Mårten Schultz

About me

Positions

Professor of private law, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, 2011-

Professor of commercial law, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, 2011

Associate professor, Uppsala University, 2010-2011

Associate professor, Örebro University, 2007-2010 (part time)

Post doc researcher, Stockholm Centre for Commecial Law, Faculty of Law, 2007-2010

PhD student, Faculty of Law, 2001-2007

Rechtswissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Institut für Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung, Osnabrück, Germany, 2000-2001

Education

Doctor of law, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, 2007

LLM (Master of law), Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, 1997

BA. (Philosophy) Faculty of Humanities, Stockholm University, 1999

Awards and honorary titles

• Winner of The Emil Heijne Foundation for Legal Research price for distinguished contributions to research in legal science and legal teaching, 2022 (Emil Heijnes stiftelse för rättsvetenskaplig forskning, pris för förtjänstfulla insatser inom den rättsvetenskapliga forskningen och den juridiska undervisningen.)
• HM The Kings Medal of the 8th size with the Order of the Seraphim ribbon, 2022
• The Åforsk Knowledge Price, 2018 (Stiftelsen Åforsks Kunskapspris 2018)
• Natur och Kultur Price for Popular Science, 2017 (Natur och Kulturs populärvetenskapliga pris)
• Teacher of the Year, Stockholm University, 2012
• Lawyer of the Year, Sweden, 2012
• Docent, January 2008

Current assignments 

• Currently expert in two Government committees: one on crime victim compensation and one on amendments of the Protective Security Act
• Affiliated researcher, Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm, since Fall 2021
• Board member and chairman of the Panel on Tort Law, Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law
• Founder and chairman of The Swedish Law and Internet Institute (Institutet för Juridik och Internet)
• Editor, Svensk Juristtidning
• Member of the Scientific Board, Institute for Media Studies (Institutet för mediestudiers vetenskapliga råd)
• Member of the committee for Torsten Söderberg’s stiftelse’s grants for legal science
• Member of the committee for Natur och Kultur’s scholarships for popular science
• Member of the Council, The Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannens råd)
• Board member of Konstfack, Sweden's largest university for arts, crafts and design

Latest publications

1. Kontraktuella skadeståndsbegrepp ("Concepts in the Law of Contractual Damages", chapter in book, forthcoming), 2025
2. Reparation och inkommensurabilitet ("Reparation and Incommensurability"), chapter in book, forthcoming), 2025
3. Tort law and illegality, Hart Publishing (with Johanna Chamberlain, forthcoming)
4. Civilrättsteorier (Private Law Theories), Juridisk Publikation 2/2024
5. Risk och personskada i miljömedicinsk belysning (Risk and Personal Injury from an Environmental Perspective), Juridisk tidskrift (JT), 2023/24 (with Mattias Öberg)
6. Skadestånd och terrorbrott (Tort Law and Terrorism), Juridisk Publikation 2022.