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  Today: Tuesday, 06 June 2023

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Hybrid PhD Defense Nikita Gaponiuk: Economic and political sustainability of free mobility policies
Nikita Gaponiuk
Event date: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Hour:  14:00 17:00
Place:  Room D17 CAMPUS KIRCHBERG 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg
Speaker: Nikita Gaponiuk

  News & Events

Lunchseminar in Economics: Drinking from the Firehose: Preprints, Chinese Scientists, and the Diffusion of Research on COVID-19
Event date: Wednesday, 02 June 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University, USA
Julien Pénasse analyses the effect of artist death on the value of art
Doctoral Researcher Julien Penasse
Published on Monday, 07 June 2021
Around 1660, an Italian art dealer brought bad news to Rembrandt: his painting style was no longer in vogue and sold at lower prices. Soon after, Rembrandt disappeared and had the rumour spread tha...
Antonino Salmeri and EAGLE team release lunar governance report
Doctoral researcher Antonino Salmeri
Published on Tuesday, 08 June 2021
FDEF doctoral researcher and member of the SES Chair and DTU REMS II Unit Antonino Salmeri is pursuing his doctoral degree in space law with the support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund and...
Law enforcement access to financial data – off the beaten track
Event date: Wednesday, 09 June 2021
Hour:  12:30 14:00
Place:  Online. The platform, together with the link to attend the event, will be communicated to the registered participants in due course.
Lunchseminar in Economics: Self-guided Approximate Linear Programs
Event date: Wednesday, 09 June 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Selvaprabu Nadarajah, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
How Do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?
Event date: Thursday, 10 June 2021
Hour:  17:00 18:15
Place:  Online Event (Webex)
Speaker: Juliane Begenau - Stanford University
FDEF researchers study investor behaviour during the COVID-19 crisis
FDEF researchers study investor behaviour during the COVID-19 crisis
Published on Tuesday, 15 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has often been characterised as ‘unprecedented’ and ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ as if the rules governing its effects are just as exceptional. But is this also true for people’s reac...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Why U.S. Immigration Barriers Matter for the Global Advancement of Science
Event date: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
A successful first edition for the Certificate in Sustainable Finance
Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021
The first edition of the 8-day Certificate in Sustainable Finance programme wrapped up on Thursday, 3 June 2021 with a total of 16 course participants from diverse professional backgrounds includin...
 FDEF award winner Q&A: Dylan Theis
FDEF Award Winner Dylan Theis
Published on Monday, 21 June 2021
Every two weeks during the summer season, we will be having a chat with some of the Student Award winners from the graduating class of 2020. We are beginning with Dylan Theis, Prix Luis y Anto...
For richer or for poorer: marital patterns and income inequality
Professor Arnaud Dupuy
Published on Thursday, 24 June 2021
In recent years, increasing income equality in developed countries has been a hot topic among economists. Researchers have attempted to explain these disparities in surprising ways, including famil...
FDEF award winner Q&A: Grazia Bruzzese
Published on Monday, 19 July 2021
This week we are presenting our second interview candidate Grazia Bruzzese, Prix du Barreau de Luxembourg Laureate who completed her Bachelor in Law in 2020.
FDEF research into economic growth when people work less & less
Prof. Andreas Irmen
Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021
People work much less today than they used to in the past. Take a male full-time production worker in the U.K. His weekly workload dropped from 56.9 hours in 1870 to roughly 42 hours in 2000, an ab...
Research Economic Seminar: Real-Time Integrated Learning and Decision Making for Deteriorating Systems
Event date: Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation Online via Webex
Speaker: Melvin Drent, LCL, Université du Luxembourg
Lunchseminar in Economics: Testing different structures of Spatial Dynamic Panel Data models by a bootstrap multiple testing procedure
Event date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Maria Lucia Parrella, University of Salerno, IT
LCL x FSTM Energy Seminar: Flexibility for the Energy System of the Future
Ferdi Löhndorf
Event date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hour:  17:00 18:30
Place:  Campus Belval room MSA 3.510
Speaker: Prof. Ferdi Schüth, Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Two FDEF Bachelor students selected for the Bâloise Fellowship
Baloise fellowship particiapnts 2021-2022
Published on Friday, 02 July 2021
Ellma Bahtijari and Dylan Esteves are both students of the Bachelor in Applied Management programme at the University of Luxembourg.
CONFERENCE NATIONALE SUR LA PAUVRETÉ AU TRAVAIL
Event date: Friday, 02 July 2021
Hour:  8:30 12:30
Place:  Online Seminar
PhD defense :The protection of whistle-blowers in the banking and financial sector: an analysis of the EU legal framework
Event date: Friday, 02 July 2021
Hour:  15:30 18:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Charlotte GLORIEUX, charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by Thursday 1st of July at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mr. Dimitrios Kafteranis
Working Yet Poor Project releases National Report for Luxembourg
WorkYP project logo
Published on Tuesday, 06 July 2021
The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) aims at granting all workers “fair and adequate wages” as well as an “adequate protection for all kinds of employment”. But what does the reality look li...
Open Course on Modelling International Migration
Modelling International Migration
Event date: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Hour:  14:00 09-07 | 12:00
Place:  Room A.16
Speaker: Prof. Michel Beine
Interview with Dr Carsten Ullrich - 2021 Rolf Tarrach Prize recipient
Published on Friday, 09 July 2021
Every year, the Association “Amis de l’Université” bestows a special Prize, the Rolf Tarrach Prize, rewarding the best doctroal thesis of the University of Luxembourg.
Dr Carsten Ullrich receives the 2021 Rolf Tarrach Prize
Published on Friday, 09 July 2021
The Association “Amis de l’Université” has awarded the 2021 Rolf Tarrach Prize, yearly rewarding the best doctoral thesis of the University of Luxembourg, to Dr Carsten Ullrich, me...
PhD Defense : The default rule of the transfer back of property as a consequence of the real character of a Luxembourg fiduciary contract.
Event date: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Hour:  14:30 18:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Charlotte GLORIEUX, charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by Tuesday 13th of July at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mrs. Karolina Agnieszka Mreches Dziemianczyk
Making Elections Work with Prof. Vincent Anesi
Prof. Vincent Anesi
Published on Wednesday, 21 July 2021
In a representative democracy, the accountability of elected officials to their constituents stems from elections. Scholars have argued, however, that elections present important limitations that c...
In Memory of Sachin S. Vankalas (1983 - 2021)
Sachin Vankalas
Published on Tuesday, 20 July 2021
We are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Mr. Sachin S. Vankalas, LuxFLAG’s General Manager and part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance.
Virtual PhD Defense: Thesis on Efficient estimation with non-standard sampling or missing endogenous variables, and conditional density modelling with unobserved copula-connected shocks
Andrei kostyrka defense
Event date: Thursday, 22 July 2021
Hour:  10:00 12:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, G001
Speaker: Mr Andreï Kostyrka
Inter-University Cooperation between Luxembourg and Laos renewed
Published on Friday, 23 July 2021
The University of Luxembourg and the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs have agreed to extend the Inter-Univ...
FDEF Newsletter - July 2021
FDEF NEWSLETTER - JULY 2021
Published on Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Read our research, teaching and outreach news at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance. 
FDEF award winner Q&A: Philippe Freitas Morgado
Published on Monday, 02 August 2021
In the third week of the FDEF Award Winner Q&A, we would like to introduce Philippe Freitas Morgado, winner of the Chamber of Commerce Award for the Best Business plan. Philippe completed...
An AFR grant to support research into maritime shipping sustainability
Neeraj Podichetty LCL Doctoral Candidate
Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021
Neeraj Podichetty, a native of India, is a 2021 graduate of the Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL). He is one o...
FDEF award winner Q&A: Roberto Bergonzi Martinez
Published on Monday, 16 August 2021
This week we are pleased to present our 4th Award Winner and Q&A candidate, Roberto Bergonzi Martinez, Bank of China Prize for the Best Student in Banking and Finance Laureate.
ISIR 2021 Summer School
Event date: Monday, 23 August 2021
Hour:  8:00 27-08 | 17:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg
A new model to calculate the Value of a Statistical Life
Prof. Arnaud Dupuy
Published on Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Can you put a number on the value of a human life? How much are we willing to spend to reduce the risk of fatality in a given population? Economists can answer this question by calculating the valu...
FDEF award winner Q&A: Spyridoula Karyda
Published on Monday, 30 August 2021
Meet Spyridoula Karyda, Prix de la Fondation du Mérite Européen Laureate and second last candidate of the FDEF Award Winner Q&A. Spyridoula has successfully completed her Master in Space, Commu...
Virtual PhD Defense: Essays on the Economics of Forced Displacement and Conflict
Event date: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  Room G001 - Please note that only authorized persons can attend the defense on site.
Speaker: Rana Cömertpay
LEGAFIGHT tackles EU tracing apps and fundamental rights
Prof. Elise Poillot
Published on Wednesday, 08 September 2021
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, researchers at the University of Luxembourg have been studying how the reactions, activities and regulations associated with the pandemic...
Participate in Construction Sector Supply Shortages Survey
Construction Survey Thumbnail
Published on Thursday, 09 September 2021
In recent months, the construction sector has been facing increasing prices and shortages of raw materials, long shipping delays, and general uncertainty. It is important to gain a deep understandi...
FDEF award winner Q&A: Boyan Davidov
Published on Friday, 10 September 2021
As the FDEF Award Winner Q&A is coming to an end, we are pleased to present you our last interviewer, Boyan Davidov, Pictet Prize for the best student in Wealth Management Laureate.
14th International Conference on migration and development
14th International Conference on MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT Belval
Event date: Thursday, 09 September 2021
Hour:  8:00 11-09 | 17:00
Place:  Hybrid Event: LISER & University of Luxembourg - Esch-Belval, Luxembourg & Online participation
Virtual PhD Defense: Three essays on the role of institutions in labor market polarization
Event date: Friday, 10 September 2021
Hour:  10:00 12:00
Place:  Room G001 - only for authorized persons
Speaker: Maxime Pettinger
PhD Defense: Managing migration flows by processing personal data within the adequate data protection instrument - scoping exercise between general and law enforcement data protection rules applicable to third country nationals
Event date: Friday, 10 September 2021
Hour:  10:15 16:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Vera TORDAI, vera.tordai@uni.lu by Monday 6th of September at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mrs. Teresa Quintel
Lecture: Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and its Regulatory Framework
Event date: Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Hour:  16:30 18:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Room B.001 (Ground floor) Bâtiment Weicker 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Phillipe Clerc, Head of Compliance and Ethics · CNES
Welcome, new students 2021-2022!
Published on Thursday, 16 September 2021
The University of Luxembourg welcomed over 1,000 new students on its traditional Welcome Day, on 16 September, on Belval Campus.
