Prof. Dr. Roman Petrov (Senior expert) is Head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence since 2011 and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy since 2010.
He lectured the very first Jean Monnet Module in EU law in Ukraine at the Donetsk National University. Conducted post-doctoral research as Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and awarded research visiting fellowships at University of Heidelberg (Germany), University of Oxford (UK), Ghent University (Belgium), Uppsala University (Sweden) and other international universities. He was a visiting professor at the Saarland University (Germany), Milan, Bologna and Bari Universities (Italy), University of Latvia in Riga (Latvia), Ghent University (Belgium), Augsburg University (Germany) and the author of one of the first Ukrainian textbooks on EU Law. He is the founder and first elected President of the Ukrainian European Studies Association. Areas of Prof. Dr. Petrov’s research and teaching are: EU Law, EU Business Law; EU External Relations Law; Approximation and Harmonisation of Legislation in the EU; Legal Aspects of Regional Integration in the Post-Soviet Area. Prof. Dr. Petrov frequently provides consultancy to state institutions in Ukraine, including the Parliament of Ukraine and Ministry of Justice as well as the European Parliament and Secretariat of the Energy Community.
