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Summer Course in European Law & European Integration 2026





Summer course in European law & European integration 2026


Summer Course

Summer course in European law & integration

May – August 2026

Welcome to the 2026 Summer Course in European Law and European Integration. This comprehensive 14-week program offers deep insights into the legal frameworks, institutions, and policies shaping the European Union today. Join leading experts and scholars as we explore the foundations and future of EU law.

Note: All times listed are in Kyiv Time (EEST).

Principles & institutions of the EU

Tue, May 26
6:00 – 8:00 pm
The EU: Past, present, future
Lecturer: Professor Armin Cuyvers
Professor of European Law at Leiden University, specialized in EU Constitutional Law and Comparative Regional Integration.

Mon, June 1
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Institutions, decision-making & sources of EU law: law & realities
Lecturer: Professor Armin Cuyvers
Professor of European Law at Leiden University, specialized in EU Constitutional Law and Comparative Regional Integration.

Tue, June 9
6:00 – 8:00 pm
EU integration, past & present
Lecturer: Professor Stefaan van den Bogaert
Professor of European Law at Leiden University, Director of the Europa Institute.

Mon, June 15
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Ukraine-EU association & accession of Ukraine agreement
Lecturers: Professor Armin Cuyvers & Veronika Yefremova
Professor Armin Cuyvers: Professor of European Law at Leiden University, specialized in EU Constitutional Law and Comparative Regional Integration.
Veronika Yefremova: PhD fellow at Leiden University, EU Law.

Intellectual property (IP)

Fri, May 29
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Basic concepts, institutions, and instruments
Lecturer: Dr. Giuseppe Mazziotti
Professor in Law and Innovation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon.

Fri, June 5
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Trademarks
Lecturer: Dr. Giuseppe Mazziotti
Professor in Law and Innovation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon.

Fri, June 12
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Patents
Lecturer: Dr. Giuseppe Mazziotti
Professor in Law and Innovation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon.

Fri, June 19
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Copyrights & design
Lecturer: Dr. Giuseppe Mazziotti
Professor in Law and Innovation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon.

The four freedoms

Tue, June 16
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Introduction, single market & goods
Lecturer: Professor Catherine Barnard
Professor of European Law, Cambridge University.

Tue, June 30
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Goods & services
Lecturer: Professor Catherine Barnard
Professor of European Law, Cambridge University.

Tue, July 7
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Persons & companies
Lecturer: Professor Markus Gehring
Associate Professor of Law, Cambridge University.

Tue, July 14
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Citizenship, capital & investment policies
Lecturer: Professor Markus Gehring
Associate Professor of Law, Cambridge University.

Constitution & human rights

Wed, June 17
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Framework, rule of law & Council of Europe
Lecturer: Dr. Giuseppe Mazziotti
Professor in Law and Innovation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon.

Mon, June 22
6:00 – 8:00 pm
The charter & human rights policies
Lecturer: Professor Gabriel Toggenburg
Honorary Professor for European Union and Human Rights Law at the University of Graz.

Mon, June 29
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Non-discrimination, freedom & security, criminal law
Lecturer: Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Professor of Law, University of London.

Mon, July 6
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Expression, privacy & artificial intelligence
Lecturer: Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Professor of Law, University of London.

Competition law

Wed, July 8
6:00 – 8:00 pm
General framework; EC & member state enforcement; vertical restraints
Lecturer: Professor Damien Gerard
Prosecutor General, Belgian Competition Authority.

Wed, July 15
6:00 – 8:00 pm
State aid, dominance & merger control
Lecturer: Professor Damien Gerard
Prosecutor General, Belgian Competition Authority.

Wed, July 22
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Digitalization
Lecturer: Professor Ariel Ezrachi
Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law at Oxford University.

Wed, July 29
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Anti-cartel enforcement in former socialist states
Lecturer: Professor Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman
Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.

Finance & capital markets

Tue, July 21
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Introduction, MiFID & MICAR
Lecturer: Professor Danny Busch
Holds the Financial Law Chair and is the founding Director of the Financial Law Centre (FLC) at Radboud University, Nijmegen.

Tue, July 28
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Prospectus regulation & green bonds regulation
Lecturer: Lieverse

Tue, Aug 4
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Market abuse
Lecturer: Professor Thierry Bonneau
Full professor at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, teaching banking law, financial markets law, and European and international banking and financial regulation.

Tue, Aug 11
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Banking union
Lecturers: Professor Victor de Seriere, Dr. Marije Louisse & Dr. Mirik van Rijn
Professor Victor de Seriere: Specialises in regulatory work and banking and financial transactions.
Dr. Marije Louisse: Head Legal Department of the Dutch Central Bank and Fellow of the Financial Law Centre, Radboud University, Netherlands.
Dr. Mirik van Rijn: Senior Legal Counsel at the Dutch Central Bank and Fellow of the Financial Law Centre, Radboud University, Netherlands.

Fri, Aug 14
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Capital requirements (banks & insurance)
Lecturers: Pijls, Van den Hurk

Privacy & data protection

Mon, July 27
6:00 – 8:00 pm
GDPR, roles of the charter and CJEU, national security & law enforcement
Lecturer: Christian Wiese Svanberg, LLM
Attorney and Director, DLA Piper Denmark.

Mon, Aug 3
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Concepts & principles, CJEU case law, processing
Lecturer: Professor Christopher Kuner
Affiliate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Senior Privacy Counsel in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Mon, Aug 10
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Individual rights (access, deletion, right to be forgotten) & exceptions
Lecturer: Christian Wiese Svanberg, LLM
Attorney and Director, DLA Piper Denmark.

Mon, Aug 17
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Third country transfers; implementation in Ukraine, best practices
Lecturer: Professor Christopher Kuner
Affiliate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Senior Privacy Counsel in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Energy law

Thu, July 30
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Energy law perspectives – part I
Lecturer: Professor Raphael J. Heffron
Professor in Energy Law, Justice, the Social Contract and Sustainability at the Université de Pau.

Thu, Aug 6
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Energy law perspectives – part II
Lecturer: Professor Raphael J. Heffron
Professor in Energy Law, Justice, the Social Contract and Sustainability at the Université de Pau.

Thu, Aug 13
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Energy law perspectives – part III
Lecturer: Professor Raphael J. Heffron
Professor in Energy Law, Justice, the Social Contract and Sustainability at the Université de Pau.

Thu, Aug 20
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Energy law perspectives – part IV
Lecturer: Professor Raphael J. Heffron
Professor in Energy Law, Justice, the Social Contract and Sustainability at the Université de Pau.


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