NATIONAL SPACE LEGISLATION: WHY, WHEN AND FOR WHOM?
Event date: Thursday, 16 September 2021
Hour:  10:00 18:00
Place:  SES - Château de Betzdorf Betzdorf 6815 Luxembourg
Welcome Day 2021
Welcome Day 2021
Event date: Thursday, 16 September 2021
Hour:  11:00 15:00
Place:  To be announced
Luxembourg Moot Court teams: back in the game for 2020-2021
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Published on Wednesday, 22 September 2021
The University of Luxembourg Moot Court programme 2020-2021 season ended in July 2021. While the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many cancelled competitions during the 2019-2020 season...
Internship at Police Judiciaire
Published on Thursday, 23 September 2021
Julie Kersch, a graduate of the Master in Financial Mathematics, is currently pursuing her second Master’s degree at the University of Luxembourg. As part of her studies, she had the opportunity to...
Lunchseminar in Economics: A New Spatial Hedonic Equilibrium in the Emerging Work-from-Home Economy?
Event date: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Hour:  14:00 15:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Jan Brueckner, University of California, Irvine, USA
Research Economic Seminar: Refugee, Diversity and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa Model
Event date: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation Online via Webex
Speaker: Rana Cömertpay, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
Virtual PhD Defense: Essays on Human Capital, Inequality, and Income.
Rana Comertpay defense
Event date: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place: 
Speaker: Mrs. Giorgia MENTA
Internship Story: Ana's Summer Internship at STATEC Luxembourg
Ana Ferreira
Published on Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Ana Ferreira, a Master student at the University of Luxembourg, recently successfully completed a summer internship at STATEC. In her internship Q&A, Ana shares her experiences and future caree...
Lecture: Taxing Consumer Facing Business as a Regulatory Currency
Event date: Monday, 04 October 2021
Hour:  17:30 19:00
Place:  hybrid format: - online: the link will be shared by e-mail on the day of the conference (start: 17:45) - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room C003-005 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Ana Paula Dourado, Full Professor at the University of Lisbon Law School
7th FinTech Conference - online
Event date: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
Hour:  14:00 18:30
Speaker: Prof. Zetzsche
The missing risk premium in exchange rates with Dr. Julien Pénasse
Julien Penasse
Published on Friday, 08 October 2021
Dr. Julien Pénasse, Research Scientist within the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has recently published an article entitled “The missing risk premium in exchange...
New academic year 2021-2022 opens with optimism and hope
Published on Friday, 08 October 2021
The University of Luxembourg held its Rentrée Académique 2021-2022 on 7 October on Belval Campus.
FDEF congratulate Judge Lenaerts and Judge Bay Larsen of the CJEU
Judge Lenaerts and Judge Bay Larsen
Published on Friday, 08 October 2021
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance warmly congratulate Judge Lenaerts and Judge Bay Larsen for their election to President and Vice President, respectively, of the Court of Justice of the Eu...
LCL participates in Digital Supply Chain Europe 2021
Carla Rosen-Vacher at Digital Supply Chain Europe 2021
Published on Monday, 11 October 2021
On September 14 at the European Convention Center Luxembourg, in Kirchberg, a new edition of the global tech conference ICT Spring was held, the first major in-pe...
LCL to begin two new externally funded projects with industry partners
Prof. Joachim Arts
Published on Wednesday, 13 October 2021
The Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL) will begin two new externally funded projects with industry partners in October 2021.
University ranked among the world’s first 100 universities in Law
Published on Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Improved rankings also in Social Sciences and Education.
FDEF congratulate CJEU First Advocate General Szpunar
First AG Szpunar
Published on Thursday, 14 October 2021
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and its Department of Law warmly congratulate Mr. Maciej Szpunar on his re-election to First Advocate General of the Court of Justice o...
Tainted clothes: Human rights in the garment sector - Online conference
Tainted clothes: Human rights in the garment sector
Event date: Thursday, 14 October 2021
Hour:  14:00 15-10 | 11:15
FDEF Newsletter - Rentrée 2021
FDEF Newsletter - rentree 2021
Published on Friday, 15 October 2021
Read our research, teaching and outreach news at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance. 
Assises du Code civil (2ème session)
Event date: Friday, 15 October 2021
Hour:  9:10 17:30
Place:  Bibliothèque Nationale du Luxembourg (BnL) 37D avenue J.-F. Kennedy Luxembourg, District de Luxembourg, 1855
PhD Defense : Effective Review in the Age of Information - The Case-Study of Semi-automated Decision-making based on Schengen Information System
Event date: Monday, 18 October 2021
Hour:  14:30 18:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Charlotte Glorieux, charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by Friday 15th of October at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Ms Simona Demkova
DIPCAT: Another Success Story for a Winning Strategic Partnership
Project-DIPCAT
Published on Thursday, 21 October 2021
Designing Innovative Pedagogy for Complex Accounting Topics (Project-DIPCAT) is coming to a successful end in December 2021.  The University of Luxembourg has participated with eleven oth...
Studying how green collateral impacts household financial constraints
Diane Pierret
Published on Friday, 22 October 2021
Diane Pierret, Assistant Professor within the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance will join Associate Professor Artashes Karapetyan (ESSEC) as joint coordinators on t...
2020 and 2021 Pierre Werner Scholarship Laureates Honoured at Ceremony
Pierre Werner foundation reception 2021
Published on Monday, 25 October 2021
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance hosted a scientific meeting and reception for the 2020 and 2021 Fondation Pierre Werner Scholarship recipients on 20 October, 2021. The event, which brough...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Behind the Veil of Cultural Persistence: Marriage and Divorce in a Migrant Community
Event date: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dem-lunch-seminar-catherine-guirkinger-university-of-namur-b-registration-193654123697
Speaker: Catherine Guirkinger, University of Namur, B
Uni.lu @ Foire de l'Étudiant 2021
Event date: Thursday, 28 October 2021
Hour:  9:00 29-10 | 17:00
Place:  online
Hybrid PHD defense - Stochastic Models of Critical Operations - Melvin Drent
Event date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Hour:  15:00 17:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, Block B, 2nd Floor, Classroom B22.
Speaker: Thesis by Melvin DRENT
Consumer Law Clinic open for business!
Consumer law clinic 2021
Published on Monday, 08 November 2021
Our team of Master 2 Students have now completed their final session of preparation for consumer interviews with practicing lawyers and a psychologist. They are now ready to welcome consumers who a...
Les recours collectifs : Perspectives européennes et luxembourgeoises
Event date: Thursday, 11 November 2021
Hour:  14:30 19:00
Place:  Cour de justice de l’Union européenne Grande Salle du Tribunal
6th Luxembourg Inclusive and Sustainable Finance Research Conference - online
Event date: Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Hour:  9:00 15:00
DTU workshop: PhD, and what now?
Event date: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Hour:  9:00 18-11 | 16:30
Place:  Kirchberg Campus - Weicker Building Room A101
Information Day
Event date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Hour:  10:00 16:00
Place:  online
Lunchseminar in Economics: Duration Dependence in Job Search
Event date: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Josef Zweimüller, University of Zurich, CH
Launch Law Lecture Series Portugal, launch activities and the law
Event date: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Hour:  16:30 18:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Room B001 (Ground floor) Bâtiment Weicker 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Magda Cocco, Head of Practice Partner, Vieira de Almeida
A chair to promote teaching and research in sustainable finance
Published on Thursday, 25 November 2021
The University of Luxembourg, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research celebrate the first ann...
ABBL awards scholarship to two Master Students in the MScQEF programme
Published on Thursday, 25 November 2021
On Monday, 22 November 2021, two students in the Master of Science in Quantitative Economics and Finance (MScQEF) at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance were officially presented with a schol...
REMS II Second annual workshop - Law Beyond the State in the 2020s
Event date: Thursday, 02 December 2021
Hour:  13:30 03-12 | 16:30
Place:  Cercle Cité - Auditorium Henri Beck
Panel: International Taxation under Pillar 1
Event date: Thursday, 02 December 2021
Hour:  18:15 19:45
Place:  hybrid format: - online: the link will be shared by e-mail on the day of the conference (start: 18.30) - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
May third country nationals suffer from lower data protection?
Published on Monday, 06 December 2021
Teresa Quintel receives an Excellent Thesis award in Law. Her thesis looks at situations in which the criminalisation of non-EU citizens – so called third country nationals – may lead to a lowering...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Scholars at Risks - Academic Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany
Event date: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Fabian Waldinger, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, D
Launch Law Lecture and the UK
Event date: Thursday, 09 December 2021
Hour:  16:00 17:30
Place:  Online video conference
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lesley Jane Smith LL.M. - Leuphana University Lüneburg
Economics of Forced Displacement and Conflict
Published on Monday, 13 December 2021
Rana Cömertpay, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics and Management of the University’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, has been researching the topi...
Pour une remise en cause de la règle: le criminel tient le civil en l’état
Event date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg, Campus Weicker 4, rue Alphonse Weicker Salle B 001 et en ligne L-2721 Luxembourg
University confers over 1850 diplomas for the 2020/2021 academic year
Published on Friday, 17 December 2021
The University of Luxembourg has conferred over 1850 diplomas for the 2020/2021 academic year. A series of graduation ceremonies took place between 14 and 16 December for the Bachelor, Master and U...
Enforcing Europe - Series 2: Quo vadis, data retention? The indeterminable quest for proportionality
Event date: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Hour:  9:45 13:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: the link will be shared by e-mail on the day before the conference - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
IAS Young Academics grants awarded to FDEF doctoral candidates
IAS young academics
Published on Thursday, 23 December 2021
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) of the University of Luxembourg has awarded a Young Academics grant to two FDEF doctoral candidates. This internal funding instrument aims to attract outstan...
Automation, growth, and factor shares in the era of population aging
Andreas Irmen
Published on Thursday, 23 December 2021
Andreas Irmen, Professor within the Department of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has published a paper in the December 2021 edition of The Journal of Econo...
Internship story: Valentin's internship at Banque de Luxembourg
Published on Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Valentin Roulez, a graduate of the Master of Sciences in Finance and Economics at the University of Luxembourg, had the opportunity to do an internship at the Banque the Luxembourg as part of his s...
PhD Defense : Climate Finance Law Through the Lens of Transparency and Accountability
Event date: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Hour:  10:00 14:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Charlotte Glorieux, charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by Tuesday 4th January at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mrs. Chrysa Alexandraki
Lunchseminar in Economics: The Fast, the Slow, and the Congested: Urban Transportation in Rich and Poor Countries
Event date: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  ONLINE ACCESS
Speaker: Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania, USA
FDEF researchers receive Real Estate Market Analysis Manuscript Prize
Prof. Koulischer and Prof. von Lilienfeld-Toal
Published on Monday, 24 January 2022
Profs Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, head of the Department of Finance, and François Koulischer, Assistant Professor within the Department of Finance were recently honoured with a 2021 Real Estate Market...
