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Course coordinator

  • EU Privacy and Data Protection Fundamentals, Advanced (International) Privacy & Data Protection, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2020/21
  • Privacy, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2017/18, 2018/19
  • European Union Law: Foundations, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2014/15, 2017/18 
  • Foundations of the European Union, Faculty of Law, Hasselt University (Belgium), 2014/15, 2017/18 
  • The Law of the European Institutions, University College Maastricht, 2014/15, 2016/17 
  • Judicial protection in the European union, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, 2013/14 (Erasmus programme) 

Introduction to EU Law, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 2014 

Seminar Recent issues regarding European citizenship: a hot potato or a cold soup?, summer school EU Law: The Four Freedoms, View from a Mountain, Common Law Society, Krkonoše, Czech Republic, 2014

“Dr. Brkan is not only a talented academic, she is also a highly skilled professor. She manages to convey complex concepts in a student-friendly way, without disregarding the nuances of the statements. She is also flexible in her way of teaching: leaving room for more advanced discussions while making sure that everyone is on board. Her human approach puts emphasis on the student’s learning. My time as one of her students was intellectually stimulating, rewarding and one of the highlights of my studies.”

Timothy Noelanders,
Alumnus of Maastricht University

Tutor

  • Advanced European Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2019/20
  • European Union Law: Substantive Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2016/17 
  • European Union Law: Foundations, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2016/17 
  • European Competition Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14 
  • European Union Law: Substantive Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14
  • External relations of the European Union, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14 
  • Moot Court Training, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14 
  • Law in tourism, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, University of Primorska, 2011/12 (Erasmus programme)  
  • Uvod v pravoznanstvo, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, 2005/06, 2006/07 (lecture about EU legal sources)

“Being Maja’s student was a pleasant experience. We were quickly taken by her professionalism, calmness and attention that she dedicated to us, students. I would particularly like to point out her support for our ambitious students’ ideas, our debating club, which at the time seemed like our biggest life project. I am extremely helpful for her encouragement and constructive discussions that enabled us to more easily and better achieve our ideas.”

mag. Maja Malešević,
alumna of University of Ljubljana

Competitions and coaching for competitions

  • Coaching of students for the European Law Moot Court Competition, 2013/14, the team won the competition 
  • Coaching of students for the European Law Moot Court Competition, 2014/2015, the team was second best 
  • Judge, European Law Moot Court Competition, regional finals, Luxembourg, 2012 
  • Judge, European Law Moot Court Competition, regional finals, Maribor, 2008
  • Pleader, Team of the Faculty of Law of University of Ljubljana, European Law Moot Court Competition, regional finals, Helsinki, 2003

Supervision of PhD students

  • Florence d’Ath, Protection of Personal Data: A “Super” Fundamental Right? Decrypting the right to personal data protection and its interactions with other fundamental rights in the area of information technologies (co-supervision with prof. dr. Jörg Gerkrath, University of Luxembourg), 29. 3. 2023.
  • Florian Kurz, Re-Interpreting EU Competition Law in the Face of Powerful Big Data Companies (co-supervision with prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider), starting date : October 2018.

Membership in PhD committees

  • Ancui Liu, Regulating genetically modified crops in view of environmental risks: China’s implementation of international obligations (supervisors: prof. dr. Marjan Peeters, prof. dr. Ellen Vos), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Member of the PhD assessment committee 
  • Pika Šarf, Preoblikovanje prava osebnih podatkov v digitalni dobi (Transformation of data protection law in the digital age) (supervisor: prof. dr. Aleš Završnik), Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Member of the committee for monitoring of the doctoral student 
  • Anu Talus, From Simply Sharing the Cage to Living Together. Reconciling the right of public access to documents with the protection of personal data (supervisor: prof. dr. Tuomas Ojanen), Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Opponent and member of the grading committee
  • Hristijan Koneski, The Nexus between Intellectual Property and Data Protection (supervisor: doc. dr. Matija Damijan), Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Member of the committee for monitoring of the doctoral student
  • Alexander Hoogenboom, Balancing student mobility rights and national higher education autonomy in the European Union (supervisors: prof. dr. Bruno de Witte, prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider, prof. dr. Anne Pieter van der Mei), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Member of the PhD defence committee

Course coordinator

  • Privacy, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2017/18, 2018/19
  • European Union Law: Foundations, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2014/15, 2017/18 
  • Foundations of the European Union, Faculty of Law, Hasselt University (Belgium), 2014/15, 2017/18 
  • The Law of the European Institutions, University College Maastricht, 2014/15, 2016/17 
  • Judicial protection in the European union, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, 2013/14 (Erasmus programme) 
  • Introduction to EU Law, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 2014 

Seminar Recent issues regarding European citizenship: a hot potato or a cold soup?, summer school EU Law: The Four Freedoms, View from a Mountain, Common Law Society, Krkonoše, Czech Republic, 2014

Tutor

  • Advanced European Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2019/20
  • European Union Law: Substantive Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2016/17 
  • European Union Law: Foundations, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2016/17 
  • European Competition Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14 
  • European Union Law: Substantive Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14
  • External relations of the European Union, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14 
  • Moot Court Training, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, 2013/14 
  • Law in tourism, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, University of Primorska, 2011/12 (Erasmus programme)  

Uvod v pravoznanstvo, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, 2005/06, 2006/07 (lecture about EU legal sources)

Competitions and coaching for competitions

  • Coaching of students for the European Law Moot Court Competition, 2013/14, the team won the competition 
  • Coaching of students for the European Law Moot Court Competition, 2014/2015, the team was second best 
  • Judge, European Law Moot Court Competition, regional finals, Luxembourg, 2012 
  • Judge, European Law Moot Court Competition, regional finals, Maribor, 2008

Pleader, Team of the Faculty of Law of University of Ljubljana, European Law Moot Court Competition, regional finals, Helsinki, 2003

Supervision of PhD students

  • Valentina Golunova, Social media platforms as lawmakers? Ensuring compliance with European human rights standards in the globalized digital dimension (co-supervision with prof. dr. Marta Pertegás Sender) 
  • Florence d’Ath, Protection of Personal Data: A “Super” Fundamental Right? Decrypting the right to personal data protection and its interactions with other fundamental rights in the area of information technologies (co-supervision with prof. dr. Jörg Gerkrath, University of Luxembourg)  
  • Florian Kurz, Re-Interpreting EU Competition Law in the Face of Powerful Big Data Companies (co-supervision with prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider) 

Enza Cirone, EU law and blockchain technology: Challenges in the application of the General Data Protection Regulation and the search for new regulatory solutions (co-supervision with prof. dr. Adelina Adinolfi, University of Florence)

Membership in PhD committees

  • Ancui Liu, Regulating genetically modified crops in view of environmental risks: China’s implementation of international obligations (supervisors: prof. dr. Marjan Peeters, prof. dr. Ellen Vos), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Member of the PhD assessment committee 
  • Pika Šarf, Preoblikovanje prava osebnih podatkov v digitalni dobi (Transformation of data protection law in the digital age) (supervisor: prof. dr. Aleš Završnik), Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Member of the committee for monitoring of the doctoral student 
  • Anu Talus, From Simply Sharing the Cage to Living Together. Reconciling the right of public access to documents with the protection of personal data (supervisor: prof. dr. Tuomas Ojanen), Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Opponent and member of the grading committee 

Alexander Hoogenboom, Balancing student mobility rights and national higher education autonomy in the European Union (supervisors: prof. dr. Bruno de Witte, prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider, prof. dr. Anne Pieter van der Mei), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Member of the PhD defence committee