Rasmus Grønved Nielsen

Rasmus Grønved Nielsen

LLD (doctor juris), LLM

    • Karen Blixens Plads 16

      2300 København S

    20142024

    Research activity per year

    Personal profile

    Short presentation

    Associate professor of administrative law, doctor of laws (doctor juris) on a dissertation on Administrative Contracts, 2021, recipient of the Tietgen Prize (2023) and Viggo Hagstrøm's Nordic Prize (2024)

    Primary fields of research

    General administrative law, in particular, 1) "private" administrative law, ie public authorities acting in private law contexts, eg as contract parties, tortfeasors, company participants, creditors, litigants etc., 2) European administrative law, especially the influence of the European Convention of Human Rights, and 3) the history of administrative law.

    Current research

    Liability of public authorities (monography, Danish, in cooperation with professor, dr.jur. Andreas Ehlers).

     

    Teaching

    Administrative Law, Liability of Public Authorities, Human Rights Law, Tort and Contract

    CV

    Education

    2021: Doctor of Laws (doctor juris), LLD, University of Copenhagen (English title of dissertation: "Administrative Contracts - Legal Studies of Administrative Authorities' Use of Agreements as a Means of Public Management with Special Regard to the Exercise of Public Power")

    Remark: The doctor juris (dr.jur.) degree exceeds the level of PhD and traditionally documents research qualifications at the level of full professorships comparable to the German “habilitation”.

    2016: LL.M., University of Copenhagen

    2014: LL.B., University of Copenhagen

    2011: General upper secondary school leaving certificate (STX), Faaborg Gymnasium



    Employment
    Aug. 2022 - now: Associate professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

    Feb. 2021 - Jul. 2022: Research assistant and assistant professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

    Nov. 2017 - Jan. 2021: Ph.D. fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (incl. four months of paternity leave)

    Aug. 2016 - Oct. 2017: Assistant attorney, Kammeradvokaten/Advokatfirmaet Poul Schmith (Legal Advisor to the Danish Government)

    Nov. 2012 - Jun. 2016: Law student assistant, Kammeradvokaten/Advokatfirmaet Poul Schmith (Legal Advisor to the Danish Government)

    Jan. 2011 - Feb. 2012: Student assistant, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre

     

    Internal positions

    2023 - now: PhD Coordinator

    2023 - now: Coordinator, Research Group for Generel Administrative Law

    2022 - now: Course responsible, General Administrative Law (4th semester)

     

    Ph.d.-vejledning

    Jeppe Bendtsen: Self-incrimination within administrative law (ongoing)

    Trine Ravnholt: The influence of ECHR on Danish administrative law (ongoing)



    Other positions

    2024 - now: Chairman for the Committee on reform of the environmental damage legislation

    2024 - now: Member of advisory board, K-News (unremunerated)

    2023 - now: Editor-in -chief, Forvaltningsretlig studieserie (www.jura.ku.dk/almindelig-forvaltningsret) (unremunerated)

    2023 - now: Board memeber, Foreningen for Kommunal- og Forvaltningsret i Danmark (unremunerated)

    2022 - now: Board member of the local Danish committee to The Nordic Lawyers' Meetings (unremunerated), incl. secretary general to the 43th Nordic Lawyers' Meeting, Copenhagen 2024

    2022 - now: Board member, "Fonden til støtte for retsvidenskabelig forskning ved Københavns Universitet" (unremunerated)

    2022 - now: Board member, "Det finneske legat" (unremunerated)

    2021 - now: Chairman, "Taksationskommissionen for Sjælland mv." (appeal board for compensation claims for governmental expropriations)

    2021 - now: Co-editor, "Miljøretlig Forskningsportal" (Environmental law report) (unremunerated)

    2020 - now: Board member, Juridisk Forening, Copenhagen (unremunerated)


    2018 - 2019: Co-editor, "Miljøretlige Afgørelser og Domme" (Environmental law journal)

    2017: External lecturer (liability of public authorities)/teaching assistant (administrative law), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

    2018 - now: Independent consultancy

    2016 - 2018: Author, "EU-Karnov" (EU law database)


    Research stays

    2022 (Oct.-Nov.): Research stay, University of Bergen, Faculty of Law

    2018 (Oct.-Dec.): Research stay, University of Bergen, Faculty of Law

    2014 (Aug.-Dec.): Exchange stay, Duke University, School of Law

    Keywords

    • Faculty of Law