Marek Martyniszyn

Professor Martyniszyn is a Professor of Competition Law and Policy in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast. His research explores a range of topics within competition law and policy in both international and transnational contexts, including cartel operations, the boundaries of extraterritorial jurisdiction, state involvement in anticompetitive practices (including through subsidies), and the challenges faced by emerging competition law systems. His broader academic interests span international economic law. His research has been cited in influential frameworks such as submissions to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Polish Parliament.

Professor Martyniszyn has delivered over 100 presentations in more than 30 countries (including Belgium, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czechia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Holland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States). He has presented to organisations such as the International Competition Network (the ICN), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), BRICS (the cooperation between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). He has also held visiting appointments at the East China University of Political Science and Law (Shanghai, China), the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa), the Catholic University of Portugal (Porto, Portugal), the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich, Germany), the Jan Kochanowski University (Kielce, Poland) and the George Washington University (Washington, DC, United States of America). Before joining Queen's University, Professor Martyniszyn was a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago (United States of America).

Professor Martyniszyn is an active member of the UNCTAD's Research Partnership Platform, conducting research with particular relevance for developing countries. He has presented his work at UNCTAD's forums and is also the Academic Coordinator of the UNCTAD's Working Group on Cross-Border Cartels. Furthermore, he is a Non-Governmental Advisor to the ICN. He has traind officials of competition agency in his areas of expertise.

Professor Martyniszyn has received prestigious research grants from organizations including the Royal Irish Academy, the Oxford Noble Foundation and the NI Department of the Economy (Global Challenge Research Fund). In 2018, he received an Erasmus+  Jean Monnet grant for the development of a comparative competition law module—the only such award in the UK that year.

His broader academic involvement includes:

• reviewing grant applications for EU's Horizon program and various UK and international research councils / granting bodies,
• reviewing book proposals for top UK university presses,
• acting as a regular peer reviewer for leading UK and international journals,
• serving as an External Examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate programs at UK and Irish universities, completing the AdvanceHE Professional Development Course for External Examiners, and being listed on the AdvanceHE register,
• examining doctoral dissertations across the UK, Ireland, and beyond.

Professor Martyniszyn is a Council Member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), where he serves as Hon. Membership Secretary on the Executive Committee, and a Trustee for the SLS, registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales. He is also a member of academic societies related to his expertise in competition law, including the Academic Society for Competition Law and the Competition Law Scholars Forum. He is an International Advisory Board Member for the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago and an Associate Member of the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies at Warsaw University. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Since joining Queen's University Belfast in 2013, Professor Martyniszyn has served on the Academic Council, as a member of the Faculty Student Appeals Committee and the Central Student Appeals Committee. He was a founding member and steering group member of the Queen's International Staff Network (now: iRISE). In the School of Law, he is a member of the Queen's International Economic Law Centre (QIEL) and the Global Intellectual Property and Technology Centre (G-IPTech). He previously served as Chair of the Board of Examiners and was interim Head of the School of Law. For the following two years, he was Associate Dean of Internationalisation in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS).

Professor Martyniszyn holds a PhD in Law from University College Dublin, earned on a prestigious Ad Astra Scholarship, an LLM in EU Economic and World Trade Law from Saarland University’s European Institute, three MA degrees from the Warsaw School of Economics, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (PGCHET) from Queen's University Belfast.

Competition Law, Antitrust Law, International Economic Law, Law And Economics, Public International Law, Global Governance, Law and Development, Globalization and Governance,  European Law, EU Law, WTO law, International Trade Law, Regulation of Transnational Commerce, and Contract Law

Professor Martyniszyn has provided expert commentary on competition law, international economic law, and policy issues through various domestic and international media engagements, including with outlets such as the BBC, RTÉ, Foreign Policy, Irish Times, Luxembourg Times, Rzeczpospolita, and Gazeta Prawna. His ability to translate complex legal concepts into accessible insights has been showcased through interviews, articles, and panel discussions. Professor Martyniszyn is frequently engaged by media outlets to provide informed analysis and perspectives on key developments in global competition law and policy. He welcomes such requests.

Professor Martyniszyn has taught Contract Law, EU Law (both Constitutional and Substantive/Economic), Competition Law, International and Comparative Competition Law, EU Competition Law, and International Trade Law.

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