Deirdre Curtin

Deirdre Maire Curtin (born 17 January 1960) is a legal scholar who works in the area of law and governance of the European Union. She is Professor of European Law at the European University Institute in Florence and director of its Centre for Judicial Cooperation.

Career Born in Dublin, Ireland, Curtin studied law at University College Dublin, completing her degree in 1980. After finishing her studies, Curtin joined Trinity College, Dublin as a Master's student. moving in 2003 to the chair of International and European Governance at the Utrecht School of Governance, which she held (part-time) until 2013.

After some years at the Utrecht School of Governance, Curtin joined the University of Amsterdam in 2008 as a Professor of European Law, where she was the founding director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG).

Academic work Deirdre Curtin's research deals with the law and governance of the European Union. Her publications have engaged with various aspects of European law, with a focus on matters of democracy, legitimacy and accountability. Curtin is known as a promoter of the use of empirical methods in research about European Union law.

Awards Since 2003, Curtin is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was the first woman to be appointed a member of the academy in the section law.

In 2007, she won the Spinozapremie, the first time it was awarded to a lawyer.

In May 2021, she was made a member of the Royal Irish Academy.