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Dr. Janja Hojnik

Službeni naslov: Pravna fakulteta, Mladinska 9, 2000 Maribor
E-pošta: janja.hojnik@um.si

Rojena 1979 na Ptuju, redna profesorica na Pravni fakulteti Univerze v Mariboru. Diplomirana pravnica in ekonomistka, doktorica pravnih znanosti z opravljenim pravniškim državnim izpitom. Prodekanja za raziskovalno delo na PF v Mariboru (2023-2027) in vodja magistrskega programa Evropske pravne študije (od 2019). Prorektorica Univerze v Mariboru za kakovost, kadre in pravne zadeve (2018-2022), vodja doktorskega študija na Pravni fakulteti UM (2016-2019) ter prodekanica PF UM za raziskovalno dejavnost in mednarodne odnose (2015-2018). Na PF UM zaposlena od novembra 2003, od junija 2018 habilitirana v naziv redne profesorice. Gostujoča profesorica na KU Leuven (Global Law Programme). Članica svetovalnega odbora vodilne znanstvene revije za pravo EU Common Market Law Review, ki jo izdaja Univerza v Leidnu. Članica mednarodne in interdisciplinarne strokovne skupine, ki se ukvarja z novimi tehnologijami (Brown Bag Lunch Group). Članica strokovnega sveta Univerzitetne knjižnice Maribor. Vpisana na doktorski študij zgodovine (od 2023), kjer pripravljam doktorsko disertacijo s področja sodnega pregona kritikov oblasti na območju okrožnega sodišča Maribor, sicer pa zlasti zainteresirana za zgodovino Ptuja in Haloz. Leta 2025 prejela Nagrado UM za vrhunske dosežke na področju raziskovalnega in pedagoškega dela.

Raziskovalno in pedagoško delam na področju prava EU. Pri raziskovalnem delu dajem poudarek preučevanju pravnih vidikov notranjega trga EU, regulaciji cen, mednarodni trgovini in pravnim vidikom digitalne ekonomije. Zanimajo me tudi vprašanja vrednotenja pravne znanosti, integritete pri raziskovanju in konfliktov interesov v akademski sferi. Imam samostojne znanstvene objave v več vplivnih mednarodnih pravnih revijah, denimo v Common Market Law Review (Leiden), Legal Studies (Cambridge) in v International Journal of Law and IT (Oxford). Sodelovala sem pri odmevnih mednarodnih znanstvenih monografijah, denimo pri komentarju Pogodbe o delovanju EU pri Springerju ter pri prvi monografiji o vrednotenju pravne znanosti v Evropi (Edward Elgar Publishing). V Sloveniji sem samostojno ali v soavtorstvu izdala tudi več monografij o pravu EU, vključno s knjigo Prost pretok blaga v EU (GV Založba, 2010), za katero sem prejela priznanje Zveze društev pravnikov Slovenije. Moja bibliografija obsega preko 1000 enot. Doslej sem bila nosilka treh projektov Evropske komisije Jean Monnet. Trenutno vodim Jean Monnet Chair projekt ter temeljni projekt Agencije RS za inovacije in raziskovanje (ARIS).

Kot gostujoča predavateljica sem predavala na Univerzi v Leuvnu, na Univerzi v Ljubljani, v Maastrichtu, na Oxfordu, Exeterju, v Gradcu, v Beogradu, v Trstu, na Dunaju, v Budimpešti, Pragi, na PF v Sarajevu, na Sciences Po v Parizu, v Luksemburgu, na univerzi v Edinburgu in drugod. Dobro leto je preživela na Kingston University v Londonu, štiri mesece na Univerzi v Gradcu, dvakrat je bila na strokovnem usposabljanju na Sodišču EU v Luksemburgu. Bila sem mentorica študentom pri tekmovanjih, pri sodniški praksi Amicus Curiae, doslej mentorica preko 110 študentom pri pripravi zaključnih del na vseh stopnjah študija. Vodja ocenjevalnega panela pri ponovni akreditaciji PF v Zagrebu (2022) in članica izborne komisije na European University Institute (Firence, 2023-24). Prejela sem priznanje ARRS Odlični v znanosti (2022) in priznanje Zveze društev pravnikov (2010). Med letoma 2011 in 2024 sem bila osemkrat izbrana med 10 najvplivnejših pravnikov v Sloveniji na izboru Ius Info.

Employment Address: Faculty of Law University of Maribor, Mladinska 9, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: janja.hojnik@um.si

Born in 1979 in Ptuj, full professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor. Graduated in law and economics, doctor of legal sciences with passed state law exam. Vice-dean for research at the Faculty of Law in Maribor (2023-2027) and Head of the master’s program in European legal studies (from 2019). Vice-Rector of the University of Maribor for quality, human resources and legal affairs (2018-2022), head of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law (2016-2019) and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law UM for research and international relations (2015-2018). Employed at Faculty of Law UM since November 2003, habilitated to the title of full professor since June 2018. Visiting professor at KU Leuven (Global Law Programme, 2023). Member of the advisory board of the leading academic journal for EU law, Common Market Law Review, published by the University of Leiden. Member of an international and interdisciplinary expert group dealing with new technologies (Brown Bag Lunch Group, since 2023). Member of the supervisory council of the Maribor University Library. Enrolled in the PhD programme in History (from 2023), where I am working on my doctoral dissertation on the prosecution of critics of authorities. In 2025 I received the UM Award for outstanding achievements in research and teaching.

I do research and teaching in the field of EU law. In my research work, I focus on legal aspects of the EU internal market, price regulation, international trade and legal aspects of the digital economy. I am also interested in issues of evaluation of legal science, integrity in research and conflicts of interest in the academic sphere. I have independent scientific publications in several influential international legal journals, for example in the Common Market Law Review (Leiden), Legal Studies (Cambridge) and in the International Journal of Law and IT (Oxford). I participated in high-profile international scientific monographs, for example the commentary on the Treaty on the functioning of the EU at Springer and the first monograph on the evaluation of legal science in Europe (Edward Elgar Publishing). In Slovenia, I have also published several monographs on EU law independently or as co-authors, including the book Free movement of goods in the EU (GV Založba, 2010), for which I received an award from the Association of Lawyers of Slovenia. My bibliography includes over 1000 entries. So far, I have been the holder of three Jean Monnet projects of the European Commission. Currently chairing a Jean Monnet Chair project (2024-2027) and a fundamental research project by the Slovenian Research Agency (2025-2027).

As a guest lecturer, I lectured at the University of Leuven, the University of Ljubljana, Maastricht, Oxford, Exeter, Graz, Belgrade, Trieste, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, the Faculty of Arts in Sarajevo, Sciences Po in Paris , in Luxembourg, at the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere. She spent a good year at Kingston University in London, four months at the University of Graz, twice at the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg. I have been a supervisor of students in competitions, in Amicus Curiae judicial practice, so far I have supervised over 110 students in the preparation of final theses at all levels of study. Chairing the evaluation panel for the re-accreditation of PF in Zagreb (2022) and member of the selection committee at the European University Institute (Florence, 2023-24). I received the Slovenian Research Agency Excellent in Science award (2022) and the Association of Law Societies award (2010). Between 2011 and 2024, I was selected eight times among the 10 most influential lawyers in Slovenia at the Ius Info selection.