Unleashing AI on the Art Market with Roman Kräussl
Prof Roman Kraussl
Published on Monday, 24 January 2022
Does artificial intelligence have a place in such a fickle and quirky environment as the secondary art market? Can an algorithm learn to predict the value assigned to an artwork at auction? These q...
ZONTA Luxembourg awards uni students with Jane M. Klausman prize
FDEF Zonta Award Winners 2021
Published on Friday, 28 January 2022
Four students from the university's Department of Economics and Management (DEM) and Department of Finance (DF) were presented with the prestigious Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship on...
Where is my stuff? Supply chains in turbulent times I
Published on Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Shortages, delays, empty shelves, higher prices, stockpiling. The supply chain problems are mounting since the beginning of the pandemic and the effects are felt by almost every sector of the econo...
Where is my stuff? Supply chains in turbulent times II
Published on Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Shortages, delays, empty shelves, higher prices, stockpiling. The supply chain problems are mounting since the beginning of the pandemic and the effects are felt by almost every sector of the econo...
Can investor-state arbitration challenge the EU’s climate policy?
Event date: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite (the link to the online seminar will be shared with you in the confirmation mail for your registration)
Speaker: Prof. Nicolas De Sadeleer, Université de Saint Louis - Bruxelles, Chaire Jean Monnet, Right to a Clean Environment
Inclusive Finance Certificate 2022
Published on Thursday, 27 January 2022
The ADA Chair in Financial Law (Inclusive Finance) at the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, together with Appui au Developpement Autonome (ADA), a non-governmental o...
Phd Defense : Identité(s) transnationale(s) de l’Union européenne : Analyse juridique pour un système de protection effective des droits
Event date: Thursday, 27 January 2022
Hour:  14:00 16:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Charlotte Glorieux, charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by Tuesday 25th January at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you before the defense.
Speaker: Mr Panagiotis Zinonos
Where is my stuff? Supply chains in turbulent times III
Published on Monday, 31 January 2022

Shortages, delays, empty shelves, higher prices, stockpiling. The supply chain problems are mounting since the beginning of the pandemic and the effects are felt by almost eve...

LCL students win Grand Prize at MIT SCALE Supply Chain Research Expo
Published on Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Harika Marisetti and Lakshmi Ravi’s Master thesis project “Economic Value Prediction of Multi-Echelon Safety Stock Optimisation Based on Supply Network Features”, supervised by Prof. Joachim Arts,...
En mémoire de Frédéric Stasiak (1966-2022)
Frédéric Stasiak
Published on Tuesday, 01 February 2022
La Faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance de l’Université du Luxembourg apprend avec une profonde tristesse la disparition soudaine du Professeur Frédéric Stasiak. 
Administrative Tribunals in International Organisations
Event date: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg Weicker Building -Room A 101 (first floor) -And online
Speaker: Discussant : Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, Emeritus Professor of Administrative Law at the Law School of the University of Athens.
You Wu wins Best Student Paper Prize at European Aviation Conference
You Wu at MIT in 2021
Published on Monday, 07 February 2022
Short-term or long-term contracts? This is a question that constantly challenges asset providers as well as logistics service providers. Addressing this challenge, Ms. You Wu’s paper "Contract...
Inaugural lecture Prof. Mark Podolskij: New developments in high dimensional statistics
Mark Podolskij
Event date: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
Hour:  11:00 14:00
Place:  Belval campus, Maison du Savoir, room 3.370
Speaker: Prof. Mark Podolskij
Workshop The possibility of Democracy today? (First day)
Event date: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
Hour:  18:00 19:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Room B 001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Kirchberg
Speaker: Marcelo NEVES and Emilio CHRISTODOULIDIS
FDEF and Clifford Chance launch new Moot Court season
Moot court at Uni.Lu
Published on Thursday, 10 February 2022
Eighteen Bachelor and Master of Laws students, their thirteen coaches, six law professors and a dedicated group of representatives from our Moot Court partner Clifford Chance Luxembourg all came to...
Research Excellence Celebrated at FDEF
FDEF research award winners
Published on Thursday, 10 February 2022
On 2 February 2022, the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance held its third annual FDEF Research Awards to celebrate excellence in research. After a welcome from FDEF Dean, Prof. Katalin Lige...
Workshop The possibility of Democraty today? (Second day)
Event date: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Hour:  9:30 19:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Room B 001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Kirchberg
Speaker: Marcelo NEVES and Emilio CHRISTODOULIDIS
SES/RESCOM Launch Law Lecture Series Launching from Europe: the unchartered terrain and the German perspectiveNew event
Event date: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Workshop Online
Speaker: Rada Popova, Legal Counsel at Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH
Prof. Mark Podolskij gives inaugural lecture
Prof. Podolskij - inaugural lecture
Published on Monday, 14 February 2022
The Faculty of Science, Medicine and Technology (FSTM) and the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) came together on 8 February 2022 to officially welcome Prof. Mark Podolskij, full profess...
Save the Date! DSEFM Online Poster Session 2022
Event date: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
International economic law and non-economic values: a critical approach
Event date: Thursday, 17 February 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite (the link to the online seminar will be shared with you in the confirmation mail for your registration)
PhD Defense : The Resolution of Retail Banks: Balancing Proportionality and Standardisation
Event date: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Hour:  9:30 12:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Julie Fonseca, julie.fonseca@uni.lu by 11th of February at 18:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mr. Ioannis ASIMAKOPOULOS
La réforme du droit luxembourgeois des faillites en question
Event date: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Bâtiment Weicker, salle B001 et en ligne 4, rue Alphonse-Weicker L - 2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Thomas Mastrullo (professeur adjoint à l’Université du Luxembourg) et Julie Boyer (academic consultant pour Clifford Chance)
A new model to improve storage operations in electricity markets
Prof. Nils Loehndorf
Published on Wednesday, 23 February 2022
The growing share of renewable power generation along with increasing demand for electric mobility changes electricity systems around the world. Challenges include unforeseen and costly imbalances...
Piracy on all waves? The Legal Framework and Enforcement Issues for Rights Related to Copyright concerning Broadcasting Programmes from an EU Perspective
Piracy on all waves
Event date: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Hour:  14:00 16:00
Place:  online conference
2.2M in FNR CORE funding for FDEF Research
CORE Grant recipients 2022
Published on Friday, 25 February 2022
The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)’s central programme, CORE, seeks to strengthen the scientific quality of public research corresponding to the country’s research priorities. The multi-an...
Statement of solidarity
Support to Ukraine
Published on Friday, 25 February 2022
On behalf of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, we are profoundly saddened and troubled by the events in Ukraine. We extend our sincere support to all those whose lives are impacted, includ...
CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND CRIME - Building Regulation and Enforcement in Europe
Event date: Friday, 25 February 2022
Hour:  8:45 17:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg - Weicker Building - Room B001 and online 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker 2721 Luxembourg
Three FDEF students receive the Portabella Scholarship
Portabella student winners
Published on Monday, 28 February 2022
Offered by the Foundation Luis Portabella y Conte Lacoste in order to support University of Luxembourg students in their studies, the 2022 Portabella Scholarship is awarded to three FDEF stude...
Prof. Luca Ratti Awarded Jean Monnet Chair in EU Labour Law
Prof. Luca Ratti
Published on Friday, 04 March 2022
Open Sesame! Associate Professor Luca Ratti hopes to open the minds of Bachelor and Master students to the possibility of creating a sustainable European social model with the SESaMe (Towards a Sus...
Case of the European Court of Justice C-480/19 of 29 April 2021, E v. Veronsaajien oikeudenvalvontayksikkö
Event date: Monday, 28 February 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Friday, 25 February 2022. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Alexandros Politis, PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg
Virtual PHD Defense - Essays in Financial Economics - Anna IGNASHKINA
Anna IGNASHKINA defense universite luxembourg
Event date: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Hour:  10:00 12:00
FDEF Newsletter - March 2022
March Newsletter
Published on Friday, 04 March 2022
Research, teaching and outreach highlights from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance. 
Lunchtime Seminar Restitution and liability in the multilevel regulatory framework of unauthorized digital payment transactions
Event date: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Room B 001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Kirchberg
Speaker: Maria Cecilia Paglietti, Roma Trè University
LCL pre-eXplore: MIT SCALE-wide event
Event date: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
Hour:  14:00 15:30
Place:  Online Event
Speaker: Carla Rosen-Vacher, Benny Mantin, Chris Caplice, Jay Guo, César Becerra, Susana Val
Save the Date! Doctoral lecture series on Cross-Border Labour Mobility - PART 2
Lecture series migration Luxembourg 2022
Event date: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Hour:  12:00 23-06 | 18:00
Place:  Room A16
PhD Defense : State Responsibility for Judicial Acts in Investment Arbitration
Event date: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Hour:  14:15 18:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in Virtual mode on WEBEX Please send your registration to Vera Tordai, vera.tordai@uni.lu by 11th of March at 14:00 noon at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mr. Ivan Cavdarevic
Open Day 2022
Open Day 2022
Event date: Saturday, 19 March 2022
Hour:  9:00 17:00
Place:  Belval Campus Esch-sur-Alzette
SES/RESCOM Launch Law Lecture Series: “The Dutch Legal Framework for Space Launching Activities"
Event date: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Hour:  17:00 18:00
Place:  Online video
Speaker: Prof. Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Space Law Professor at Leiden University and Deputy Director of the International Institute for Air & Space
Une rétrocession du patrimoine fiduciaire à l’arrivée du terme du contrat fiduciaire luxembourgeois
Event date: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Salle B 001 et en ligne 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Seminar Series – EXPERIMENTS, ETHICS & ECONOMICS – Part 1
SEMINARS SERIES – EXPERIMENTS, ETHICS & ECONOMICS – PART 1
Event date: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Hour:  11:00 27-04 | 12:30
Place:  Online (webex)
Les enjeux des scissions transfrontalières au sein de l’Union européenne
Event date: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Hour:  12:00 13:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Salle B 001 (rez-de-chaussée) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 LUXEMBOURG
Lunchseminar in Economics: The identification of time-invariant variables in panel data model: exploring the role of Science in firms’ productivity
Event date: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Online Access via Webex
Speaker: Randolph Luca BRUNO, University College London, UK
The Global Minimum Corporate Tax
Event date: Thursday, 24 March 2022
Hour:  16:30 25-03 | 16:00
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Tuesday, 22 March 2022. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Sustainable corporate risk management: risks of unsustainability as a driver for corporate sustainability
Event date: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Speaker: Prof. Beate Sjåfjell, University of Oslo
Anomaly or Possible Risk Factor? Simple-To-Use Tests
Assistant Prof. Benjamin Holcblat
Published on Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Contrary to basic asset pricing theory, this new work by University of Luxembourg Department of Finance Assistant Professor Benjamin Holcblat, Abraham Lioui (EDHEC Business School) and Michael...
