European and Comparative Constitutional Law Research Cluster

The cluster consists of researchers interested in the law and theory of EU law, ECHR law, comparative constitutional law, comparative law, and cross-legal matters more broadly.

The cluster has strong ties to the Law school’s teaching area groups (ämnesgrupper) and has as its specific task advancing research related to EU law, ECHR, and comparative law matters. The cluster organizes discussion groups (e.g. an EU law discussion group) as well as regular conferences and workshops.

The cluster has also close links to international research projects at the GU. For example, the EU Horizon-funded consortium HRJust project (HRjust) is coordinated in the Law Department and with one of the work packages (WP 3) hosted in the Law Department as well. In addition, the cluster has close ties with the interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies (CERGU) as well as to the European study program at GU. In addition, the cluster has collaboration with the Swedish Network of European Legal Studies.

Human Rights Justifications - HR Just

HR Just examines how States use Human Rights Justifications to explain and defend their actions and decisions.

Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg

The Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg (CERGU) aims to promote multidisciplinary research on…

Swedish Network for European Legal Studies

Teaching

There are several advanced LLM courses that are related to the cluster and taught by our members. For example, the following courses:

EU Constitutional Law, HRS 312
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law, HRS 193
EU procedural law HRS085

Seminars

The cluster organizes seminars and conferences. All faculty members are welcome to participate in our cluster. The events are, in general, open to the public.

Upcoming events

Upcoming and past events related to EU or/and comparative constitutional law:

SPRING 2024

EU Law Discussion Group
10 April 2024 10.15-12.00 CIP-room

Dr Meng Zhang , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Buisness Law, Lund University”Decoupling vs Decarbonizing? EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Its Implications to the EU-China Climate Game in a Polarized World”

EU Law Discussion Group
14 May 2024 13.15-15.00, CIP-room

Dr Alezini Loxa, Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Law, Lund University“Sustainability and EU Migration Law: What Place for Migrants' Rights”