Dr. Elena Izyumenko awarded the Prize for the best PhD thesis in private law

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Elena Izyumenko, lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights who had defended her PhD thesis at the CEIPI, was awarded the Prize for the best PhD thesis in private law for the academic year 2020-2021 by the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Management of the University of Strasbourg.

Dr. Elena Izyumenko was recognised for her PhD thesis entitled “The freedom of expression perspectives on intellectual property in Europe” written under the supervision of Prof. Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law at the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome and former Director General and Director of the Research department of the CEIPI.

The prize awarding ceremony will take place on 7 December 2021 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Strasbourg.