Alicia Hinarejos awarded European Commission’s Jean Monnet Chair
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Alicia Hinarejos has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Law. Her three-year appointment began on 1 September 2024.
Granted by the European Commission, these prestigious chairs aim to enhance teaching and research in European Union (EU) studies at higher education institutions worldwide. Professor Hinarejos becomes Â鶹AV Law’s second Jean Monnet Chair holder, following in the footsteps of the late Professor Armand de Mestral, CM.
An internationally recognized authority on EU law, Alicia Hinarejos joined Â鶹AV as a full professor in 2021. Previously, she served as a professor and director of the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge. Her research has been published in leading journals and cited in some of the most significant judicial decisions concerning the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union, including opinions from the Advocate Generals of the Court of Justice of the EU and rulings by the German Federal Constitutional Court. She also serves as a general joint editor for the , one of the foremost journals in the field.
As Jean Monnet Chair, Professor Hinarejos will teach courses related to the EU legal system, spearhead a research project on the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union, and organize events and activities to explore the EU’s relationship with Canada and Quebec.
“I’m delighted that the European Commission, through this appointment, has recognized that our Faculty offers a unique vantage from which to consider transnational issues,” said Dean Robert Leckey, Ad E. “Through our distinctive integrated approach, we challenge and cross boundaries such as those of legal tradition, language, discipline, and geography. I look forward to the rich collaborations and intellectual exchanges our new Jean Monnet Chair will foster at the Faculty.”