Björn Lundqvist

Björn Lundqvist is a Professor of European Law with a focus on Competition Law at Stockholm University's Department of Law, where he also serves as Head of EU Law. His academic career spans multiple prestigious institutions across Europe and the United States, contributing significantly to the field of competition law in digital contexts.

His educational background includes a doctoral degree and MRes from the European University Institute in Florence, an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School, and both LL.M. and LL.B. degrees from Uppsala University in Sweden. This diverse academic foundation has shaped his interdisciplinary approach to legal scholarship.

Lundqvist's research centers on the intersection of Competition, Innovation, Data, Property and Law, with particular emphasis on the data-driven economy. His work examines how traditional competition law frameworks adapt to digital markets, data governance, and technological innovation. He investigates the regulatory challenges posed by digital platforms, cloud services, and data access issues, exploring how competition law can address emerging market dynamics while fostering innovation.

His publication record demonstrates a clear progression toward addressing the legal challenges of the digital age, with recent works focusing on data access rights, fintech competition, and digital market regulation. The thematic evolution shows increasing attention to how competition law interfaces with data governance, platform regulation, and innovation policy in networked economies.

Lundqvist actively contributes to academic leadership through his roles as Director for the Institute for European Law and the Swedish Network for European Law Research. He serves on the board of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) as the Nordic representative, working to establish a joint Nordic organization for researcher exchange. He also participates in the Nordic network for competition law research and serves on the board of the Association for Market and Competition Law.

As an educator, Lundqvist teaches across multiple levels, directing courses in Basic EU Law, Competition Law, Legal Methods in Research and Practice, and Master Thesis in European Economic Law. He supervises PhD researchers and master's thesis students, contributing to the next generation of legal scholars. His teaching extends internationally, as evidenced by his 2022 lecture 'Novel forms of abuses of dominance in digital and green economies' for the Competition Summer School for Asian officials organized by the College of Europe for the European Commission DG Competition.