Artificial intelligence is reshaping elderly and vulnerable care. But how do we safeguard human rights and dignity? In his dissertation, Maksymilian Kuźmicz explores how law can help balance the competing interests involved in AI-driven care.
The Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) is pleased to welcome Dominik Zilsdorf as its first visiting junior scholar from the University of Bonn. His research stay runs from 15 March to 11 June 2025 and focuses on comparative arbitration law.
The anthology ”Financial Law” is volume 71 in the book series Scandinavian Studies in Law, published by the Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law at the Faculty of law, Stockholm University. The volume editors is Associate Professor Elisabeth Ahlinder and Dr Kelly Chen.
We are proud to share that two of our EIPL students, Maria Luisa Avendaño Cotrina and Rahul Scharfenberg, have been selected to participate in the final oral rounds of the first-ever WIPO International IP Law Moot Court Competition, which will take place in Geneva from 23 to 26 April 2025. This newly launched global moot, organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), brings together law students from around the world to explore pressing issues in intellectual property law through simulated litigation. Following an initial written round and an intense online oral phase, only 12 teams advanced to the in-person finals in Geneva. We are delighted that Maria Luisa Avendaño Cotrina and Rahul Scharfenberg, students of our LL.M. in European Intellectual Property Law (EIPL), will represent Stockholm University among this elite group.
Stockholm University is proud to celebrate its participation in the 32nd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Vienna in April 2025. Our team represented the university with distinction and received an Honorable Mention for their Memorandum for Respondent.
Between April 3-6, 2025, Stockholm hosted an exciting pre-moot competition, co-organized by Stockholm University, the SCC Arbitration Institute and the law firm Mannheimer Swartling.
What is it like to experience European law and policy up close? Master’s student Arzoo Afreen shares her insights from a study trip to Brussels and Luxembourg in March 2025, where students met legal experts, attended hearings, and explored key EU institutions.
Exploring the world through education, Will Rothe, a Deakin University student, shares his July 2024 study abroad experience at Stockholm University, where he explored World Trade Law, Intellectual Property Rights, and Stockholm's cultural and natural beauty.
Dr. Daria Kozlowska-Rautiainen, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law, Stockholm University, has been appointed as a new board member of the Finland Arbitration Institute (FAI) for the 2025–2027 term.
Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ) has unveiled a new website, designed to enhance accessibility and usability for all those interested in the field of international law. The updated platform serves as a central hub for research, seminars, and media, offering a comprehensive overview of the Centre's activities. The new website features a modern, user-friendly design in line with Stockholm University's visual identity, making it easier for visitors to navigate and engage with SCILJ’s extensive range of resources. It provides clearer access to research projects and publications focused on international law and global justice. With the launch of the new site, visitors can now gain deeper insight into SCILJ’s ongoing work and stay up to date with the latest developments in the field. The website also serves as a key platform for promoting upcoming seminars, lectures, and conferences organized by the Centre. – "The new website marks an important step in enhancing the visibility of SCILJ’s work, making it more accessible and relevant not only to academics and practitioners, but also to a broader audience," says Professor Pål Wrange, Director of SCILJ. Under construction This website will soon contain all news and other information from SCILJ’s previous website www.scilj.se. From December 2024, the old website will not be updated, and all content will be migrated to this website. New adress: www.su.se/scilj
In his doctoral thesis, Dr. Daniel Pinheiro Astone explores how today's legal systems support exploitation in modern capitalism. Through critical legal scholarship, his research scrutinizes the contradictions between legal and economic principles, revealing their profound effects on people's lives.
Dr. Anna Horn’s recently published doctoral thesis delves into the pressing challenges of patent law in Europe, focusing on the pursuit of a harmonized framework that balances the protection of innovation with the preservation of member states’ legal autonomy.
