Davor Jancic

Dr Davor Jancic is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. At QMUL, he has taught EU Law, Global Law and Governance, Elements of Contract Law, and Public Law. Before joining QMUL, he was Senior Researcher in EU Law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague and a British Academy Newton Fellow at the Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has also been Associate Lecturer at LSE and Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, where he taught courses in constitutional, European and human rights law. Dr Jancic holds a PhD in European constitutional law from Utrecht University and his doctorate analysed the role of national parliaments in EU decision making. He obtained his LL.M. in International and European Law cum laude from the University of Amsterdam and his LLB summa cum laude from the University of Novi Sad.

Dr Jancic has also taught and/or carried out research as a Visiting Scholar at Renmin University of China Law School (2018), the School of Leadership at the University of Johannesburg (2016), the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (2011-2012), Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the University of Lisbon (2010), LSE Law Department (2009), and the Centre for European Studies of Sciences Po Paris (2009).

In 2019, Dr Jancic was appointed Academic Fellow of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and in 2018 he won the Teacher of the Year Award at Queen Mary University of London. In 2011, Dr Jancic won the Europe Award from the Montesquieu Institute, The Hague, for the best article in the area of European studies. He also frequently participates in public engagement and policy-related consultancy. From 2014-2016, Dr Jancic acted as a Guest Co-Editor of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy for a Special Issue on parliamentary diplomacy. He also acted as editor of two volumes, one on national parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty and the euro crisis (OUP 2017) and another on parliamentary diplomacy in European and global governance (Brill 2017).

Research

Broad research areas

• EU institutional law and governance
• Comparative regional integration and regional organisations
• Democracy and legitimacy beyond the state

Research projects

• The Changing Role of Citizens in EU Governance. Faced with numerous crises, the people’s trust in the EU is being questioned. However, EU law foresees a host of instruments through which citizens can participate in decision making at the EU level. This projects examines and critically assesses these instruments with a view to determining the benefits and shortcomings of the institutionalisation of the citizen in the European Union.
• National Parliaments in the EU. This project evaluates the evolution of the role of national parliaments in the European Union after the Lisbon treaty and the euro crisis in order to assess the extent to which they exhibit resilience or resignation in the constitutional setup of the EU. Following up on a conference I organised at LSE in April 2015, the project expanded into a book I edited with OUP (2017).
• European Parliament and EU Foreign Affairs. This research strand approaches the EP as an evolving actor in EU external relations law. It aims to address questions such as empowerment, democratic legitimacy and parliamentary involvement in EU negotiations with third countries and international organisations in areas such as trade, financial cooperation, development cooperation, etc.
• Parliamentary Diplomacy. As a rising phenomenon in international politics, elected officials have been shaping a role for themselves in the globalised world. This project analyses the international functions of parliaments and parliamentarians in European and global governance. Grounded in a Special Issue I co-edited for the Hague Journal of Diplomacy, the project has expanded into a volume with Brill Publishing (2017).
• Transatlantic Relations. I have worked on a series of projects concerning EU-US and EU-Canada relations, specifically in the sphere of regulatory and parliamentary cooperation. This includes the roles of the US Congress, the European Parliament and national parliaments in TTIP and CETA negotiations, financial services regulation in EU-US relations, and other aspects.
• Comparative Regional Integration. I have done research into the different dimensions of democratic governance in regional integration projects in South America (with a focus on Brazil) and Africa (with a focus on regional parliaments). This component of my research is ongoing

Funded research

• UACES Small Event Grant (2019)
• Queen Mary Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, workshop grant (2018)
• Newton International Fellowship (2013-2014), awarded by the British Academy and Royal Society for postdoctoral research at LSE
• Max Planck Postdoc Research Fellowship, awarded by Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (2011-2012)
• Wiarda Research Fellowship of Utrecht University (2009), awarded for doctoral research at LSE