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Professor Martyniszyn is Associate Dean of Internationalisation in the Facutly of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) and Professor of Competition Law and Policy in the School of Law. In research he focuses on various aspects of competition law and policy in international and transnational contexts, including operations of international and export cartels, the limits of extraterritorial jurisdiction, state involvement in anticompetitive practices as well as the challenges facing new and developing competition law systems. In broader terms, his interests lie in international economic law. His work has been used in various frameworks, inclusive of in submissions to the U.S. Supreme Court and in other contexts (for example, by the OECD and the Polish Parliament). Professor Martyniszyn presented his work, in different formats, in Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Holland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Malawi, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and in the United States, as well as on the fora of inter-governmental organizations and inter-agency networks; in particular, 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) and BRICS (the cooperation between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). He 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), and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich, Germany).
Professor Martyniszyn is a Member of the Research Partnership Platform of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. In that framework he conducts research with particular relevance for developing countries and he has presented his work on the UNCTAD's forum several times. Furthermore, Professor Martyniszyn serves as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network. He has experience of training officials of competition agencies in his areas of expertise.
Professor Martyniszyn was awarded grants by the Royal Irish Academy, the Oxford Noble Foundation and the NI Department of the Economy (the Global Challenge Research Fund). Moreover, in 2018 Professor Martyniszyn was awarded an Erasmus+ Jean Monnet grant to develop a comparative competition law module. It was the only award supporting module development in the UK under the Jean Monnet scheme that year.
In terms of broader academic engagement, Professor Martyniszyn has experience of:
- reviewing grant applications, inclusive of in the framework of Horizon 2020,
- reviewing book proposals (inclusive of for leading university presses in the UK),
- acting, on a regular basis, as a peer-reviewer for leading UK and international peer-reviewed journals,
- serving as an External Examiner in relation to a range of UG/PG programmes and modules at both UK and Irish universities (note: Professor Martyniszyn completed AdvanceHE Professional Development Course for External Examiners and he is included in the AdvanceHE register of so-qualified academics),
- examining doctoral dissertations.
Moreover, Professor Martyniszyn is a Council Member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) and a Member of the Society's Executive Committee (elected for the period: 2017-2020, then co-opted by the Society's AGM for 2020-2021, elected Hon. Membership Secretary for the period 2021-24). He is also a Trustee for the SLS, registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales. Professor Martyniszyn is also active in learned societies in his key area of expertise. In particular, he is a Member of the Academic Society for Competition Law and of the Competition Law Scholars Forum. Furthermore, Professor Martyniszyn serves as a Member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at the Loyola University Chicago (US) and an Associate Member of the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies at the Warsaw University (Poland). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Professor Martyniszyn joined the School of Law at Queen's in July 2013. Previously he was a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago. He holds a PhD from University College Dublin (completed on a prestigious Ad Astra Scholarship), an LLM (with specializations in EU Economic and World Trade Law) from the Saarland University’s European Institute, three different MA degrees from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (PGCHET) from Queen's University Belfast.
At Queen's Professor Martyniszyn is a member of the Academic Council (following re-election for the term 2018-2021) and he serves on both the Faculty Student Appeals Committee and the Central Student Appeals Committee. He was also a founding member and a member of the steering group of the Queen's International Staff Network. In the School of Law he is a Member of the Centre for European and Transnational Studies and serves on its Executive Committee. Previously, Professor Martyniszyn served as the Chair of the Board of Examiners in the School of Law. In the period 2.2021-2.2022 he was interim Head of School of Law.
Research Interests
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
Teaching
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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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Projects
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R9239LAW: Embracing and Nurturing the Free Market: Lessons from Poland through the Lens of Competition Law and Policy
18/10/2016 → 30/06/2018
Project: Research
Research output
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Intel, iiyama and Air Cargo: far-reaching extraterritorial application of EU competition law
Martyniszyn, M., Nov 2022, In: European Competition Law Review. 43, 11, p. 505-512Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Competitive Harm Crossing Borders: Regulatory Gaps And A Way Forward
Martyniszyn, M., 01 Sep 2021, In: Journal of Competition Law & Economics . 17, 3, p. 686-707 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing Country Experience with Extraterritoriality in Competition Law, Report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD/DITC/CPLP/2021/3
Martyniszyn, M., 2021, United Nations. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Extraterritoriality in EU Competition Law
Martyniszyn, M., 29 Oct 2021, Extraterritoriality in EU Competition Law. Rodrigues, N. C. (ed.). Springer, p. 29-57 (European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Implementing a Competition Law System- Three Decades of Polish Experience
Martyniszyn, M. & Bernatt, M., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. 8, 1, p. 165-215 51 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)54 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Award of the Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Grant
Martyniszyn, Marek (Recipient), 15 Feb 2016
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Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module Grant Award (only such grant award in the entire UK that year)
Martyniszyn, Marek (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other distinction
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Grant award under the Engaged Research Seed Fund
Martyniszyn, Marek (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Łukasz Gruszczyński
Marek Martyniszyn (Host)
14 Mar 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Protecting Your Market & Reaffirming Sovereignty: The Case of Cross-Border Competitive Harm
Marek Martyniszyn (Advisor)
03 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: New Challenges and Possible Spillovers
Marek Martyniszyn (Advisor)
02 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Competition Law in Times of Crises: A Corrective Realignment or A Paradigm Shift?
Marek Martyniszyn (Advisor)
01 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Ellen Forester
Marek Martyniszyn (Host)
02 Feb 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
Press/Media
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Invited contribution: 'Cartels: the Hidden Enemy Behind Rising Prices and What Can we do About it Internationally?' to the University of Nottingham Commercial Law Centre Blog (Feb 2022)
04/02/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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The special edition of LawPod podcast series: 'Developing Countries Experience with Extraterritoriality in Competition Law' (Feb 2022)
01/02/2022
1 Media contribution
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Launch of the UNCTAD Report on Developing Countries with Extraterritoriality in Competition Law Enforcement - video recording - official UNCTAD YouTube channel (Dec 2021)
09/12/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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Where's my jumper? – article in the Irish News (Sept 2021)
06/09/2021
1 Media contribution
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Contribution to BBC NI Spotlight 'Irish Sea Border: The Fallout' (Feb 2021)
23/02/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment