-19 era.
Read the working paper of the event
The Regulation of AI in EU Law
Date: , 13:00 – 16:00
Location: Online
Two short panels presenting brief deep-dives into conceptual as well as policy fields from a range of inter and multidisciplinary experts on AI related fields.
Watch the event recording:
The Future of Transatlantic Data Flows
Date: Monday, 21st March 2022, 17:00 – 18:00
Location: Online
Speakers:
- Prof. Alex Joel, Scholar-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at the Washington College of Law American University, DC;
- Prof. Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair and Professor of Law and Ethics at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, and Associate Director for Policy of the Georgia Tech Institute for Information Security and Privacy
- Max Schrems, None of Your Business (NOYB), European Center for Digital Rights (non-profit organization based in Vienna)
- William Echikson, Editor of the Center for European Policy Analysis's new tech policy Bandwidth.
Chair:
- Elaine Fahey, City Law School, City, University of London
The Future of the EU-UK Passenger Name Records (PNR) Law Post-Brexit: On Legality, Accountability and Enforcement
Date:, 17:00 – 18:30
Location: Online
Speakers:
- Elaine Fahey, City Law School, City, University of London (Institutions and oversight in the UK-EU PNR title)
- Prof. Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London (PNR, Criminal Justice or Border Control? Implications of the Commission’s Data Adequacy Decision)
- Dr. Elif Mendos Kuskonmaz, Portsmouth Law School (Unlocking Data Adequacy for the UK-EU PNR: Lessons from Opinion 1/15)
Discussants:
- Prof. Steve Peers, Essex Law School
Chairperson:
- Baroness Hamwee, House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs committee
Digital Competition Law: The Central Elements of the Emerging Sub-Discipline
Date: Monday, 14th February 2022, 17:00 – 18:30
Location: Online
Speaker:
- Dr Oles Andriychuk, Senior Lecturer in Competition and Internet Law, University of Strathclyde
Events 2021/22
Transatlantic Perspectives on Populism: ‘Bugaric & Tushnet’s ‘Power to the People’
Date: Wednesday, 24th November 2021, 18:00 – 19:00
Location: Online
Speakers:
- Bojan Bugarič, University of Sheffield Law School
- Mark V. Tushnet, Harvard Law School
Discussants:
- Francesca Bignami, George Washington University Law School (EU law)
- Maria Cahill, University College Cork (UCC) Law School (Constitutional law)
- Christine Schwöbel-Patel, University of Warwick School of Law (International law)
Chair:
- Elaine Fahey, City Law School City University of London
Contemporary Issues in EU-US Relations: the state of trade and technology
Date:, 17:00 – 18:30
Chair:
- Elaine Fahey, Professor of Law & Jean Monnet Chair, City Law School, City, University of London
Speakers:
- Andreas Aktoudianakis, EU Lead Digital Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
- Doug Cassel, Counsel, King & Spalding
- Sylvia Chen, independent policy advisor, Berlin
- Anna Fielder, Senior Policy Advisor to the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)
- Rupert Schlegelmilch, Acting Deputy Director-General, DG TRADE at the European Commission
Events 2020/21
The Transatlantic Space Between Shifting Administrations
Date: 2 July , 2021
This webinar is organised by the Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations and Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL)
Speakers:
- Charles Roger, Assistant Professor and Beatriu de Pinós Research Fellow, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals
- Daniel Francis , Furman Fellow and Emile Noël Fellow, New York University, Former Deputy Director of the US Federal Trade Commission
- David O'Sullivan, Senior Counselor at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Former EU Ambassador to the US
- Fabien Terpan, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law & Politics, University Grenoble-Alpes
- Jenya Grigorova , Dispute Settlement Lawyer at World Trade Organization
- Joseph Dunne , Director of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington DC
- Kai Purnhagen, Professor of Law, University of Bayreuth
- Eva van der Zee, Assistant Professor of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg
- Mike Smith, Professor in European Politics, University of Warwick
- Peter Van Elsuwege, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law, Ghent University
- Sara Poli, Professor of Law, University of Pisa
- Thomas Verellen, Assistant Professor in Law, Utrecht University
- Eva van der Zee, University of Hamburg
- Viktor Szep, ELTE Budapest
Chair:
- Chair: Elaine Fahey, Jean Monnet Chair of Law & Transatlantic Relations, City, University of London.
A video of this talk can be found here.
Institutionalising Global Challenges: A Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council
Date: 29 April, 2021
This webinar is organised by the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL) and Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations.
Speakers:
- Susan Aaronson, Research Professor and Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs
- Kristina Irion, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) University of Amsterdam
- Maria Kendrick, Lecturer in Law and Assistant Dean, City Law School, City, University of London
- Kai Purnhagen, Chair of Food Law, Co-director of the Research unit on German and European Food law, Faculty of Life Sciences & Law and Economics, University of Bayreuth
- Thomas Wright, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a Senior Fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution
Chair:
- Elaine Fahey , Jean Monnet Chair of Law & Transatlantic Relations, City Law School, City, University of London
Book Talk: The EU as a Global Regulator for Environmental Protection
Date: 20 April 2021, 5pm - 6:30pm
This webinar is organised by the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL) and Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations.
