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PhD defence Carlos Santaló Goris

Research Fellow Carlos Santaló Goris awarded with Doctoral degree from the University of Luxembourg
On 10 March 2023, Carlos Santaló Goris successfully defended his PhD thesis ”The Application of the European Account Preservation Order in Germany, Luxembourg and Spain: a Comparative-Empirical Analysis” conducted under the supervision of Professor Burkhard Hess.
Summary: Regulation (EU) 655/2014, establishing a European Account Preservation Order (‘EAPO Regulation’), introduced the very cross-...


Former Research Fellow Receives Prestigious Prize for PhD thesis

On 5 December 2022, former Research Fellow Janek T. Nowak was awarded at an official ceremony the prestigious Fernand Collin Law Prize for his doctoral thesis on “Ex officio application of EU law by Belgian civil courts” (original title: “Ambtshalve toepassing van EU-recht door de Belgische burgerlijke rechter”), which he prepared in the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg, led by Prof. Burkhard Hess, and defended at KU Leuven on 19 Februa...


Call for Papers: Translucent Justice? Transparency and International Courts and Tribunals

The Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Procedural Law is pleased to invite papers for a conference on Translucent Justice? Transparency and International Courts and Tribunals in October 2023.
Transparency is an issue, or rather a demand, that has affected every aspect of social life, from art and architecture to governance.[1] In this, it largely predates the judicialization of international law and the w...


Prof. Pierre-Henri Conac invited to address the 18th Harvard-Complutense Seminar

On 4 October 2022, Max Planck Fellow Pierre-Henri Conac participated in the 18th Harvard-Complutense Seminar on "New Capitalism? A Transatlantic Perspective", organised by the Real Colegio Complutense, the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School, and the Department of Commercial Law at the Complutense University of Madrid.
The emphasis of this seminar was the analysis and debate about some of the key issues in the current regulation on corporatelaw, banking and corp...


Luxembourg's Young Scientists Welcomed at the National Doctoral Student Welcome Day 2022!

On 5 October 2022, all doctoral candidates enrolled in their first year at the University of Luxembourg or having recently taken up a doctoral position at a Luxembourg research institution were invited to participate in the National PhD Welcome Day 2022 at the Neumünster Abbey in Luxembourg City.
Organised on an annual basis by Luxembourg's research institutions and students’ associations*, the 2022 edition centred on the theme of mental well-being and professional development and was organised...