Rasmus Grønved Nielsen

Short presentation

Professor of private law with special focus on the interaction between private and public law, doctor of laws (LLD, dr.jur.) on a dissertation on Administrative Contracts, 2021, recipient of the Tietgen Prize (2023) and Viggo Hagstrøm's Nordic Prize (2024)

Primary fields of research

The interplay between private/commercial law and public law (in particular, administrative law), including public authorities as contract parties, tortfeasors, company participants, creditors, property owners, and litigants, and related general legal, historical, and theoretical questions.

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 (LL.D., dr.jur.) 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", publicly defended 3 December 2021)

2016: LL.M., University of Copenhagen

2014: LL.B., University of Copenhagen

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

Employment

2025 - now: (Full) Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

2022 - 2025: Associate professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

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

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

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

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

2011 - 2012: Student assistant, Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre

Prizes and recognitions

2024: Viggo Hagstrøm's Nordic prize for young researchers in private law (250,000 NOK)

2023: The Tietgen Prize (500,000 DKK)

2022: Berlingske Talent 100

Internal positions

2023 - now: PhD Coordinator

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

Ph.d.-vejledning

Jeppe Bendtsen: Self-incrimination within 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