About Bartłomiej Bednarowicz

Dr Bartłomiej Bednarowicz is a Researcher at the Government and Law Research Group.

He is a law graduate from the University of Lodz (Poland), where he obtained a master of laws diploma with the highest final grade being very good (2015). He also possesses a postgraduate diploma in the International and European Legal Studies Programme (IELSP) from the University of Antwerp (2013), for which he was awarded first-class result on top of magna cum laude distinction. During his principal studies at the University of Lodz, he participated in Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Polish National Champion 2015) and was also the President of the European Law Students' Association (2014/2015). He wrote his master's thesis in the field of EU Competition Law on the topic of Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law, for which he received an excellent result. He is also an awardee of various scholarships for his outstanding academic achievements (University of Lodz and Mayor of Lodz).

His field of research at the University of Antwerp focuses on the non-standard forms of work and digitalisation of labour in the so-called gig economy within the legal framework of European Union employment, equality and internal market law. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws (2020) for his PhD thesis entitled Platform-mediated work in the gig economy through the lens of the EU social acquis written under the supervision of prof. dr. Herwig Verschueren and prof. dr. Daniël Cuypers. He also served as a teaching assistant for a class on Legal Issues of International Employment and was a mentor for incoming exchange students at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp. In 2017-2019, he was engaged in an Erasmus + Project 'SENSE' on the applicability of laws in the EU cross-border road transport sector. Apart from his academic career, he stays put with international law moot court competitions and has been a distinguished judge and a Jessup coach.

After completion of his stage at the European Commission (DG EMPL), he is currently working as Labour Mobility Officer at the European Labour Authority.

He remains affiliated with the University of Antwerp on a voluntary basis.

Department

• Faculty of Law - general

Statute & functions

Bijzonder academisch personeel

• guest professor

Bijzonder academisch personeel

• unpaid staff