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Biography

Michiel is co-director of the Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance and lecturer in private international law. He held visiting research and teaching positions at Singapore Management University, KU Leuven, and Maastricht University.

Michiel's current work focuses on the interplay between artificial intelligence and private international law. He is currently writing a monograph titled Private International Law and Artificial Intelligence in the EU and UK (Oxford University Press). He was awarded a Personal Research Fellowship by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in support of his research. His work on the international copyright aspects of generative AI was referenced by Advocate General Szpunar's Opinion in Like Company.

He has contributed the entry on artificial intelligence to the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Private International Law (forthcoming, Edward Elgar Publishing). Michiel will deliver a lecture on the private international law aspects of cross-border copyright infringements related to generative AI at the .

He has worked extensively on various topics relating to the regional and international harmonisation of private international law and has worked on projects relating to the reform of private international law in the European Union. He was appointed by the European Commission as a member of the , which is tasked to advise the Commission on the revision of the EU's rules on jurisdiction and recognition & enforcement in civil and commercial matters.

His work on the scope of jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract in the Brussels Ia Regulation was referenced by Advocate General Szpunar in  AB, AB-CD v Z EF. Further, his work was cited in the 2022 edition of Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Law.

Research Overview

Civil and Commercial Private International Law

Digital Technologies and Private International Law

Business and Human Rights

Public Interest Litigation

International Litigation and Brexit

Collaborations

Artificial intelligence and Scots law: Transforming the future. RSE Research Collaboration Grant - Dr Lorna Gillies, University of Dundee, with collaborator Dr Michiel Poesen, 黑料网 ()

Funding and Grants

• Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellowship (Oct 2026-Oct 2027)
• Fellow of the KU Leuven Research Fund (2021-2022)
• Stanford Existential Risk Initiative (SERI) Summer Fellow (2021)
• Consultant for European Commission studies on the Brussels Ia Regulation and Rome II Regulation (JUDGTRUST; BIICL; Milieu)
• PhD Fellow at the Institute for Private International Law at KU Leuven (2017-2021)