PhD Defense : Client Protection in Digital Financial Services: A Comparative Legal Analysis of Deposit-based Lending and Peer-to-peer Lending in the European Union and Indonesia
Event date: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Hour:  15:00 19:00
Place:  Due to the current COVID circumstances the defense will take place in hybrid mode: - part of the jury members and the PhD will be present physically at the Weicker campus - the public will be able to participate virtually via WEBEX Please send your registration to Vera Tordai, vera.tordai@uni.lu by 23th of March at 18:00 at the latest. A Webex invitation will be sent to you afterwards.
Speaker: Mrs Tsany Dewi
Conférence de lancement - Cahiers de fiscalité luxembourgeoise et européenne
Event date: Thursday, 31 March 2022
Hour:  16:30 18:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Pescatore Prize Awarded to Doctoral School of Law graduates
2020 and 2021 Pescatore prize awardees
Published on Monday, 04 April 2022
On 31 March 2022, Doctoral Graduates Olivier Voordeckers and Simona Demková were officially awarded the 2020 and 2021 Pescatore Prizes, respectively, for the best doctoral thesis by the Doctoral Sc...
Understanding Alpha Decay with Prof. Julien Pénasse
Prof. Julien Pénasse
Published on Monday, 04 April 2022
“Past performance does not guarantee future results.” It is a common disclaimer used by asset managers, wealth planners and other finance professionals to inform their clientele of the uncertainty...
Crossed interview: A&O Fellows Joana and Emily share their experience
Joana Pereira Cardoso and Emily Walsh
Published on Tuesday, 05 April 2022
Joana Pereira Cardoso and Emily Walsh are both Bachelor students studying Law. They are also the first students at the Faculty of Law, Economcis and Finance (FDEF) to have been chosen as Allen &...
What's (in) nationality? Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) and Beyond
Event date: Thursday, 07 April 2022
Hour:  14:00 08-04 | 17:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Tuesday, 5 April 2022. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Chair in Cyber Policy to launch in September 2022
Published on Wednesday, 20 April 2022
The Directorate of Defence of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFA) and the University of Luxembourg have partnered to establish a Chair in Cyber Policy at the University. T...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Neighbourhood stigma and place-based policies
Event date: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Online Access via Webex
Speaker: Jos van Ommeren, VU University Amsterdam, NL
SES/RESCOM Launch Law Lecture Series : Getting to Space from China - Legal Framework & Policy Perspectives
Event date: Friday, 22 April 2022
Hour:  12:00 13:00
Place:  Online Webex Event
Seminar: Vertical reciprocity: Can Rawls's case for implicit unamendability be strengthened?
Event date: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  ONLINE CONFERENCE
Speaker: Alessandro Ferrara (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Ferrero Welcomes New Cohort of Fellows at Virtual Ceremony
Published on Thursday, 28 April 2022
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF), along with corporate partner Ferrero Luxembourg, were proud to honour the 2021-2022 Ferrero fellows at a virtual ceremony which took place on 5 Apr...
FDEF, experts en droit et Ministère de la Justice se concertent
Published on Monday, 02 May 2022
Le 26 avril 2022, les représentants des professions juridiques, le Ministère de la Justice et le Département Droit de la Faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance se...
ACROSS DTU – 3 fully funded positions in Economics available!
Published on Monday, 02 May 2022
Deadline : June 21st, 2022
The qualification of a hybrid financial instrument - Cases of the Luxembourg Administrative Court of 31 March 2022 N°46131C and 46132C
Event date: Monday, 02 May 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Friday, 29 April 2022. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Linklaters Making Links Scholarship Programme launches with FDEF
Making Links Linklaters
Published on Thursday, 05 May 2022
Linklaters Luxembourg and the University of Luxembourg have partnered to launch the Linklaters Making Links Programme in Luxembourg, recognising and supporting outstanding students pursuing a Bache...
Research Economic Seminar: Which companies go public via SPACs? The impact of venture capital
Event date: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Christopher Hansen, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
Les Amis de l’Université Honours Scholarship and Prize winners at FDEF
Les amis de l'université
Published on Thursday, 05 May 2022
On 21 April 2022, the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance was happy to host the fourth meeting between les Amis de L’Université and students who have received an award through the non-profit orga...
Colloque de l'AEDBF sur "L’évolution de la régulation bancaire et financière sous l’effet des règles de protection de la clientèle"
Event date: Thursday, 05 May 2022
Hour:  9:00 17:00
The CRIM_AI project kicks off in Luxembourg
CRIM_AI kickoff
Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2022
The kick off meeting of the FNR CORE research project “Criminal Proceedings and the Use of AI: Challenges for Common Criminal Procedure Principles and the Principles of the Rule of Law” or CRI...
Propositions de réforme en matière de droit des sûretés (personnelles)
Event date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Bâtiment Weicker, salle B001 et en ligne 4, rue Alphonse-Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Lunchtime Seminar L’accès à Internet : un droit en quête de définition
Event date: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  Evènement hybride Université de Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Room B 001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Kirchberg
Speaker: Paolo Passaglia, Professeur de droit comparé à l'Université de Pise (Italie)
Lunchseminar in Economics: Natural Disasters and Voting Behaviour - Evidence from Environmental Legislation in the US Senate.
Event date: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 LUXEMBOURG Building JFK Room Nancy-Metz
Speaker: Robert J. R. Elliott, University of Birmingham, UK
The ecological transition's impact on the legal structure of capitalism
Event date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Increasing consumer access to law with alternative dispute resolution
Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2022
On 2nd and 3rd May arbitration bodies from Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, the University of Luxembourg, the Pforzheim University, and student "law clinics"...
Lunchseminar in Economics: This Shock is Different - Estimation and Inference in Misspecified Two-Way Fixed Effects Panel Regressions
Event date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 LUXEMBOURG Building B Room 02
Speaker: Artūras Juodis, University of Amsterdam, NL
SES/RESCOM Launch Law Lecture Series Brazilian space launches: regulatory and policy aspects
Event date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Faculté de droit, d'Economie et de Finance Bâtiment Weicker 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Professor Olavo De Bittencourt Neto from the Catholic University of Santos
Le juge administratif et l'acte administratif
Event date: Friday, 20 May 2022
Hour:  14:00 18:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker - Salle B 001 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
FDEF Highlights 2020-2021
FDF Highlights 2020-2021
Published on Monday, 23 May 2022
We are proud to announce the publication of our 2020-2021 FDEF Highlights Brochure. 
Prof. Cole participates at Charles Clark Memorial Lecture on IP Law
Published on Monday, 13 June 2022
This year Media Law Professor Mark D. Cole from the University of Luxembourg was selected to give the annual Charles Clark Memorial Lecture, which is the closing event at the London Book Fair. Prev...
Conference: “EPPO One Year in Action: Towards Resolving Complexity and Bringing Added Value
Event date: Monday, 30 May 2022
Hour:  13:45 01-06 | 14:00
Place:  - 30 May – University of Luxembourg (Weicker Building) / 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker, 2721 Luxembourg - 31 May & 1 June – European Convention Center Luxembourg (Hemicycle) / 1 Rue du fort Thüngen, 1499 Luxembourg
Environmental law and just transition under the EU Green Deal
Event date: Wednesday, 01 June 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Price noise proves key to high performing BAB investment strategies
Thorsten Lehnert
Published on Thursday, 02 June 2022
Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market. Betting against beta (BAB) strategies have been developed that perform incredibly well for investors. The basic BAB...
EU Agencies Before the Court of Justice
Event date: Thursday, 02 June 2022
Hour:  14:00 03-06 | 13:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on the day before the event. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Uni.lu Profs lend expertise to documentary film on 2008 banking crisis
Published on Wednesday, 08 June 2022
In September 2008, a shock wave rippled through Luxembourg in the form of a global financial crises. On 18 May 2022, Rishon Films released a 71-minute long documentary film “CRISE ET CHUCHOTMENTS”...
Lunchtime Seminar Les enseignements du droit luxembourgeois pour la réforme française de la responsabilité civile POSTPONED
Event date: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  Université de Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Room B 001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Kirchberg
Speaker: Jeremy ANTIPPAS, qualifié aux fonctions de professeur des universités en droit, France
L’émission de dette publique dans l’Union / Public debt issuance in the EU
Event date: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Hour:  13:30 17:30
Place:  Hôtel Mama Shelter Salle “Atelier 5” 2 rue du Fort Niedergruenewald L-1616 Luxembourg (Kirchberg)
To Boldly Legislate: Regulatory & Policy Aspects of Space Launching Activities in the United States
Event date: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Hour:  17:30 18:30
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001 (ground floor) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Professor Dr. Mark J. Sundahl
Digitalising Logistics and Supply Chains to Reinforce Resilience
Digitalising Logistics and Supply Chains to Reinforce Resilience - thumbnail
Event date: Monday, 13 June 2022
Hour:  12:00 19:00
Place:  Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg
Account 115 and the acquisition price of a participation - Case of the Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court of 31 March 2022 N°46067C
Event date: Monday, 13 June 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Friday, 10 June 2022. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Arthur Bianco, PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg
Job Opportunities for PhD candidates in Finance
Published on Tuesday, 14 June 2022
The Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg is looking for 5 Doctoral candidates to conduct research in the fields of Economics, General economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Microecon...
Comparative Law in the Practice of European Supranational Courts A People's History of Living in Multilayer Legal Systems
Event date: Thursday, 16 June 2022
Hour:  9:45 17-06 | 13:00
Place:  Thursday June 16, Morning Session 10:00 – 12:30 Court of Justice of the European Union Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald, L-2925 Luxembourg Afternoon Session 15:00 – 18:30 Department of Law – Weicker Building – University of Luxembourg 4 rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg Friday June 17, Morning Session 10:00 – 13:00 Department of Law – Weicker Building – University of Luxembourg 4 rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Sustainability and EU Competition Law
Event date: Monday, 20 June 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Speaker: Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk, Judge, General Court of the European Union
ACROSS DTU – 3 fully funded positions in Economics available!
ACROSS DTU – 3 fully funded positions in Economics available
Event date: Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Hour:  8:00 14:00
Students recognised at Moot Court Ceremony
Moot Court Ceremony with Clifford Chance 2022
Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2022
On 31 May 2022, the Department of Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) in partnership with Clifford Chance held an award ceremony to celebrate the Uni.lu Moot Court teams’ contri...
