Get to know the ESELS Board

Learn more about the ESELS Board and the academic backgrounds of the ESELS Board Members.

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Board members

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President

Tilmann Altwicker

University of Zurich – Switzerland

I hold the Chair of Legal Data Science and Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich as Associate Professor, and also head the Center for Legal Data Science.

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Future President

Or Brook

University of Leeds – United Kingdom

I am an Associate Professor of Competition Law and Policy at the School of Law at the University of Leeds, and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Law and Practice.

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Past President

Urška Šadl

European University Institute – Florence, Italy

I work in the field of European Union law and institutions, especially the internal market, free movement of persons and European citizenship.

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Board member

Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska

University of Warsaw – Poland

I am an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Economy at Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw, as well as Director of CEAPS.

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Gareth Davies

Vrije Universiteit – Amsterdam

I am a professor of EU law at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, particularly interested in free movement law, EU citizenship, and EU constitutional law.

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Pieter Desmet

Erasmus University Rotterdam – The Netherlands

I am professor of Quantitative Empirical Legal Studies at the Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Newsletter Editor

Kyra Wigard

Utrecht University – the Netherlands

I am Assistant Professor at the Willem Pompe Institute at Utrecht University. As ESELS board member I publish the bi-annual newsletters and social media updates of the Society.

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Erik Wesselius

Executive Secretary

As Executive Secretary I am concerned with the Society’s daily affairs. Based in the Netherlands (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Social Law), the Secretary is involved in the organization of the Society’s activities, finances, registration of memberships, updating of the website and communications. The Secretariat can be reached via contact@esels.eu.