Caroline Cauffman

Caroline Cauffman serves as Associate Professor at Maastricht University's Faculty of Law, specializing in Private Law within the Maastricht European Private Law Institute and Law and Tech Lab. She holds dual appointments as Associate Professor in Private Law and Assistant Professor in Contract Law and Law of Obligations, actively supervising PhD candidates including Q. Li (2025). Her research spans Competition Law, Consumer Law, European Private Law, and Law and Technology with focus on digital platforms.

Her research interests center on Competition Law in digital markets, Consumer Law enforcement, and European Private Law evolution. She investigates abuse of dominance by digital platforms, green claims regulation, and procedural rights in competition litigation. Current projects include analysis of the Digital Services Act and Right to Repair Directive, examining how technological innovation challenges traditional legal frameworks in EU consumer and competition law.

Cauffman's publication trends show sustained output since 1996 with 165 research outputs including 53 articles and 50 book chapters. Her recent work (2023-2025) increasingly focuses on AI-enabled price discrimination, digital platform regulation, and post-pandemic consumer law adaptation, demonstrating evolving expertise at the law-technology intersection.

Key awards include:

• Aspirant FWO-Vlaanderen Fellowship (1998, 2000)
• China-EU School of Law Research Grant (2012)
• Digital Labour Platforms Grant (2017)
• Election to European Law Institute (2010)

She actively supervises doctoral research on topics like AI price discrimination and digital market competition, while leading initiatives including COMIPinDigiMarkts 2024 conference. Her advisory work connects academic research with practical competition law enforcement through collaborations with EU institutions and national authorities.

Cauffman co-leads the Maastricht Law and Tech Lab, focusing on regulatory challenges in digital markets. Recent activities include organizing workshops on competition law in digital markets and contributing to policy discussions on platform liability and consumer empowerment directives.