ProfessorDagmar Schiek

During the last 30+ years, professor Schiek taught EU law and at times also labour law at higher education institutions in three different countries (Germany, England, [Northern] Ireland) with some additional teaching activities in the Netherlands and Ukraine. She is engaged in further education, mainly through teaching at the European Academy of Law in Trier (Germany), and has experience in offering blended learning formats. This is her personal teaching statement:

"I believe that the academic learning and teaching should aim at enabling graduates to think critically, research and evaluate information adequately for a range of professional activities and to continue studying their subject in a self-directed manner after graduation. My main objective in teaching is to convey a systematic understanding of the field I am teaching, and to introduce students to methods to enhance their knowledge through self-study. Teaching students a canon, possibly implying that this canon will remain unchanged, would not motivate students for adapting to change. In order to achieve this, law should be taught in historical, social and economic perspective. Graduates will thus be able to appreciate future change, and to update their knowledge accordingly."

At UCD, Professor Schiek convenes the modules "LAW 41040 Law and Governance of the European Union" and "Law42340 - Engaging EU Law and Governance" (new 2027). She also convenes the LLM European Law and Governance and the MSc European Governance.