A new perspective on the protection of whistle-blowers under ECHR: Halet v Luxembourg
Event date: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Hour:  12:30 14:00
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on the day before the event. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Lunchseminar in Economics: Condition-based Production and Maintenance Optimization
Event date: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Online
Speaker: Ruud H. Teunter, University of Groningen, NL
Dr. Teresa Quintel becomes first Jacqueline NOEL scholarship laureate
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Teresa Quintel, Ms. Tonika Hirdman, Mr. Bertrand Meunier (Fondation de Luxembourg), Ms. Evelyne Pourteau (Fondation Jacqueline NOEL), Ms. Delphine Munro (EIB Institute), Prof. Katalin Ligeti
Published on Monday, 27 June 2022
Dr. Teresa Quintel, who successfully defended her PhD thesis “Managing migration by processing personal data within the adequate data protection instrument” at the Doctoral School of Law in 2021 wi...
Le juge administratif et les sources de la légalité
Event date: Friday, 24 June 2022
Hour:  14:00 19:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Salle B 001 (rez-de-chaussée) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Delegation travels to Bucharest to celebrate and discuss partnership
Published on Monday, 27 June 2022
Representatives from FDEF, including Dean Katalin Ligeti, Professor Pierre-Henri Conac, Professor Elise Poillot and Associate Professor Thomas Mastrullo travelled to R...
How stock market inefficiencies can affect the real economy
Prof. Thorsten Lehnert
Published on Monday, 27 June 2022
Corporate managers’ investment behaviour is affected by waves of investor optimism and pessimism. Hence, the performance of an investment factor can be predicted. A dynamic trading strategy that is...
28.06.2022 - Conference Regulation of Sustainable Finance
Event date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Hour:  10:00 16:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg - Weicker Building, Room B001
Research Economic Seminar: FDI spillovers in Greece and the role of local absorptive capacity
Event date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Marialena Petrakou, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Aperçu des conséquences de la digitalisation des contrats en droit civilNew event
Event date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker, salle B001 (rez-de chaussée) 4, rue Alphonse-Weicker L-2771 Luxembourg
Lunchseminar in Economics: Superstar Innovators and the Effect of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation
Event date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 LUXEMBOURG Building JFK Room Nancy-Metz
Speaker: Christian Kiedaisch, University of Namur, BE
PKF to offer fellowships and internships to FDEF students
PFK Agreement with Uni.lu
Published on Friday, 01 July 2022
PKF Audit & Conseil (PKF), the Luxembourg-based audit firm and the University of Luxembourg have signed an agreement to provide fellowship and internship opportunities to students enrolled in t...
SIPE XV. Tagung – XVth Congress – XVème Congrès
Event date: Thursday, 30 June 2022
Hour:  12:30 01-07 | 12:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on the day before the event. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Prof. Happold appointed to European Commission's pool of arbitrators
Professor Matthew Happold
Published on Friday, 01 July 2022
In December 2020, the European Commission called for applications in connection with the renewal of the pool of arbitrators and the separate pool of trade and sustainable development experts for di...
Sanctions in the Light of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: What's New in Law and Practice?
Event date: Monday, 04 July 2022
Hour:  9:30 18:00
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on the day before the event. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
PhD Defense - Essays in Market Microstructure and Financial Markets Stability - Vladimir Levin
Event date: Wednesday, 06 July 2022
Hour:  15:30 17:30
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, Room A02 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg
PhD Defense : The Multi-Level System of Space Mining: Regulatory Aspects and Enforcement Options
Event date: Thursday, 07 July 2022
Hour:  10:00 14:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg The public will be able to follow the defense in the room or remotely via Webex. Please send a message to Vera Tordai vera.tordai@uni.lu by the 4th July (18:00 CET) and indicate whether you will participate physically or remotely.
Speaker: Mr Antonino Salmeri
Planned obsolescence
Event date: Thursday, 07 July 2022
Hour:  11:30 12:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
The Japanese Legal & Policy Framework for Space LaunchesNew event
Event date: Thursday, 07 July 2022
Hour:  15:00 16:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001 (ground floor) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Ferrero and FDEF renew partnership for 2 more years
Published on Monday, 18 July 2022
After five years of successful collaboration, Ferrero Luxembourg will continue to offer a fellowship opportunity to up to five Master’s students from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance. Ferr...
Congratulations to the 2022 Pierre Werner Scholarship winners!
Published on Monday, 25 July 2022
We are pleased to announce that 4 Doctoral researchers from both the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and from the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences will receive the 2022 Pi...
FDEF Summer Cocktail Get Together 2022
Published on Monday, 08 August 2022
On 7 July, the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance hosted the FDEF Summer Cocktail Get Together for staff members and partners at the Weicker Building (Kirchberg Campus). This was the first get t...
Best Asset Pricing Paper Awarded to Laurent Barras
Prof. Laurent Barras
Published on Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Laurent Barras, Professor within the Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg, received the best asset pricing paper award for his work "Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance when Mod...
Exploring the unification of EU patent protection
Olena Sokolova
Published on Thursday, 18 August 2022
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Lu...
Working Yet Poor Project Publishes Research in New Book
In-work poverty book
Published on Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Luca Ratti, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Luxembourg and Chairholder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Labour Law, edited the recently released...
Julien Pénasse receives Best Paper Award at Vienna Symposium
Julien Penasse
Published on Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Associate Professor within the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg, Julien Pénasse, received the Best Paper award ...
Amazon to support student research at the University of Luxembourg
Published on Thursday, 01 September 2022
Amazon and the University of Luxembourg have signed a five-year agreement to support thesis research projects at the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL) of the Faculty...
Prof. Roman Kräussl’s annual analysis of the global art market
Published on Monday, 05 September 2022
Each year, FDEF Finance Professor Roman Kräussl, authors the Manager Magazin’s Kunstindex about the current year’s art market trends, listing and analysing the 50 most popular artists worldwide bas...
Nomination de trois profs de la FDEF au comité de pilotage ministériel
Nomination de trois profs de la FDEF au comité de pilotage ministériel
Published on Tuesday, 06 September 2022
La faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance (FDEF) de l’Université du Luxembourg a l’honneur de faire part de la nomination des professeurs Katalin Ligeti (doyenne de la FDEF), David Hiez et Séve...
PhD Defense : A Cosmopolitan International Law. The Authority of Regional Inter-Governmental Organisations to Establish International Criminal Accountability Mechanisms
Event date: Thursday, 08 September 2022
Hour:  9:00 12:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg The public will be able to follow the defense in the room or remotely via Webex. Please send a message to Charlotte Glorieux charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by the 5th September (18:00 CET) and indicate whether you will participate physically or remotely.
Speaker: Mr. Owiso Owiso
PhD Defence : Judicial Activism in the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization: A Comparative Analysis with the European Court of Justice
Event date: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Hour:  10:00 13:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg The public will be able to follow the defense in the room or remotely via Webex. Please send a message to Charlotte Glorieux charlotte.glorieux@uni.lu by the 18th September (18:00 CET) and indicate whether you will participate physically or remotely.
FDEF Congratulate Georges Ravarani, elected as ECHR Vice-President
Judge Georges Ravarani
Published on Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Judge Georges Ravarani, who has been a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 November 2015 and President of Section since 13 September 2021, was elected to the office of Vice-Presiden...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Nash-Type Bargaining for Risk-Averse Agents
Event date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Details on confirmation after registration via Eventbrite
Speaker: David Wozabal, TU München, DE
LCL Professor Joachim Arts wins ISIR Service Award
Published on Thursday, 22 September 2022
The FDEF congratulates Professor Joachim Arts on his recent International Society for Inventory Research (ISIR) Service Award for his contributions to the operation of the Society, especially the o...
Prof. Hussinger publishes teaching case studying Luxembourg firm
Prof. Katrin Hussinger
Published on Friday, 23 September 2022
Katrin Hussinger, Full Professor in Strategy and Organisation within the Department of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has recently published a teaching case a...
L'intensité du contrôle judiciaire
Event date: Friday, 23 September 2022
Hour:  14:00 18:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Regulating Trade in Forest-Risk Commodities: Two Cheers for the European Union
Event date: Monday, 26 September 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Uni.lu Finance Professor wins Invesco Factor Investing Prize
Benjamin Holcblat wins Invesco Factor Investing prize
Published on Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Prof. Benjamin Holcblat has won the Invesco Factor Investing Prize for his paper, “Anomaly or Possible Risk Factor. Simple to use Tests,” co-authored with Abraham Lioui (EDHEC Business School) and...
Lunchseminar in Economics: On Robust Optimization, Blackouts and the Law
Event date: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Details on confirmation after registration via Eventbrite
Speaker: Daniel Kuhn, EPFL, CH
Seminar Place-Holding the Future: Legal Ordering and Intergenerational Justice for More-Than-Human Collectives
Event date: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Hour:  18:00 19:30
Place:  Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance Room A101 (first floor) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L- 2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Prof Hans Lindahl, University of Tilburg
Jean Monnet Inaugural Lecture
Event date: Friday, 30 September 2022
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance Weicker Building, Room B001 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L- 2721 Luxembourg
Research Economic Seminar: The Impact of Restricting Fixed-Term Contracts on Labor and Skill Demand - Evidence from Italian Online Job Vacancy Data
Event date: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Giuseppe Grasso, LISER, Luxembourg
Fondation Jacqueline NOEL extends partnership with Uni.lu
Jacqueline NOEL scholarship
Published on Wednesday, 05 October 2022
The Fondation Jacqueline NOEL, under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg has signed a three-year agreement with the University of Luxembourg to provide a merit-based scholarship “Bourse d’Exce...
05.10.2022 - 8th FinTech Conference (online)
Event date: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
Hour:  10:00 16:30
Corporate Sustainability: The Role of the Legal Advisor
Event date: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Hour:  12:30 03-10 | 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Hybrid PHD Defense - Economic Inequality and Social Mobility: challenges of the past and the present – Sonia Schifano
Sonia Schifano defense
Event date: Friday, 07 October 2022
Hour:  9:15 11:15
Place:  MSA, room 2.230 / Webex
Digital Procurement Workshop: Negotiation for Executives
Event date: Friday, 07 October 2022
Hour:  14:30 18:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg - Campus Kirchberg, JFK Building
Speaker: Antonio Ancora
Kingsley and FDEF to boost student employability
Published on Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg is delighted to announce its partnership with Kingsley, the Luxembourg and Belgium-based career management experts. Kingsle...
