Caroline Heide-Jørgensen

Short presentation

Caroline Heide-Jorgensen is Professor of Competition Law and Marketing Law (unfair competition). She takes an interest in EU law in general and is particularly interested in competition law, marketing and advertising law, consumer law, media law and fundamental rights. Her PhD (2000) was about the liberal professions and competition law, and her doctoral thesis (2008) about freedom of expression, commercial speech and advertising law. Caroline Heide-Jorgensen has published widely within her field. She teaches Competition and Marketing Law and supervises both BA, MA and PhD students within her field.

Caroline Heide-Jorgensen is the head of the Research Centre for Market and Economic Law, (CME).

Fields of interest

 (EU) Market Law, Competition Law, Marketing- and Advertising Law, Consumer Law, Media Law

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Personal details

 Title               Professor, Dr., (LLD/dr.jur and  Ph.D)

 Name            Caroline Charlotte Heide-Jorgensen

 Date of birth   17 April 1967

 Civil status Married, 2 sons born 1998 and 2007

 Primary Research Areas

 Competition Law, Law of Unfair Competition, Consumer Law, EU-Law, Market Law

Education

2008 LLD/habilitation (Dr.jur), Doctoral thesis on “Advertising Law. Marketing Law and Commercial Freedom of Expression”

2000 Ph.D thesis on “Liberal Professions”, a competition law analysis of the liberal professions

1998 Admitted to High Court

1995 Admitted to the Bar

1992  Master of Laws, Copenhagen University

1985 Svendborg Statsgymnasium (sixth-form college), special subjects: classical languages (Greek and Latin)

Professional Experience

 2014  Part time professor (Professor II) at Bergen University (BECCLE)

2008 Professor in Competition Law and Law of Unfair Competition, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University

 2007 Maternity Leave (March until September)

  2005-2006 On leave from Faculty of Law, temporarily position as High Court Judge, Eastern High Court, Copenhagen

 2002-2008 Associate Professor in Competition Law and the Law of Unfair Competition, Law Faculty, Copenhagen University

 1999-2002 Assistant Professor in Competition Law and the Law of Unfair Competition, Law Faculty, Copenhagen University

 1999 Maternity Leave (January until August)

 1995-1998 Ph.D-fellow at the Law Faculty, Copenhagen University, supervisor Professor, dr. jur., Mogens Koktvedgaard

 1992-1996 Classes in Law of torts and Obligations at the Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University, external lecturer

 1992-1995 Junior lawyer with the Copenhagen law firm of Viltoft & Høberg‑Petersen. Senior lawyer June 1995

 1992  Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen for 6 months from February, the result of which was a small publication on human medicinal products and competition law (see publications list). Supervisor: Professor Koktvedgaard

Visiting Positions

 2009-2010 Visiting fellow at Institute of European and Comparative Law, Oxford University, September 2009-June 2010

 2004 Visiting Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition Law and Tax Law, Münich, January 2004-June 2004

 2001 Visiting Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition Law and Tax Law, Münich, May-June 2001

 1998 Visiting New York University autum, visiting Visiting Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition Law and Tax Law, Münich, spring

University Administration

 2013 - Member of the Study Board, Law Faculty, Copenhagen University, elected November 2012

 2011- Co-founder and Director of Centre for European Studies in Economic Law (CESEL), the Law Faulty, Copenhagen University

 2010-2011 Head of the Competition Law Research Group (followed by CESEL)

 2010 Member of the Deans Working Group on assessment procedures for appointments of academic personnel

  2008 Member of the Deans working Group on qualifications for academic personnel

 2008-2009 Member of the Faculty Collaboration Committee

 2006-2009 Head of Research at the Law Faculty, Copenhagen University, member of the Faculty Mangement

 2003 -  Director of the Competition Law Courses, Courses on Marketing Law and Consumer Law, the Law Faculty, Copenhagen University

 External Positions of trust

 2013 Member of the International Scientific Board for the Swedish Research Project Market driven freedom of speech – Svedish media between democracy and market

 2013  Expert Member of the governmental committee on protection of children in advertising and marketing, appointed by the minister for Business and Growth

 2013 Deputy Chairman for the Danish Radio- and Television Board, appointed by the Minister of Culture, member since 2009

 2012 - Deputy Chairman of the Danish Competition Council, appointed by the Minister for Business and Growth, member since 2005

 2012 - Member of The Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty, appointed by the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation

 2010-2012 Member of the Consumer Ombudsman’s Working Group on Gender in Marketing

 2009 -       Member of the Swedish Competition Authority’s Council for Research Issues

 2009 - Member of the Danish Radio and Television Board, appointed by the Minister for Culture, since 2013 Deputy Chairman

 2006- Co-organiser of Nordic Network for Competition Research

 2005- Expert member of the Competition Council, appointed by the Minister for Business and Growth, since 2012 Deputy Chairman

 2004- Member of the board of the Danish Association for Competition Law