CURRICULUM VITAE CONSTANTINOS KOMBOS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN PUBLIC LAW 2016 I. Personal Details Name, Surname: Constantinos Kombos Sex: Male Date and Place of Birth: 17th October 1976, Limassol, Cyprus Nationality: Cypriot Professional Address: Law Department, University of Cyprus, University House "Anastasios G. Leventis" P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus Personal Postal Address: Riga Fereou 75, Limassol 3091, Cyprus. Telephone number: +357 22 892926 Fax: +357 22 892920 E-mail : [email protected] II. Education and Awards Education (in reverse order) 2005 Ph.D., (University of Hull, U.K). Doctoral Thesis on “The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the ECJ: A Micro-Macro Analysis”. Under the supervision of Professor Patrick Birkinshaw and Professor Massimo La Torre. Examiners Prof. Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Community Law, University of Oxford; Professor Andrea Biondi, Co-Director 2 Centre of European Law, Kings College, London; Dr. Martina Kűnnecke, University of Hull (internal examiner). Ph. D. awarded unanimously and without need for any corrections. 2000 LLM in European Law, (University of Cambridge, U.K., Corpus Christi College). Dissertation Thesis on European Constitutional Law (under the supervision of Professor Philip Allott), awarded First class. 1999 LLB (University of Hull, U.K.) Awards Received (in reverse order) 2001-2003A.G.Leventis Foundation, Doctoral Research Grant 2000-2001Josephine Onoh Memorial Scholarship, University of Hull 1999-2000 Scholarship by the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust 1999 Andrew Marvell Jackson Prize/Lewenstein Prize Fund, University of Hull 1999 German Public Law Prize, University of Hull 1996-1999 Scholarship by Cypriot Government (Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation) III. Professional Experience: Academic Appointments and Teaching Academic Appointments (in reverse order) 2016-present: Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cyprus 2011- 2016: Assistant Professor in Public Law, University of Cyprus 2006-2011: Lecturer in Public law, University of Cyprus 3 2003-2006: Lecturer in EU Law, University of Hull 2001-2003: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Independent Teaching), University of Hull Teaching Experience (in reverse order) As Lecturer and Assistant Professor,University of Cyprus (2006-present) Designed, convened and taught in full the following: Constitutional Law of the Republic of Cyprus (Mandatory module) European Union Law I (Mandatory module) European Law II (Mandatory module) Legal Method (Mandatory module) European Public Law (Elective module) Comparative Law (Elective Module) Cypriot Public Law (Elective Module) As Lecturer in EU Law, University of Hull (2003-2006) Undergraduate level (lectures, tutorials and seminars)- An average of 130 teaching hours per year Μodules included: European Union Law, Public Law and the Constitution, Administrative Law, Comparative Law, European Public Law I and II, Legal Theory, Legal Skills Postgraduate level (lectures, tutorials and seminars): European Union Law, Public Law and the Constitution, European Public Law I and II 4 Module Convenor, at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Levels, for: European Union Law, Public Law and the Constitution, European Public Law I, Comparative Law Designed the introduction of the module “Judicial Activism” for the academic year 2006-2007 as an Optional Module for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels Supervised three LLM Dissertations Other Teaching Police Academy, Republic of Cyprus (2008-present) Instructor on Protection for Human Rights (for cadettes and officers) Instructor on Constitutional Law (for cadettes and officers) Instructor on EU Institutional Law (for cadettes and officers) Instructor on Schengen Area Confederation of Cypriot Workers (2008-present) Instructor on Social Rights, Employment law and Employment Rights (National, ECHR and EU law dimensions) The ILO System Instructor on EU Procedural Law and Social Policy Law Open University, Cyprus (2013-2015) Designed the Module “Constitutional and EU law” for the degree on Police Studies (2013-2015) 5 Cyprus Tourism Organisation (2012 & 2014) Taught Cypriot Constitutional History Academy of European Public Law/European Public Law Organisation (2016) Teaching European Public Law and EU Constitutional Principles Summer School on European Commercial Law, Haim Striks Law School, College of Management, Israel & University of Cyprus (2016) Teaching EU Economic Law IV. Advisory Activities and Appointments (in reverse order) Ongoing Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the Working Group on Legal and Constitutional Issues-advising the President of the Republic (2016-present) Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the Working Group on Governance (executive, legislative, judicial powers)- advising the President of the Republic (2016-present) Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the Working Group on EU Matters-advising the President of the Republic (2016- present) Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the Working Group on Transitional Arrangements/Entry into Force-advising the President of the Republic (2016-present) 6 Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the Technical Committee/Working Group on EU Matters-participation in the negotiations (2015-present) Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the legal team advising the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the Greek Cypriot negotiator on the ongoing negotiations for the settlement of the Cyprus Problem (2014-present) Appointed by the Negotiator as Member of the Working Group on the elaboration of Federal Laws to be adopted simultaneously with the entry into force of a settlement agreement (2015-present) Main Legal Advisor for the Cyprus Workers’ Confederation Union on matters of Privatization and in the context of introducing the Privatization Law 2014 and the subsequent process (February 2014-present) Appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Social Sciences and Legal Studies of the Council of Recognition of Higher Qualifications (KYSATS) (2013- present) Concluded Appointed by the Supreme Court to conduct a statistical analysis in relation to the development of the case law and the work-load (appeal level) between 1960- 2015 (Submitted January 2016) Appointed by President of House of Representatives to provide a Legal Opinion on the FratelliCostanzo Principle and on its Impact on the Powers of legislature and on Cypriot constitutional Law (May 2015) 7 Appointed (with Aris Constantinides) by the House of Representatives to report on the need to reform the legislative framework on Conflict of Interest for all public (elected and appointed) officials (February 2015, report submitted in April 2015, new legislation pending before Parliament) Appointed by the Attorney Generalas Agent (Lawyer) for the Republic of Cyprus before the CJEU for Opinion 2/13, Accession of the EU to the ECHR (hearing 05 & 06/05/2014) Appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as member of the Group of Experts on EU Matter in the context of codifying the Greek Cypriot views (2014) Appointed by the Council of the University of Cyprus as Chairman of the Special Committee tasked with conducting an Inquiry into the operation of the Oceanographic Centre (May 2014, Report submitted in January 2015) Appeared as ‘Expert Witness’ before the Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, in relation to the adoption and subsequent amendment of the Law relating to the Preliminary Reference procedure (4 times between 2007-2009) V. Administrative, Academic Roles and Reporting Duties Academic Administrative Roles (in chronological order) Publicity Officer (2003-2005, University of Hull) Year Two Coordinator (2005, University of Hull) Member of the Learning and Teaching Committee(2004-2006, University of Hull) 8 Member of the Special Circumstances Committee (2005-2006, University of Hull) Member of the Special Circumstances Committee (2006-present, Law Department, University of Cyprus. Chairman since 2013) Member of the Curriculum Committee(2006-present, Law Department, University of Cyprus. Chairman since 2013) Chairman of the Research and Publications Committee (2006-present, Law Department, University of Cyprus) Member of the Student Disciplinary Committee of the University of Cyprus (2006-present) Vice-President of the Student Disciplinary Committee of the University of Cyprus (2013-present) Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Regulations and Procedures (2012-2013, University of Cyprus) Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Amendment of Disciplinary Rules for Academic Staff (2012-2013, University of Cyprus) Founder and Chairman of the Cypriot Society for Comparative Law (2014- present, Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law) Member of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education (2014- present, University of Cyprus) Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Introduction of University Ombudsman (2012, University of Cyprus) Member of the Public Relations Committee of the Law Department (2016- present, University of Cyprus) 9 Participation in Editorial Boards Cyprus Human Rights Law Review (Editor, Scientific Committee), Belgium, Intersentia Reviewer/Referee European Public Law Journal Electronic Journal of Comparative Law Common Market Law Review Membership of Associations Institute of European Public Law, University of Hull, Memberof