Biography
Katarzyna was appointed to the position of Lecturer in Commercial Law in August 2018. She previously worked as a Visiting Lecturer and Tutor at the University of Edinburgh and a Research Associate, Visiting Lecturer and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Glasgow.
Katarzyna’s research concentrates on accountability of the board of directors, sustainable development and company law in comparative dimension more broadly. She also has research experience in financial law and financial markets.
Chałaczkiewicz-Ładna obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2016. Her doctoral research was comparative in nature, addressing the extent to which UK, German and Delaware law imposes obligations on directors to take into account the long-term consequences of their decisions. It is the first piece of research to provide illustrations of long-term managerial decision-making.
Katarzyna graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland in 2007 (combined LLB and Master’s Degree) and she studied for a year at the University of Bayreuth, Germany (Socrates-Erasmus Programme). She holds an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Edinburgh (2008).
Katarzyna is a Visiting Lecturer at the Leuphana University (Lüneburg, Germany).