Handrlica, Jakub

Areas of expertise

• Energy & nuclear law
• Space law
• Administration of experiments, experiments in administration
• Smart cities, automatization of administration
• Future of public law

Author identification

• ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-0221
• SCOPUS Author ID: 57119963900
• ResearcherID: 0-5855-2018
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jakub-Handrlica

Citation index

• H-index in the Web of Science - 6
• H-index in the Scopus - 7
• H-index in the google.scholar - 10

Academic qualifications

• 2021 - appointed full professor in administrative law at the Law School, Charles University in Prague
• 2020 - awarded the title "research professor" at the Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2017 - appointed associate professor in administrative law at the Law School, Charles University in Prague
• 2009 - awarded Ph.D. at the Law School, Charles University in Prague, for thesis on "Independent regulatory authorities" 

Education

• 2007/8 - Université Montpellier 1, France, Diplome universitaire troisieme cycle en droit nucléaire international (D.U.)
• 2006/7 - Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, LL.M. 
• 2001/6 - Law School, Charles University in Prague, master degree in law

Research projects

• 2024/26 - project "A fleet of small modular reactors on the horizon! Do we need a new nuclear law?" (Czech Science Foundation),
• 2024/25 - project "La mejora de las decisiones administrativas mediante el uso de IA, la experimentación y los sandboxes: especial atención al ámbito urbano y de vivienda" (under the umbrella of the University of Barcelona),
• 2023/24 - project "Charting the course towards a new legal framework for smart cities" (together with Digital Law Centre at the University of Geneva and Legal/Tech Law at the University in Copenhagen under the umbrella of the 4 EU European University Alliance),
• 2022/23 - project "Regulatory Sandboxes: Mirage and Reality in Public Law" (together with Digital Law Centre at the University of Geneva and Legal/Tech Law at the University in Copenhagen under the umbrella of the 4 EU European University Alliance),
• 2022/23 - project "Ukrainian Law and the Law of the Czech Republic: An Unexpected Encounter" (project supported by the Ministry of Education)
• 2020/22 - project "International Administrative Law: Legal Discipline Revisited" (Czech Science Foundation)
• 2017/19 - project "Management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste: legal challenges for the Czech Republic" (Czech Science Foundation)
• 2012/14 - project "Nuclear renaissance and new nuclear law in the Czech Republic" (Czech Science Foundation)

Academic experience abroad

• 2025 - Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Public Administration, University of Milan, visiting professor (short term) (2 weeks),
• 2024 - European Law and Governance School in Athens, academic mobility under the umbrella of the Agreement on Cooperation in Education, adopted between the Czech Republic and Greece (1 week)
• 2023 - European Law and Governance School in Athens, academic mobility under the umbrella of the Agreement on Cooperation in Education, adopted between the Czech Republic and Greece (1 week)
• 2022 - European Law and Governance School in Athens, teaching mobility (1 week)
• 2021 - European Law and Governance School in Athens, online lectures in comparative administrative law (1 semester),
• 2019 - Universitá degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Erasmus Teaching Mobility (1 week), 
• 2018 - Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, teaching in the MSc. programme "Law and Engineering for Energy" (1 week), 
• 2017 - Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, teaching in the MSc. programme "Law and Engineering for Energy" (1 week), 
• 2016 - Universitá degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Erasmus Teaching Mobility (1 week), 
• 2016 - Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, teaching in the MSc. programme "Law and Engineering for Energy" (1 week), 
• 2016 - Universitá degli Studi di Milano, teaching in the LL.M.. programme "Law for Sustainable Development" (1 week), 
• 2012 - Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Institut fur Berg- und Energierecht, Erasmus Teaching Mobility (1 week)

Lectures at conferences and workshops

• "Law for Advanced Nuclear Technologies and Hydrogen Production", 9th international energy law and policy conference", University of Eastern Finland, Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), únor 2025,
• "Nuclear Law in the New Space Era. Commercial Use of Outer Space and the Future of the Law of Nuclear Energy" " International congress "XXV "Nuclear Inter Jura 2024", Warsaw, Poland, 
• "Advanced introduction to space administrative law”, European Law and Governance School in Athens, workshop, October 2024, 
• "Charting the course towards European nuclear use in the space", ICON*S Annual Congress 2024, IE University, Madrid, July 2024,
• "The advent of space administrative law in Europe", Law Faculty, LUISS University in Rome, research seminar chaired by Prof. Aldo Sandulli, May 2024, 
• "What is new with the administration of experiments in public law?” European Law and Governance School in Athens, workshop, October 2023, 
• "What is new with mutual recognition in public law?" National and Kapodistrian University in Athens, workshop, June 2022, 
• "Future of Nuclear Law and the Nuclear Law of the Future", 6th International Energy Law and Policy Conference, University of Eastern Finland, Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), February 2020, 
• "Procedural autonomy of member states in the area of administrative law: Mirage and reality", workshop »La disciplina dei termini per ricorreri tra certezza e giustizia: CGUE, 14 febbraio 2019, C-54/18«, University of Naples "Federico II", April 2019,
• "Underground repositories for radioactive waste: Legal aspects", XXIII. International Congress "Nuclear Inter Jura 2018", Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 
• "New Nuclear Technologies and International Framework for Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy", 5th International Energy Law and Policy Conference, University of Eastern Finland, Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), February 2016,
• "European Atomic Energy Community and the Russian Federation: Towards a Framework of Mutual co-operation" 4th International Energy Law and Policy Conference, University of Eastern Finland, Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), February 2015.

Chair of round tables, workshops and conference panels

• 2024: chair of the round table "Charting the course towards a legal framework for smart cities" (Law School, Charles University in Prague, in cooperation with Digital Law Centre in Geneva, Department of Administrative Law at the University of Milan and the Department of Administrative Law at the University in Barcelona, 
• 2023: chair of the round table "Experiments in administration and the administration of experiments" (Law School, Charles University in Prague, in cooperation with Digital Law Centre in Geneva and Legal/Tech Lab in Copenhagen)
• 2023: chair of the round table "Ukrainian Law and the Law of the Czech Republic: An Unexpected Encounter" (Law School, Charles University in Prague)
• 2022: chair of the workshop  "What is new with e-government?" (Law School, Charles University in Prague and Law School, University of Lund)
• 2022: chair of a panel at the "European Restructuring & Insolvency Conference" (Ministry of Justice and Law School, Charles University in Prague under the umbrella of the Presidency of the Czech Republic)
• 2020: chair of the panel "Futures of Energy Law", 6th international energy law and policy conference "Energy Transitions", University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu,
• 2019: chair of the round table "Tailor-Made Laws in Public Law: Mirage and Reality" (organised with Universitá degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II")
• 2013, 2015 2017: chair of the panel "Nuclear Law and Policy"), international energy law and policy conference "Energy Transitions", University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu

Membership in editorial boards

• Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law
• Juridical Tribune - Review of International and Comparative Law
• Central and Eastern European Legal Studies
• Amministrativ@mente - Rivista di ateneo dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico”
• Právní rozhledy

Membership in scientific associations

• International Nuclear Law Association (AIDN/INLA)
• International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
• International Society of Public Law
• Research Network on European Administrative Law
• Réseau de droit administratif transnational

Further academic activities

• Scientific Council of the Law Faculty, Charles University in Prague (member)
• Scientific Council of the Law Faculty, University in Trnava (member)
• Committee for awarding the title "research professor", Czech Academy of Sciences (member)
• Panel on Legal Sciences and Politology, Czech Science Foundation (member)