This book talk on The EU as a Global Regulator for Environment Protection (Hart 2019) by Ioanna Hadjiyianni considers how the EU has been understood to have global effects through its environmental laws. It was shortlisted for the prestigious SLS Peter Birks Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2020.
Discussants:
- Dr Katja Biedenkopf, Associate Professor of Sustainability Politics at Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), KU Leuven
- Dr Sanja Bogojević, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oxford Fellow and Tutor in Law, Lady Margaret Hall
- Professor Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Alumni Society Designated Professor of Law, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State
- Dr Natalie Dobson, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University School of Law
Chair: Professor Elaine Fahey, City Law School
The City Law School Webinar: The Law of Facebook
Date: 14 April 2021, 5pm - 6:30pm
Organised by the Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations, City Law School & Institute for the Study of European Law, City Law School.
This event considers the state of the art as to Facebook and the law, as its subject and object and putting it into the broader context of the global law of ‘big Tech’. It considers the operation of the Facebook Oversight Board and its characterisation in public law, private law and global governance. The panel examines the Law of Facebook from a variety of perspective, following up from the 2020 City Law School Law of Facebook event.
Speakers:
- Francisco De Abreu Duarte, PhD Researcher, Faculty of Law, European University Institute (EUI), EUI Digital Public Sphere Working Group
- Bilyana Petkova, Full Professor in Law and Society in the Digital Age, Law Faculty, Institut für Rechtswissenschaftliche Grundlagen - Global Governance, University of Graz
- Thomas Streinz, Inaugural Executive Director of Guarini Global Law & Tech, New York University (NYU) Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU Law, and Fellow at the Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ)
- Peter Swire, Elizabeth & Tommy Holder Chair of Law and Ethics, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chair:
- Elaine Fahey, Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations & Professor of Law, City Law School, City, University of London
Webinar: Book Talk - Meet the author: Anu Bradford on The Brussels Effect
Date: 7 October 2020
Speakers:
- Prof. Anu Bradford, Columbia Law School, Book talk on ‘The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World’ OUP 2020
Discussants:
- Prof. Christina Eckes, Amsterdam Centre for European Law & Governance, University of Amsterdam (perspective of EU external relations law)
- Dr. Mona Pinchis-Paulsen, Stanford Law School, University of Stanford/ London School of Economics (perspective of international economic law)
- Prof. Cedric Ryngaert, Utrecht University School of Law (perspective of public international law)
Chair:
- Prof. Elaine Fahey, City Law School
City Law School Book Launch: Framing Convergence with the Global Legal Order
Date: 7 December 2020, 5-6pm GMT (webinar)
Jointly hosted by the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL), Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations and Institute for International Law & Global Affairs (ILAG).
Remarks by: Gerard Hogan, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and Elaine Fahey, City Law School (giving overview of book).
Events 2019/20
Webinar: The Law of Facebook: Borders, Regulation and Global Social Media
Date: 15 May, 2020
Speakers:
- Professor Elaine Fahey, City Law School, City, University of London (Chair)
- Dr. Kate Klonick, St. Johns University Law School, author of ‘Creating Global Governance for Online Speech: The Development of Facebook’s Oversight Board’, 129 YALE L. J. (forthcoming 2020)
- Natalia Menéndez Gonzales, Researcher, European University Institute (EUI) Florence
- Professor Andrew Murray, London School of Economics Law Department
- Dr. Jed Odermatt , City Law School, City, University of London (Discussant)
- Dr. Maria Tzanou, Keele University School of Law
Webinar: Book talk with former US Ambassador Anthony Gardner ‘Stars with Stripes’
Date: 29 May, 2020
Event hosted by the Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations and EUTIP Marie Curie ITN.
Former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner in conversation with Elaine Fahey, Jean Monnet Chair in Law & Transatlantic Relations, City Law School and Martin Trybus, Professor of European Law and Policy Director, Institute of European Law, Director, EUTIP, University of Birmingham about his new book ‘Stars with Stripes: the Essential Partnership between the EU and US’
WEBINAR: The EU as a Good Global Actor
Date: 19 June, 2020
Keynote Speaker: Professor Kalypso Nicolaides, Oxford University
This exploratory one-day event explored informally the nexus between trade and security, trade and economics and trade and human rights as a future research agenda with input from a variety of scholars.
It reflected upon four major themes:
- The EU’s Contribution to the Democratisation of Global Governance
- Deeper Trade Agreements and New Normative Foundations
- The EU as a Global Actor in Trade and Fundamental Rights
- EU’s Trade in the Era of Global Data Flows
Webinar: Contemporary Issues in Transatlantic Relations
Date: 1 July 2020
This interdisciplinary seminar hosted by the Jean Monnet Chair in Transatlantic Relations at City Law School and the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL) examines topical issues in transatlantic relations across a range of subjects and issues, from trade, security and data, to defence.