Lunchseminar in Economics: On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation - Evidence from Donor Children
Event date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Details on confirmation after registration via Eventbrite
Speaker: Petter Lundborg, Lund University, SW
Clifford Chance Renews Support for Uni.lu Moot Court Programme
Moot Court and Clifford Chance 2021 - 2022 season
Published on Thursday, 13 October 2022
Following the signing of a Sponsorship Agreement in July 2022, Clifford Chance Luxembourg will continue to support the Moot Court programme at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at the Unive...
Rentrée Académique : l’Université s’engage pour la paix et l’avenir
Published on Thursday, 13 October 2022
L’Université du Luxembourg a accueilli des étudiants, professeurs et personnel lors de la Rentrée Académique, ce mercredi 12 octobre 2022 sur le Campus de Belval.
Helping to stabilise Ukraine’s economy
Liudmyla Momotiuk
Published on Friday, 14 October 2022
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Lu...
Léa Sinner Foundation Scholarship (Applications are open)
Published on Friday, 14 October 2022
We are delighted to announce that the Fondation Léa Sinner will be offering the "Bourses Lea Sinner" amounting to 30.000 EUR per year. The scholarship will be divided amongst...
SOLVIT: Towards a default tool for dispute settlement in the Single Market?
Event date: Friday, 14 October 2022
Hour:  10:30 17:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees before the event. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Research Economic Seminar: Migration Crisis in the Local News - Evidence from the French-Italian Border
Event date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Silvia Peracchi, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
Companies, human rights and environmental standard: new EU initiatives
Event date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Lunchseminar in Economics: Self-Cannibalization Effect in the Sharing Economy
Event date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Details on confirmation after registration via Eventbrite
Speaker: Wei ZHOU, ESCP Business School Paris, FR
ZLC SCALE Webinar 2022
Event date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Hour:  15:00 16:15
Place:  Online
Speaker: Beatriz Royo, Daniel Prato, Francesco Viti, Pnina Gershon, Roger Lloret
Improving excise duty on nicotine-containing products
Nadiia Novytska
Published on Thursday, 20 October 2022
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Lu...
11th International SES Workshop : Towards Space Sustainability
Event date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Hour:  10:00 18:00
Place:  SES – Head Office Château de Betzdorf L-6815 Betzdorf Luxembourg
EU SOCIAL POLICY AND SUSTAINABILITY: FROM THE GREEN TRANSITION TO LEGAL CERTAINTY FOR WORKERS
Event date: Friday, 21 October 2022
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance Weicker Building, Room C005 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L- 2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Prof. Consuelo CHACARTEGUI, University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Le juge administratif et les droits humains
Event date: Friday, 21 October 2022
Hour:  14:00 18:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building Room B 001 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Call for applications for the Portabella Foundation schlolarship
Published on Tuesday, 25 October 2022
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance is delighted to announce that the Luis y Antonio Portabella Foundation will be offering a grant to support 10 students of the University of Luxembourg.
Introducing Professor Vincent Anesi
Prof Vincent Anesi
Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2022
On 26 October 2022 Professor Vincent Anesi gave his inaugural lecture, entitled "From Political Economy to Principal Agent Theory" to a diverse group of colleagues and students at the FDE...
Adhésion de l’Union européenne à la CEDH : actualité d’une problématique.
Event date: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Hour:  12:30 14:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building Room B001 - ground floor 4, Rue Alphonse Weicker 2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Raphaël Meyer, conseiller juridique au service juridique du Conseil de l’UE
Les angles morts de la réforme de la prescription extinctive en droit français
Event date: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Hour:  16:30 18:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Salle B 001 (rez-de-chaussée) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
THE 2023: Improved Ranking in Law, Arts and Humanities
Published on Thursday, 27 October 2022
The University of Luxembourg has improved its positioning in certain subjects that are ranked by Times Higher Education’s (THE) World University Ranking 2023 by subjects.
Student Fair 2022
Student Fair
Event date: Thursday, 27 October 2022
Hour:  9:00 28-10 | 17:00
Place:  Campus de Belval 2, avenue de l’Université L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette
LCL PhD Candidate wins award at INFORMS conference
Published on Thursday, 03 November 2022
Bikey Seranilla took home the prestigious Doing Good with Good OR prize at the annual INFORMS conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA in October 2022. The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and...
In Memory of Professor Denis Gromb
Professor Denis Gromb
Published on Friday, 04 November 2022
On behalf of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, and the Department of Finance of the University of Luxembourg, we would like to present our sincere condolences on the passing of Professor D...
The Uni.lu Law Clinic prepares for a new year of helping consumers
Law Clinic 2022
Published on Tuesday, 08 November 2022
For the University of Luxembourg’s Consumer Law Clinic, the month of October is dedicated to preparing a group of second-year law students for the real client interviews that await them later in th...
2022 Pierre Werner Scholarship recipients honoured at ceremony
Pierre Werner Scholarship 2022
Published on Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Four University of Luxembourg doctoral researchers were officially presented with the Pierre Werner Scholarship during a ceremony hosted by the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance on 24 October 2...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Adaptive maximization of social welfare
Event date: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Online access Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Maximilian Kasy, University of Oxford, UK
Alternative Investments
Event date: Friday, 11 November 2022
Hour:  8:45 17:15
Place:  Hotel Sofitel Luxembourg Europe Room Primavera & Estate
Hybrid PHD Defense - Public Policy and Firm Innovation – Bastian Krieger
Event date: Monday, 14 November 2022
Hour:  14:00 16:00
Place:  Kirchberg Campus, room G001
Inclusive Green Finance report launched by Uni.lu ADA Chair at COP27
Roadmap for inclusive green finance implementation
Published on Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) policies recognise the role of financial inclusion in building resilience to climate change impact and enable small-scale mitigation among the world’s most vulnerable...
Taming States: Democratic Contestation and International Law in the East African Court of Justice
Event date: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Hour:  12:30 14:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Hybrid PHD Defense - Essays in the economics of international migration – Silvia Peracchi
Silvia Peracchi
Event date: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Hour:  14:00 16:00
Place:  Kirchberg Campus, room G001
Speaker: Silvia Peracchi
The European Union‘s Sustainable Finance Action Plan – Role Model or Cautionary Tale?
Event date: Thursday, 17 November 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Prof. Kräussl explores next generation art collecting at Lux Art Week
Romain Kraussl speaks at the 2022 Next Gen collectors LAFA conference
Published on Friday, 18 November 2022
On 11 November 2022, the Luxembourg Association for Art Galleries and Practitioners (LAFA) organised a very well-attended conference before the preview event of Luxembourg Art Week, the internation...
Séminaire : Le droit de la consommation au XXIème siècle: questions choisies
Event date: Friday, 18 November 2022
Hour:  10:45 13:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Faculté de droit, d’Economie et de Finance Salle B001 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Penser la boîte à outil du juge administratif
Event date: Friday, 18 November 2022
Hour:  14:00 18:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Salle B 001 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Lecture Energy Transition: A Labour Law Retrospective
Event date: Monday, 21 November 2022
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, Weicker Building, Room B001 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Prof. Paolo TOMASSETTI, University of Milan and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at Centre de droit social, Université Aix-Marseille
7th Inclusive & Sustainable Finance Research Conference - HYBRID
Event date: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Hour:  9:30 16:00
Lunchseminar in Economics: Confronting the carbon pricing gap - Second best climate policy
Event date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Aude Pommeret, University of Savoie-Mont-Blanc, FR
European Patent Enforcement and the UPC: Status Quo and Perspectives
Event date: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Hour:  12:15 25-11 | 13:15
Place:  Chambre de Commerce 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi L-2981 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
FDEF hosts first Partnership Gala at Cercle Cité
Published on Tuesday, 29 November 2022
The first annual FDEF Partnership Gala was held on Wednesday, 23 November at Cercle Cité in Luxembourg. The event welcomed over 100 participants including representatives from the University of Lux...
Hybrid PHD Defense - Essays in Financial Economics – Maksim NEZHELSKII
Maksim NEZHELSKII
Event date: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Hour:  10:00 12:00
Place:  Kirchberg, Central building, Room D17 (next to the students lounge)
Speaker: Maksim NEZHELSKII
Lunchseminar in Economics: Immigration and Monopsony - Evidence Across the Distribution of Firms
Event date: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Jan Leonard Stuhler, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES
Digital Investigative Measures – Towards Empirical Legal Assessment?
Event date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Hour:  9:00 02-12 | 13:15
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Prevention of harm in mobile telecommunication
Event date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  online event: registration via Eventbrite
Introducing Professor Michael Halling
Prof. Michael Halling
Published on Monday, 05 December 2022
On 30 November 2022, Professor Michael Halling gave his inaugural lecture, entitled "Sustainable Finance: A Diverse and Multifaceted Research Area!" to colleagues and students at the FDEF...
Joint cases of the European Court of Justice C-885/19 P and C-898/19 P of 8 November 2022, Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe v Commission
Event date: Monday, 05 December 2022
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Friday, 2 December 2022. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Gianni Vivona, PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg
MATIS closing Conference 2022
Published on Tuesday, 06 December 2022
On 1 and 2 December 2022, the final conference of the joint fundamental research project “Making Transparent the Invisible Surveillance” (MATIS) took place in-person at the University of Luxembourg...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Conflict in Unified Growth Theory
Event date: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Etienne Wasmer, New York University, UAE
Project Alpha workshop showcases research in alternative investments
Published on Wednesday, 07 December 2022
On 11 November 2022, Professor of Finance, Roman Kräussl, wrapped up the three-year FNR CORE project ALPHA with a full day conference in Luxembourg. Split into an industry-focused morning and an ac...
Prof. Anesi explores how deliberation rules impact decision-making
Prof. Vincent Anesi
Published on Wednesday, 07 December 2022
An article co-written by Vincent Anesi, Professor within in the Department of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has recently been accepted for publication i...
Lunchseminar in Economics: The Pandora's Box Problem with Sequential Inspections
Event date: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Yaron Shaposhnik, University of Rochester, US
Colloque Réformer le droit civil : regards croisés Roumanie – France – Luxembourg
Event date: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Hour:  15:00 09-12 | 13:15
Place:  Chapelle du Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster 28 Rue Münster L- 2160 Luxembourg
Hybrid PHD Defense - Understanding talent management in a context: four empirical essays – Ksenia Usanova
Ksenia Usanova
Event date: Friday, 09 December 2022
Hour:  13:30 15:30
Place:  Kirchberg, Central building, Room D17 (next to the students lounge)
Speaker: Ksenia Usanova
DTU REMS I - Closing event: ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES IN MULTI-LEVEL REGULATORY SYSTEMS (1st day)
Event date: Thursday, 15 December 2022
Hour:  15:30 16-12 | 12:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg (Kirchberg Campus) Weicker Building - room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Unshell Directive
Event date: Thursday, 15 December 2022
Hour:  18:30 20:00
Place:  Chambre des métiers 2, Circuit De La Foire Internationale L-1347 Luxembourg
DTU REMS I - Closing event: ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES IN MULTI-LEVEL REGULATORY SYSTEMS (2nd day)
Event date: Friday, 16 December 2022
Hour:  8:30 12:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg (Kirchberg Campus) Weicker Building - room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Three FDEF students awarded with Jane M. Klausman prize 2022
Published on Wednesday, 21 December 2022
On 5 December 2022, three students from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance were presented with the prestigious Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship during a ceremony and networking...
