Prof. Dr. D. Kochenov

Dimitry Kochenov is a lecturer in European Law at the University of Groningen. He holds an LL.M. degree from the Comparative Constitutional Law Department of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest and an LL.D. degree from Groningen. Before settling in the Netherlands he read law and modern languages in the Russian Federation graduating with degrees in law and in arts. Dr. Kochenov specialises in EU External Relations Law with a particular emphasis on the legal regulation of enlargements, EU Equality and Non-Discrimination Law, Minority protection in the EU as well as general issues of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Citizenship. He recently published a monograph on EU Enlargement Law: The Failure of Conditionality (The Hague /London /New York: Kluwer Law International, 2007) and taught EU law abroad in Italy, Romania, Russia and Japan.