Post-doctoral researcher

Kai is interested in issues of European economic law and regulation. Therein, he covers a wide range embracing many kinds of regulated markets such as the financial market, product safety and competition. During the last years, Kai Purnhagen's research has been centred on the interplay of law and regulation on regulated markets in Europe. In particluar, he worked on the role of systematisation within the emerging law of EU risk regulation. Currently, he works within the project "Framing and Taming Post-National Rulemaking: Views from Public International Law, European Public Law, and European Private Law" as well as on a comparative research project involving China and Germany on regulations and supervision of e-commerce transactions. Prior to joining the Amsterdam faculty, Kai was a Lecturer in European Law at the University of Lucerne. He worked as Assistant at the Chair of European Economic Law (Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz) at the EUI and was visiting scholar at thelaw schoolofthe London School of Economics (Julia Black) as well as a Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison law school (Alta Charo and John Kidwell). Kai's work is characterised by a combination of contextual ("law and...") law in action and hence interdisciplinary and traditional dogmatic approaches. That is why he furthermore has a special interest in solutions from political science, sociology, philosophy and economics. Kai's research is governed by the conviction that contemporary legal problems can only be solved if we apply a functional approach to law. This includes especially the overcoming of the traditional public and private divide in legal thought. Kai publishes frequently in both, international and national journals such as, for example, the European Journal of Risk Regulation, Europarecht, and the Zeitschrift für Europäisches Wirtschaftrecht. Addtionally, he has contributed to several edited volumes. His articles are frequently cited in highest court's decisions. Kai is associate editor of the European Journal of Risk Regulation and has been managing editor of the European Journal of Legal Studies in the year 2008-2009. He regularly acts as a reviewer on an ad hoc basis for several international peer-reviewed journals. Kai has also provided advice to a variety of organizations on various aspects of German and European Union law. Among other organizations, he has advised on projects involving the European Commission, the German Technical Cooperation, the English und Scottish Law Commission, and the Austrian government. Originally from Germany, Kai Purnhagen earned a State Exam in Law from the State of Hessen, a LL M degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a MJI from the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, a M Res and a PhD in law from the EUI. Kai is a regular speaker at international conferences. He participated in numerous international conferences in Europe, the USA, and Asia as a presenter, chairman or discussant. For further reference, please see his website at

• www.purnhagen.de

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