CALL FOR PAPERS - 4th Development Economics Workshop , Cotonou – Benin, 23 & 24 March 2023
Event date: Saturday, 31 December 2022
Hour:  9:00 23:59
Place:  Cotonou – Benin, 23 & 24 March 2023
FDEF researchers to receive over 1.2M in 2022 FNR CORE call
Stierle_and_Steri
Published on Monday, 02 January 2023
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance is pleased to announce the success of two projects submitted in the framework of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) CORE grant.

CORE, the...

Lunchseminar in Economics: Shallow Christianity, Charisma, and the Rise of Hitler
Event date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu for the room details
Speaker: Sascha O. Becker, Monash University, AUS & University of Warwick, UK
Bringing foreign investment to the Ukrainian economy during wartime
Yuliia Teres
Published on Thursday, 12 January 2023
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Lu...
PhD Defence : La présence inactive - Droit & littérature: le paradigme du témoignage pour penser le lien.
Event date: Friday, 20 January 2023
Hour:  14:00 17:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room A101
Speaker: Jean-Marc CECI
Lunchseminar in Economics: Strategic Information Disclosure in Networks
Event date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Francesco Squintani, University of Warwick, UK
DTU REMS closes with conference on multi-level regulatory enforcement
DTU REMS closing conference
Published on Thursday, 26 January 2023
On December 15 and 16, the University of Luxembourg commemorated the four-year work of the Doctoral Training Unit on Enforcement in Multi-Level Regulatory Systems (DTU REMS), the first DTU hosted a...
LCL Supply Chain Roundtable Series
Published on Thursday, 26 January 2023
In 2023, the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management will host a series of in-person roundtables featuring national and international experts in Logistics and Supply Chain Manag...
WorkYP Final Conference: In-work Poverty in Europe
Event date: Thursday, 26 January 2023
Hour:  9:00 17:30
Place:  International Auditorium (International Trade Union House)
Lunchseminar in Economics: Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression under Random Right Censoring
Event date: Wednesday, 01 February 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Ingrid van Keilegom, KU Leuven, B
La Chambre de Commerce et l’Université renforcent leur partenariat
Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023
Ce jeudi 2 février 2023, la Chambre de Commerce et l’Université du Luxembourg ont acté la reconduction, pour une période de cinq ans, de 2023 à 2027, de leur partenariat privilégié avec l’ambition...
Prof. Braum publishes book on Rule of Law and Regulation during COVID
Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2023
Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Luxembourg, Stefan Braum, has recently authored a book entitled “Experimental Law: The Rule of Law and the Regulation of the Corona Pandemic in Europe...
Phd Defence - Quantifying the abuse potentiality in the investor treaty protection regime (ICSID Convention): the investment fund case study
Event date: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
Hour:  9:00 12:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001
Speaker: Andrii Hubai
Système de l'obligation naturelle
Event date: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker Salle B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Conference Constitutional law and the Organization of Empires
Event date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Hour:  18:00 19:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Faculté de droit, d’Economie et de Finance Salle A101 Bâtiment Weicker 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Christopher Thornhill, Professor of Law, University of Manchester
Inclusive Finance Certificate: A chance for global financial research
Published on Monday, 13 February 2023
On 16 January 2023, our 7th edition of the Certificate in Law and Regulation of Inclusive Finance started in Luxembourg. During a period of two weeks, a total of 17 participants from 13 differ...
The ECB - from a central bank of stability to a central bank of crisis?
Event date: Thursday, 09 February 2023
Hour:  14:00 17:00
Place:  online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on the day before the conference. in-person: University of Luxembourg Campus Kirchberg - Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Celebrating FDEF achievements at the 4th annual Research Awards
FDEF Research Awards 2022
Published on Saturday, 11 February 2023
On 8 February 2023, many members of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) gathered on Kirchberg Campus to attend the fourth annual FDEF Research Awards, celebrating individual researcher...
Horizon2020 WorkYP project presents conclusions at closing conference
Prof. Luca Ratti (University of Luxembourg) presents the project’s policy proposals
Published on Saturday, 11 February 2023
The final conference of the ‘Working, Yet Poor (WorkYP) project’, coordinated by the University of Luxembourg, took place in Brussels on 26 January 2023. The event, where the results of three years...
Prof. Zetzsche about financial inclusion (speech at the UN)
Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2023
On 6 February 2023, Dirk. A. Zetzsche, Professor of Law at the University of Luxembourg, participated in the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations...
LCL Supply Chain Roundtable - Bespoke Supply Chain Resilience
Event date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg - Campus Kirchberg Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Block B - E01 - 17
Speaker: Prof. Arnd Huchzermeier, Prof. Benny Mantin
Living each moment to the fullest on global exchange in Thailand
Published on Wednesday, 01 March 2023
When Thibault Sablon decided to enroll at the University of Luxembourg in 2020, he was looking for adventure. Motivated by the university’s extensive mobility offer, he joined the Bachelor en Scien...
Questioning the "smartness" of smart governments: a call for intelligent, but not all-knowing, governments
Event date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
Hour:  12:30 14:00
Place:  hybrid format: - online: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on the day before the event. - in presence: University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
The case to unify dispute resolution systems with Dr. García Olmedo
Published on Monday, 06 March 2023
Dr. Javier García Olmedo, postdoctoral researcher within the University of Luxembourg Department of Law, has recently published an article in the February 2023 edition of the Leiden Journal of Law...
Cases of the Luxembourg Administrative Court of 31 March 2022 N°45526C and N°46289C
Event date: Monday, 06 March 2023
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg hybrid format: The link to join the seminar will be sent to all registered attendees on Friday, 3 March 2023.
Speaker: Frank Salentiny, PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg
Research Economic Seminar: Uncovering the role of education in the uptake of preventive measures against malaria in the African population
Event date: Tuesday, 07 March 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Elisabeth Kempter, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
Lunchseminar in Economics : Artificial Intelligence as Self-learning Capital
Event date: Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich, CH
PHD Defense - Alemayehu TAYE - Essays on the prediction and measurement of individual well-being
Alemayehu TAYE
Event date: Thursday, 09 March 2023
Hour:  10:00 14:00
Speaker: Alemayehu TAYE
DF Lunch Seminar: Consumption Smoothing via Product Markets
Event date: Thursday, 09 March 2023
Hour:  12:15 13:30
Speaker: Prof. Irem Demirci - Nova School of Business and Economics
LCL Supply Chain Roundtable - Construction Supply Chain and Logistics
Event date: Thursday, 09 March 2023
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  University of Luxembourg - Campus Kirchberg Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Speaker: Alex Giorgetti, Benny Mantin
Five FDEF students welcomed as Ferrero Fellows at Casa Ferrero
Ferrero Ceremony 2023
Published on Monday, 20 March 2023
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) and corporate partner Ferrero Luxembourg, were proud to honour the 2022-2023 Ferrero fellows at an in-person ceremony held at Casa Ferrero, Ferrero’...
ATOZ Foundation renews support for FDEF Master Students in Tax Law
Published on Tuesday, 14 March 2023
The ATOZ Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg, will continue to support students within the Master 2 in European and International Tax Law (LL.M.) at the University of Luxembo...
Research Economic Seminar: The Impact of the UK hospitals procurement type on facility management costs
Event date: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Evgenii Monastyrenko, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
Lunchseminar in Economics: Trusting Immigrants
Event date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Cem Özgüzel, OECD, FR
Three questions to Prof. Michael Kim - visiting professor at the LCL
Prof. Michael Kim
Published on Thursday, 16 March 2023
Prof. Michael Kim is a visiting professor at the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL), within the Department of Economics and Management at the FDEF during the 2023-202...
DF Lunch Seminar: Financing and Resolving Banking Groups
Event date: Thursday, 16 March 2023
Hour:  12:15 13:30
Speaker: Prof Gyöngyi Lóránth, University of Vienna
PhD Defence: Liquidity post resolution in the (European) Banking Union: status quo, comparative analysis and proposals
Event date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Hour:  9:30 12:30
Place:  Weicker Building, Room A101 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg If you wish to attend, please send a message to Julie Fonseca (julie.fonseca@uni.lu) before 22th of March.
Speaker: Pier Mario LUPINU
PhD Defense:  A Principled Judicial-Regulatory Framework Analysis of Approaches to Hate Speech under European, German, Irish and English Human Rights Law 
Event date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Hour:  10:00 13:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg The public will be able to follow the defense in the room or remotely via Webex. If you wish to attend, please send a message to Chloé Schonckert (chloe.schonckert@uni.lu) before 15th of March.
Speaker: Arron Mc Ardle
Taking the Fast Track to a Master in European Business Law
Published on Wednesday, 29 March 2023
In August 2022, the University of Luxembourg and the University of Pisa signed a partnership agreement to encourage academic collaboration, as well as to allow up to 3 degree-seeking students from...
Launch of the National Centre of Excellence in Financial Technologies
Published on Wednesday, 29 March 2023
The University of Luxembourg inaugurated the National Centre of Excellence in Financial Technologies (NCER-FT) on 29 March 2023.
Phd DEFENCE: The general data protection regulation: a multi-functional framework for the defence of data subjects‘ fundamental rights and freedoms in the digital sphere.
Event date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Hour:  10:00 13:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room A101 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg The public will be able to follow the defense in the room or remotely via Webex. If you wish to attend, please send a message to Chloé Schonckert (chloe.schonckert@uni.lu) before 24th of March.
Speaker: Florence D'Ath
Lecture What is political about constitutional review?
Event date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Hour:  18:00 19:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Faculté de droit, d'Economie et de Finance Bâtiment Weicker - Room B001 Ground floor 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Professor Dr. Dr. Dieter Grimm
La FDEF s'implique dans la traduction de la Constitution révisée
Published on Monday, 03 April 2023
Fernand Etgen, président de la Chambre des Députés, a remercié les professeurs Luc Heuschling, Herwig Hofmann et Jörg Gerkrath ainsi que Michel Erpelding (researc...
Prof. Marie-Hélène Jobin appointed Vice-Rector
Marie-Hélène Jobin
Published on Monday, 03 April 2023
After having received the advice of the University Council, the Board of Governors has today appointed Prof. Marie-Hélène Jobin as Vice-Rector of the University of Luxembourg. She has also been app...
