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PD Dr. Stefan Mayr, LL.M. (CEU)

PD Dr. Stefan MAYR, LL.M. (CEU)

PD Dr. Stefan MAYR, LL.M. (CEU)

stefan.mayr@wu.ac.at
+43-1-313 36 - 5544

Biographical Sketch

Stefan Mayr is an Associate Professor of EU law and International Law. He holds a doctorate in law from WU, an LL.M. from the Central European University in Budapest, and a Magister Juris degree from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. In 2024, Stefan was awarded the venia docendi for the subjects EU Law and International Law. His habilitation project dealt with interactions and conflicts between EU law and international law, specifically in the field of investment arbitration.

Stefan has completed research stays at PluriCourts – Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order at the University of Oslo (Norway) and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (Germany).

Stefan’s previous experience includes work as a post-doc researcher at the Institute for Law and Governance, as a research associate at the Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance at WU, and as a legal clerk at the Vienna District Court and the Court of Labour and Social Affairs. Stefan also has considerable experience in legal policy advice, including research consultancies for different civil society organisations and recurrent work as a consultant (STC) for the World Bank Group.

Research Interests

Stefan’s research interests include the law of public services, international trade law, international investment law and investment protection, EU law, constitutional law, fundamental rights and legal theory.

Selected Publications and Research Projects

  • S Mayr, ‘Wirtschaftliche Sicherheit in Zeiten geopolitischen Wandels: Investitionskontrollen in Europa’ [2025] Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 36, 676-685

  • B Hollaus and S Mayr, ‘Pushing for sustainability abroad: EU environmental unilateralism and its legal limits’, in RA Wessel et al (eds), EU External Relations Law and Sustainability (Springer 2025) 225-255

  • MD Brauch, S Mayr and CF Luthin, ‘After intra-EU BITs and the ECT, the EU needs to abandon extra-EU BITs – for legal, energy and climate policy, and political economy reasons’, Columbia FDI Perspectives No. 394 (Oct 2024)

  • Mayr, Rechtsfragen der Rekommunalisierung - Wirtschaftsverfassung, Binnenmarkt, Freihandel. Forschungen aus Staat und Recht 183 [2018] Wien: Verlag Österreich

A comprehensive list of research projects in which Stefan Mayr is involved as well as a list of his publications can be found in the PURE documentation.