Dr. Victoria Daskalova

Biography

Victoria Daskalova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of European Law at Utrecht University, where her research focuses on competition law regulation as it applies to monopsony, superior bargaining power, and unfair business-to-business practices, particularly within agricultural and labor market contexts. She addresses critical regulatory issues in these areas and explores questions related to economic dependency and the definitions of dominant positions. Victoria has served as an expert on these topics for various institutions, including the European Commission, the Joint Research Center, the OECD, and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission. Moreover, she is interested in broader themes of economic fairness, social justice, sustainability, and innovation. Her engagement also includes research projects related to gender and energy, standardization, and new technologies such as drones. Victoria has experience as a visiting scholar at the Melbourne Law School in Australia and Hannan University in Osaka, Japan. She has received multiple scholarships and awards from the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies and the Institute Gak fellowship for her work on labor rights within competition law. Victoria holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Duke University, a Master of Laws in International and European Law, and a Master of Legal Research from Tilburg University, where she graduated cum laude. She defended her PhD thesis on monopsony power under EU antitrust law in 2016 and is qualified in Dutch law with civiel effect from Tilburg University.

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