Prof. Mark Cole joins German “Zukunftsrat” for Public Service Media
Prof. Mark Cole speaks at the DLM-Symposium 2023
Published on Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Media and Telecommunications Law professor at the University of Luxembourg, Mark D. Cole is one of eight experts nominated to the newly created German Broadcasting Commission’s “Future Council” or...
Introducing Professor Joachim Arts
Professor Joachim Arts
Published on Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Joachim Arts gave his inaugural lecture “Green Logistics and Data Driven Learning in Supply Chains: Asymptotics and Tractability” on 5 April, 2023. Prior to his appointment as Full Professor in 202...
Prof. Gerkrath and Dr. Muñoz nominated to independent commission
Published on Friday, 14 April 2023
Professor of Law, Jörg Gerkrath, and Research Scientist Susana Muñoz from the University of Luxembourg have been nominated by the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy to serve on the independent comm...
Lecture n°2. Collecte, mise en base de données et publication des décisions de justice au Luxembourg
Event date: Monday, 17 April 2023
Hour:  12:00 14:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, salle A101
Speaker: Dr. Clémentine Boulanger, coordinatrice de la protection des données de l’administration judiciaire et M. Francis Delaporte, Président de la Cour administrative du Luxembourg et Vice-Président de la Cour constitutionnelle
LCL eXplore Conference 2023
Event date: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Hour:  10:00 18:00
Speaker: Spyros Lekkakos, Jim Rice, Kamil Mizgier, Malik Zeniti, Benny Mantin, Paul Schockmel, Antonella Moretto and many more
Research Economic Seminar: The Impact of a Possible Trump Reelection on Immigration Pressure in Alternative Countries
Event date: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Andreas Vortisch, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
PwC partners with Uni.lu & FDEF to host Academia meets Industry event
Academia meets industry with PwC
Published on Wednesday, 19 April 2023
PwC Luxembourg is collaborating on an initiative within the Department of Finance of the University of Luxembourg and supporting the Chair and Research programme in Sustainable Finance of the...
Lunchseminar in Economics : Recycling promoting policies in a dynamic model of resource use with endogenous R&D
Event date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Gilles Lafforgue, Toulouse Business School, FR
La recevabilité des moyens de cassation en matière civile
Event date: Thursday, 20 April 2023
Hour:  13:30 21-04 | 12:00
FDEF Law professors publish new book on tax arbitration
Prof. Haslehner and Prof. Pantazatou
Published on Friday, 21 April 2023
Prof. Werner Haslehner, Professor of Tax Law and holder of the ATOZ Chair in International and European Tax Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, along with fellow University of Luxembo...
La Foundation du Mérite Européen and Uni.Lu formalise partnership
Published on Friday, 21 April 2023
On 19 April 2023, representatives from the Fondation du Mérite Européen and the University of Luxembourg came together to celebrate their continued collaboration and sign an agreement to formalise...
La Charte des droits fondamentaux dans les conclusions des Avocats généraux
Event date: Friday, 21 April 2023
Hour:  12:45 15:30
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker - Salle B 001 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker L-2071 Luxembourg
Dr. Michel Erpelding co-edits book on Mixed Arbitral Tribunals
MIxed Arbitral Tribunals
Published on Monday, 24 April 2023
Along with Prof. Hélène Ruiz Fabri from the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, Dr. Michel Erpelding, Research Scientist within the Department of Law at the Faulty of Law, Economics...
Do International Investment Agreements Protect Against Unshell Directive and EU Windfall Taxes on Fossil Fuel Companies?
Event date: Monday, 24 April 2023
Hour:  18:00 19:30
Place:  University of Luxembourg Campus Kirchberg - Weicker Building room B001 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Błażej Kuźniacki, Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Advisor & Senior Manager at the PwC Netherlands
Signature de trois conventions avec le ministère de la Justice
Signature de conventions entre le ministère de la Justice et l'Université du Luxembourg
Published on Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Les Assises du code civil, organisées en collaboration avec la Faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance (FDEF) de l’Université du Luxembourg et avec le concours du groupe de réflexion en droit...
Lecture n° 3: AI-assisted Pseudonymisation of Judicial Decisions in Luxembourg: A Step Towards Widening Access to Courts decisions.
Event date: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Hour:  12:00 14:00
PhD Defence: L'avènement du futur cadre juridique international dédié aux activités d'exploration et d'utilisation des ressources de l'espace extra-atmospérique
Event date: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Hour:  14:30 18:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room C006 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg The public will be able to follow the defense in the room or remotely via Webex. Please send a message to Julie (julie.fonseca@uni.lu) before 21th of April.
Speaker: Ella HOMOV
FDEF students receive scholarships for academic excellence
Published on Wednesday, 26 April 2023
On 13 April 2023, the Amis de l'Université du Luxembourg honoured 15 students of the University of Luxembourg within the framework of the 5th edition of their S.H.A.W. 2023 (Scholarship...
Lunchseminar in Economics: Urbanization and Crime: Evidence from South Africa
Event date: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Nelly Exbrayat, University of Saint-Etienne, FR
Filling the gap in EU electronic evidence gathering with Prof. Tosza
Prof. Stanislaw Tosza
Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2023
As our lives move increasingly online, our activities, including those which may lead to criminal or administrative infringement, leave digital traces. This evidence may be crucial in punitive proc...
Lunchseminar in Economics : Accelerating Economic Growth - Lessons From 200,000 Years of Technological Progress and Human Development
Event date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Jakub Growiec, SGH Warsaw School of Econnomics, PL
New Arendt and Elvinger Hoss Prussen Chair in Investment Funds Law
New Arendt and Elvinger Hoss Prussen Chair in Investment Funds Law
Published on Thursday, 04 May 2023
The University offers the first Master in Investment Funds Law in Europe
PhD Defence : A Dispute Avoidance Mechanism for Transfer Pricing in the EU - State Aid Hallmarks: a review of legal uncertainty in light of State aid risks
Event date: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Hour:  9:30 13:00
Place:  Weicker Building, Room A101
Speaker: Antonio Ancora
Lunchtime seminar no. 6 - ECJ clarifies the scope of the legal professional privilege - hybrid event
Event date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Speaker: Alexandros Politis
Lecture 4: La rencontre de l’édition privée des recueils de jurisprudence au Luxembourg avec les nouveaux acteurs de la Legaltech.
Event date: Thursday, 11 May 2023
Hour:  12:00 14:00
La nouvelle constitution et l'administré
Event date: Friday, 12 May 2023
Hour:  16:00 18:30
Place:  Conseil d'Etat 5 Rue Sigefroi L-2536 Ville-Haute Luxembourg
FDEF student Farid Azizi receives AILO Student Award
Published on Tuesday, 16 May 2023
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance congratulates student Farid Azizi, who won one of the Student Awards which were given to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Association of International...
Lunchseminar in Economics : The Rise and Effective Usage of Social Selling in Business-to-Business Companies
Event date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Christina Kühnl, Stuttgart University, D
Book Launch: Researching the ECJ: Methodological Shifts and Law’s Embeddedness
Event date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Hour:  17:00 19:00
Place:  Weicker Building, room B001 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Speaker: Chair: Eleftheria Neframi, University of Luxembourg
KLEPTOTRACE to help the EU tackle transnational high-level corruption
Prof. Matthew Happold
Published on Tuesday, 23 May 2023
The University of Luxembourg joins a consortium covering eight EU member states and more than 30 countries including associate partners, through the KLEPTOTRACE project. This two-year project, whic...
La réforme du droit des contrats : quels enseignements tirer de la réforme belge pour le Luxembourg ?
Event date: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker - salle B001 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
FDEF European Law Moot Court team competes at Regional Final in Spain
Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2023
From 9 to 11 March 2023, the team composed of three LL.M. students of the University of Luxembourg, Clémence Dupuy, Estelle Née and Giulia Areddu, coached by Doctoral researcher Federica Velli, par...
Lunchseminar in Economics : Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement - Cultural and Economic Drivers
Event date: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Mariapia Mendola, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT
Consumer Law Clinics: an EU/US perspective
Event date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Hour:  10:00 26-05 | 16:00
Uni.lu LL.M. Students compete at Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court
Published on Friday, 26 May 2023
From 17 to 21 April 2023, the Space Law Moot Court team composed of Liisa Paats and Yazmin Lorena Gómez Guerrero participated in the European Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Compet...
FDEF students win Award at the Tax Law Moot Court Competition
Published on Wednesday, 31 May 2023
From 26 to 31 March 2023, the University of Luxembourg’s Tax Law Moot Court team successfully participated at the 2022-2023 International and European Tax Law Moot Court competition, which took pla...
Political Reflexivity in post-trauma societies and legal systems
Event date: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Hour:  18:00 01-06 | 17:00
The EU’s response to sanctions circumvention with Francesca Finelli
Francesca Finelli
Published on Friday, 02 June 2023
In the latest issue of Common Market Law Review from editor Wolters Kluwer, doctoral researcher within the Doctoral School of Law, Francesca Finelli, examines how the EU has implem...
EPPO the way forward: New potentials and challenges
Event date: Monday, 05 June 2023
Hour:  14:00 06-06 | 12:45
Place:  University of Luxembourg Weicker Building Room B001 4 Rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Lunchseminar in Economics : Balancing Risk and Return in Product Line Pricing
Event date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Hongmin LI, Arizona State University, USA
Research Economic Seminar: The Impact of Occupational Sorting on the Gender Pay Gap
Event date: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Participation by invitation
Speaker: Pauline Corblet, DEM, Université du Luxembourg
L’agencement du droit commun et des normes dérogatoires – Le cas du droit privé financier
Event date: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Hour:  18:00 20:00
Place:  Université du Luxembourg Bâtiment Weicker - salle B001 4 rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg
Hybrid PhD Defense Nikita Gaponiuk: Economic and political sustainability of free mobility policies
Nikita Gaponiuk
Event date: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Hour:  14:00 17:00
Place:  Room D17 CAMPUS KIRCHBERG 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg
Speaker: Nikita Gaponiuk
Benelux PECO 2023
Event date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Hour:  12:30 16-06 | 15:10
Place:  University of Luxembourg - Kirchberg Campus
Lunchseminar in Economics : Asymptotically Optimal Policies for Perishable Inventory Systems
Event date: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Xiting Gong, University of Hong Kong, HK
Lunchseminar in Economics : Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-sided Noncompliance
Event date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Hour:  13:00 14:00
Place:  Please contact dem@uni.lu
Speaker: Philipp Boeing, ZEW Mannheim, DE
2nd Conference in Sustainable Finance
Event date: Thursday, 06 July 2023
Hour:  9:00 21:00
Place:  Campus Kirchberg, JFK Building, room Nancy-Metz