Urška Šadl has been appointed Professor of Public Law, specialising in EU constitutional law
Urška Šadl has been appointed Professor of Public Law, specialising in EU constitutional law, with effect from 1 October 2026.
Urška Šadl completed her PhD in 2012 at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, where she later held positions as Assistant and Associate Professor. From 2016 to 2023, she was Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, after which she returned to the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen.
A broad range of legal interests and a strong commitment
Urška’s research focuses on EU institutions, particularly the European Court of Justice, the internal market, EU citizenship, and judicial behavior. Her recent publications include the monograph Good Judgment: The European Court of Justice as a Context-Conscious Lawmaker, and the co-edited volumes The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behavior and Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law. Her research has appeared in leading journals including the International Journal of Constitutional Law, the American Journal of Comparative Law, and the Common Market Law Review.
Šadl is a member of MOBILE Centre of Excellence, where she leads research on free movement and develops projects on EU law and mobility. She is also an editor of the European Constitutional Law Review and is former president of the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies. Her research has been supported by grants from the Danish Research Council and the Swedish Research Council .
She has extensive experience teaching and supervising students at all levels, from undergraduate to PhD. At the University of Copenhagen, she teaches Institutional Constitutional Law and EU Law and supervises students working on EU and public law.
Her current research projectis funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark and examines gender and social equality in EU free movement law.
Commenting on the appointment, Acting Dean Kristian Cedervall Lauta said:
- Urška’s interest, ability and commitment are evident, and I am delighted – also on behalf of the faculty – that she is now taking up a professorship. For many years, Urška has contributed to academic research and teaching at the highest level, and it will be exciting to follow her work in this field.
The faculty will later invite everyone to Urška’s inaugural lecture. Further details will follow.
Go to Urska Šadls research profile.