Marie-Pierre Granger

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    20022022

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    Marie-Pierre Granger is Associate Professor (resident faculty) with a joint appointment between the Department of Public Policy and the Department of Legal Studies. She is the Academic Director of the Mundus MAPP Program and its consortium's academic coordinator.

    She received her Ph.D. in European Law from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom, 2001) after studying political sciences, public administration and law at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Lyon (France), Jean Moulin University- Lyon III (France), Aristotle University (Greece) and Montpellier I University (France). From 2001 to 2004, she held a permanent lectureship position at the School of Law of the University of Exeter.

    In 2024-2025, Marie-Pierre teaches the following courses: European integration and EU governance, Introduction to EU law, EU human rights law and policy, and Law and public policy.

    Between 2005 and 2012, Marie-Pierre was the co-director of the summer course on Advanced EU Legal Practice, taught by the Total Law Team (led by Prof. J. Weiler, NYU). Between 2006 and 2019, she was the CEU academic coordinator for the Allianz Summer Academy on Europe.

    Marie-Pierre’s research interests lie in the fields of European Union Law; European integration and governance; comparative public law; access to justice; judicial processes and remedies; legal mobilization; human rights; social justice, climate change and citizenship.  She is particularly interested in understanding the political and social dynamics which underlie legal frameworks and their transformation. Her articles appear in the European Law ReviewEuropean Public Law, the Modern Law ReviewComparative European Politics, etc. She has contributed numerous book chapters in edited volumes and research handbooks, published by Oxford University PressHartBruylant, Edward Elgar, or Kluwer.  She acted as Executive Board member and work package coordinatory in EU funded collaborative research projects on barriers to EU citizenship (bEUcitizen  2014-2017) and Justice for Europe (ETHOS 2017-2019).  She co-edited (with PJ Cardwell) The Research Handbooks on the Politics of EU Law (Edward Elgar, 2020), (with E Guinchard) The New EU Judiciary - An analysis of current judicial reform (Kluwerlaw International, 2017) and (with S de Vries and H de Waele) Civil Rights and EU Citizenship: Challenges at the Crossroads of European, National and Private Spheres (Edward Elgar, 2018). She advises governments, NGOs and funders in her area of expertise, and collaborates as an external expert with various funding organizations and public consultancy firms.

    Marie-Pierre is the Vice-Chair of the CEU Works Council, and a member of the CEU Equal Opportunity Committee, the Ethical Research Committee and the CEU Library Committee.

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    • SDG 13 - Climate Action
    • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD, ‘The Influence of Member States’ Governments on the Community Case Law – A Structurationist Perspective on the Influence of EU Governments in and on the DecisionMaking of the European Court of Justice, University of Exeter

    1 Jun 199831 Aug 2001

    Award Date: 16 Nov 2001

    Master, DEA European and Community law, University of Montpellier

    30 Sep 199631 Aug 1997

    Award Date: 31 Jul 1997

    Master, Maitrise Sciences Politiques, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    1 Sep 199531 Aug 1996

    Award Date: 31 Aug 1995

    Master, Maitrise Droit Public

    1 Sep 199431 Aug 1995

    Award Date: 31 Aug 1995

    Bachelor, Diplome of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po Lyon), Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) Lyon

    15 Sep 199115 Jul 1994

    Award Date: 31 Jul 1994

    External positions

    Expert, Digital Freedom Fund

    16 Apr 2019 → …

    Keywords

    • K Law (General)
    • European Union Law
    • Comparative Public law
    • JA Political science (General)
    • European Integration
    • European Union Governance

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