Jacob Graff Nielsen

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Education and academic background

2003: PhD in Tax Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
1998: Master of Law (LL.M.), same
1994: Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) same

Present position at Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

2014-:        Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
2011-:        Professor in Tax Law, same
2005-2011: Associate Professor in Tax Law, same
2001-2005: Assistant Professor in Tax Law, same
2001-2001: Research Assistant, same
1998-2001: PhD-Fellow, same

University management

Since 2006, I have been involved in university management; in 2006 I was appointed as Head of a Research Section III at the Faculty of Law, and in 2007 I was appointed as Director of PhD-Programme at the Faculty followed by an appointment in 2009 as Director of Research in which capacity I was head of personnel of the Faculty's research staff members except PhD Fellows. 1 April 2014, I was apponted as Dean of the Faculty of Law. As Dean, I am responsible for research, education and societal outreach at the Faculty of Law. I have extensive experience with research assessment, accreditation and education quality, development and implementation of strategy, leadership of personell and contributing to building construction processes and strategic budget planning. 

I am affiliated to the following research centre/research group:  

• WELMA - Legal Studies in Welfare and EU Market Integration.
• FIRE - Research Group for Fiscal Relations.

Honorary administrative and managerial appointments at University of Copenhagen:

Present:

2014-:              Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (from April 1st)
2014-:              Member of Management Team, same
2014-:              Member of the Central Cooperation Committee, same
2014-:              Member of the Senate, same
2014-:              Member of Southern Campus Management Group, same
2015-:              Chairman of the Board of Directors, Faculty of Law
2014-:              Chairman of Management Board, same
2014-:              Chairman of the Cooperation Committee (member since 2006), same
2016-:              Chairman of the Academic Committee, same
2014-:              Chairman of the Employer Panel, same
2014-:              Chairman of the Dean's Student Forum, same
2014-:              Member of Work Environment Committee (member since 2009), same

Former:
2009-2014:       Director of Research, Faculty of Law
2009-2014:       Chairman of Research Coordination Committee, same
2012-2015:       Member of JUR FORSK (Research Management Board), same
2007-2009:       Director of PhD-Programme, same
2008-2009:       Chairman of the PhD Committee, same
2007-2009:       Member of Copenhagen University's Research Education 
                         Committee, same
2010-2012:       Affiliated to the Academic Committee, same
2006-2009:       Elected member of Academic Committee, same
2006-2007:       Head of Research Section III, same
2006-2014:       Responsible for tax law related courses and probate law, same

Other external appointments etc:

2014-:              Chairman of the Henriette Melchior Foundation (not remunerated)
2015-:              Chairman of the Collegium Juris Foundation (not remunerated)
2016-:              Member of Board, Youth Resdence "Den Gamle Brugs" (not remunerated)
2014-:              Member of the Sonning Committee
2016-:              Member of Presidents Institut, Circle 11
2012-:              Peer review, several Danish law journals
2012:               Peer review, applications for research foundations in other EU member states 
2011-2014:      Member of Academic Committee (ACET), EATLP
2011-:              Member of Board of Representatives, Danish Tax Research Association
2012:                Member of Assessment Committee, associate professor/full professor                         
2009-2012:      Danish National Reporter, EATLP
2009-:              Member of EATLP (www.eatlp.org)    
2008-2012:      Member of International Research Assessment Panel, Reykjavik University
2008-2012:      Editor of Articles at Taxation Weekly
2007:               Member of Assessment Committee concerning Claus Hedegaard Eriksen's
                       PhD thesis on Taxation of Intellectual Property Assets
2007:              National reporter for IFA: International Conflicts concerning
                       Allocation of Income
2007-:             Member of Danish Tax Research Association
2007-:             Course responsible at Master of Tax, Metropol
2003-:             Editor of Journal of Tax Policy

PhD/PostDoc-Supervision

Jacob Graff Nielsen has supervised former PhD student Karina Kim Egholm Elgaard concerning VAT/Income Tax Concepts. The disertation was sucessfully defended in 2016.

Currently, Jacob Graff Nielsen is supervising Assistant Professor Karina Kim Egholm Elgaard concerning a project about Combating Tax Avoidance and Protecting the Internal Market - EU VAT Grouping (COMBAT). The project is funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research.

External funding 

2016: Superviser for a PostDoc-grant funded by the Danish Counsil for Independent Research.
2012: Supervisor for Industrial PhD-student, Danish Agency for Science,
         Technology and Innovation
2009: Mobility Scholarships for the Faculty of Law, 2009/2010,
         8.8 mills. DKK (1,17 mills. €), same
2000: Grant for research visit at University of Bergen, 40,000 DKK (5,000 €),
         Margot and Thorvald Dreyers Foundation

Conferences

2010: Co-organizer of Tax Academy Conference: Corporate Taxation in Crisis?
2009: Co-organizer of Tax Academy Conference: Future Taxation

Potential Conflicts of Interest

Editor of Skattepolitisk Oversigt (Tax Policy Survey), Karnovgroup Publisher (remunerated)
 

Primary fields of research

Jacob Graff Nielsen's research focuses on tax law in general and probate law, including:

• Pension Taxation
• Questions regarding Rule of Law and Taxation
• International Tax Law and EU Tax Law
• VAT
• Administrative Tac Law
• Estate Taxation
• VAT
• Probate Law

Current research

• Book on Pension Taxation
• Articles about Danish and International Taxation

Knowledge of languages

• Danish
• English
• Swedish
• Norwegian
• German (basic)
• French (basic)

Fields of interest

• Tax Law
• Pension Taxation
• Administrative Tax Law
• International Tax Law
• Estate Taxation
• VAT
• Probate Law

Teaching

Jacob Graff Nielsen teaches in the following courses:

• Basic Tax Law
• EU Tax Law
• International Tax Law
• Tax Procedure
• VAT
• Probate Law
• Estate Taxation