Marios Iacovides
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Law; Professors, Instructors, Researchers
- E-mail:
- marios.iacovides@jur.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 1, Trädgårdsgatan 20
- Postal address:
- Box 512
751 20 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- LL.D.
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-0151-0777
Short presentation
Associate Professor in EU law and Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, specialised in competition law, WTO law, international economic law, EU internal market law, and EU constitutional and institutional law. I am currently conducting research on the relationship between competition law and sustainability, the Green Deal, and post-growth/ degrowth.
Keywords
- competition law
- antitrust
- merger control
- state aid
- eu law
- free movement law
- wto law
- law and economics
- sustainability
- Green Deal
- trade sanctions
- post-growth
- degrowth
Biography
- From July 2025 Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in European Law, Department of Law, Uppsala University
- From June 2023 Associate Professor in European Union law, Department of Law, Uppsala University
- May 2022 - June 2025 Assistant Professor / Senior Lecturer (tenure) in Commercial Law, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University
- 2020—Present Expert Advisor on Competition Law and Sustainability, Hellenic Competition Commission
- Oct 2020—Sep 2021 Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Institute of European and Comparative Law
- Aug 2018—Sep 2020 and Oct 2021—April 2022 Assistant Professor in European Law, Juridicum, Stockholm University
- 2019—2021 Non-Governmental Advisor to the European Commission, International Competition Network
- 2018—2020 Expert competition consultant at a boutique law firm
- 2016—2021 Legal Counsel, Legal Department, Swedish Competition Authority
- 2014 Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellowship, Bocconi University, Milan within the DISSETTLE project
- 2014 Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva
- 2013 Guest researcher at European University Institute (EUI) Florence.
- 2010 Doctoral candidate in EU law (Competition law, WTO law) Uppsala University
- 2008 Master of Laws LLM (EU law) Stockholm University
- 2007 Bachelor of Laws LLB with European Legal Studies, King's College, University of London (KCL)
- 2006 Diploma in EU Law (exchange from KCL) Uppsala University

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Antitrust Chronicle, p. 1-5, 2025
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 355-377, 2025
The new goals of EU competition law: sustainability, labour rights, and privacy
Part of European Law Open, p. 587-616, 2024
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The new goals of EU competition law: sustainability, labour rights, and privacy
Part of European Law Open, p. 587-616, 2024
Part of Judicial Review of Competition Law Enforcdement in the EU Member States and the UK, p. 189-219, Kluwer Law International, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Antitrust Chronicle, p. 1-5, 2025
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 355-377, 2025
The new goals of EU competition law: sustainability, labour rights, and privacy
Part of European Law Open, p. 587-616, 2024
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The new goals of EU competition law: sustainability, labour rights, and privacy
Part of European Law Open, p. 587-616, 2024
The goals of EU competition law: a comprehensive empirical investigation
Part of Legal Studies, p. 620-648, 2022
- DOI for The goals of EU competition law: a comprehensive empirical investigation
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Part of Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, p. 32-62, 2021
Part of SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
The Goals of EU Competition Law - A Comprehensive Empirical Investigation
Part of SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Part of SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Part of Journal of World Trade, p. 323-349, 2014
Part of Journal of World Trade, p. 323-349, 2014
Articles, review/survey
Part of Italian Yearbook of International Law, 2015
Books
The Law and Economics of WTO Law
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021
The Use of Economics in International Trade and Investment Disputes
Cambridge University Press, 2017
Chapters in book
Part of Judicial Review of Competition Law Enforcdement in the EU Member States and the UK, p. 189-219, Kluwer Law International, 2024
Unilateral conduct and sustainability under EU competition law
Part of Research Handbook on Sustainability and Competition Law, p. 352-374, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024
- DOI for Unilateral conduct and sustainability under EU competition law
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Topoi of Ambiguity: WTO Membership without Statehood
Part of Hague Yearbook of International Law / Annuaire de La Haye de Droit International, Vol. 32 (2019), p. 103-133, Brill Nijhoff, 2021
The Presumption and Quantification of Harm in the Directive and the Practical Guide
Part of Harmonising EU Competition Litigation - The New Directive and Beyond, p. 295-313, Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016
Collections (editor)
Fintech Competition: Law, Policy, and Market Organisation
Hart Publishing Ltd, 2023
- DOI for Fintech Competition: Law, Policy, and Market Organisation
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Harmonising EU Competition Litigation - The New Directive and Beyond
Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016
Harmonising EU Competition Litigation: The New Directive and Beyond
Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016
Conference papers
Part of EU Competition Litigation, p. 215-234, 2019
- DOI for Article 17(3) of the Damages Directive and the Interaction Between the Swedish Competition Authority and Swedish Courts
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