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I am a legal scholar specialising in European and comparative private law and market regulation. My research interests encompass contract law, tort law and consumer law, as well as data protection, platform regulation and competition law.

I am currently a Great Minds Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of St. Gallen and a Senior Scientist (Postdoc) at the University of Salzburg, where I lead a research project funded through an Early Career Grant.

Research:

My current research examines the relationship between civil liability and regulatory frameworks in digital markets, particularly how civil liability contributes to the specification of regulatory duties and the allocation of risks between market actors. For a more detailed discussion of this research agenda, see my article in the European Journal of Risk Regulation.

My academic work has been supported by several competitive fellowships and scholarships, including the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, the Max Planck Society Scholarship, the Van Calker Fellowship at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, the re:constitution Fellowship awarded by the Forum Transregionale Studien, the Land Steiermark Junior Fellowship and the CEU Global Teaching Fellowship.

Education:

I obtained my PhD in Law from the European University Institute in Florence in 2025. My doctoral thesis examined the development of European consumer credit law through a comparative and empirical analysis of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the French and Polish supreme courts. The manuscript is currently being revised for publication as a monograph under contract with Hart Publishing.

I also hold a law degree (magister) from the University of Wrocław and an LL.M. from the European University Institute, as well as a BA (licencjat) and an MA (magister) in History, both from the University of Wrocław.

Selected Teaching:

- University of St. Gallen · Legal Methodology (Methodenlehre), selected sessions (Autumn 2026)

- University of Salzburg · Teaching Assistance in (Austrian) Private Law (Bürgerliches Recht) (2025–2026)

- EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht · Comparative Law (2025–present)

- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest · EU Company Law, LL.M. Programme (2025–present); Introduction to EU Company Law; Current Challenges to the Internal Market; Comparative Private Law (2024–2025)

- European University Institute · Introduction to Corporate Governance, including CSR and ESG (2023) (co-teaching)

Publications

Journal Articles:

Dworniczak D. (2026) 'Konsumkredit vor Gericht: Kantonale und bundesgerichtliche Rechtsprechung zum schweizerischen Konsumkreditrecht' 10/2026 Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP) / Pratique Juridique Actuelle (PJA), pp. 1146-1164 (available via swisslex and legalis.ch).

Dworniczak D. (2026) 'The Promise and Perils of Private Enforcement under EU Law: The Digital Services Act in Context' Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (First View) (OA: https://doi.org/10.1017/cel.2026.10040).

Dworniczak D. (2026) 'Regulation in the Making: The Governance Effects of Civil Liability in EU Digital Regulation' European Journal of Risk Regulation (First View) (OA: https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2026.10114).

Dworniczak D. (2026) ‘Fernabsatz von Finanzdienstleistungen nach der Richtlinie (EU) 2023/2673 und dem österreichischen Umsetzungsentwurf’ 3/2026 Zeitschrift für Versicherungsrecht (ZVers), pp. 114-129 (available via rdb.manz.at and linda.lindenverlag.at).

Dworniczak D. (2026) ‘Europäische Verbraucherleitbilder im Spiegel nationaler Rechtsprechung (Frankreich, Österreich, Polen)’ 34(2) Zeitschrift für europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP), pp. 315-354 (available via beck-online.de).

Dworniczak D., Nowacka D., Paulesu C., Siems M., Ucarer O. (2025) ‘The Notion on Legal Transplants Beyond the Anglosphere: Decentring the Debate’ 16(3) Transnational Legal Theory, pp. 357-387 (available via tandfonline.com); for the manuscript, see SSRN.

Dworniczak D. (2023) ‘Consumer Law Entangled: Comparative Approaches in European Private Law after Aziz and Addiko Bank’ 31(4) European Review of Private Law, pp. 823-844 (available via kluwerlawonline.com).

Bekisz H., Dworniczak D. (2022) ‘Poland – First Empirical Insights on Article 82 GDPR in National Courts’ 8(4) European Data Protection Law Review, pp. 521-526 (available via lexxion.eu).

Book chapters:

Dworniczak D. (forthcoming) ‘Fairness in Flux? Implications of the Unfairness Case Law for the Planned Digital Fairness Act’ in Catalina Goanta and Catalin-Gabriel Stanescu (eds), Responsible Consumers, Invisible Threats: Digital Finance, AI and the Future of Consumer Law (Oxford University Press); for the manuscript, see SSRN.

Dworniczak D. (2025) ‘Overview of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the context of AI’ in Fabienne Jault-Seseke and Agathe Missakian (eds) JuLIA Handbook Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection (December 2025), pp. 19-33.

Commentaries:

Dworniczak D. (2024) in K. Osajda, P. Mikłaszewicz and K. Pacuła (eds.), Ustawa o kredycie konsumenckim. Komentarz (Consumer Credit Act. Commentary), C.H. Beck (available via Legalis.pl; in Polish).

Case Notes:

Dworniczak D. (2026) 'Anmerkung zu EuGH 23. 4. 2026, Rs C-744/24, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki', 4/2026 Zeitschrift für Versicherungsrecht (ZVers), pp. 216-218 (available via rdb.manz.at and linda.lindenverlag.at).

Dworniczak D. (2025) ‘Consumer Credit: Overstated APRC, Additional Charges and Sanctions for Failure to Provide Essential Information — Case C-472/23, Lexitor II’ 14(3) Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (EuCML), pp. 116-123 (available via kluwerlawonline.com).

Dworniczak D. (2023) ‘Manual Control of the Consumer Credit Litigation? Case Note on MB and Others (C-6/22) and AxFina Hungary (C-705/21)’ 20(5) Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union/European Union Private Law Review, pp. 209-217 (available via degruyterbrill.com).

Other Contributions (Online Case Notes and Blog Posts):

Dworniczak D. (2026) 'Pre-Contractual Information Duties in the International Carriage of Goods by Road: A Comment on Kigas’, 277 EU Law Live Weekend Edition

Dworniczak D. (2025) 'Profit-Oriented Third-Party Enforcement of Consumer Claims: A New Policy for Consumer Rights Enforcement? Zwrotybankowe.pl' (C-80/24)' EU Law Live 7/11/2025

Bouwman T., Dworniczak D., Paulesu C. (2025), 'Case Law. CJEU Judgments on Consumer Law', 14(5) EuCML, pp. 269-276

Dworniczak D. (2025) 'Interim Relief in Consumer Credit Litigation: a Reappraisal in the Context of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive - Comments on Myszak C-324/23' EU Law Live 11/06/2025

Dworniczak D. (2025) ‘Reaffirming Established Case Law, Withholding Guidance? – CJEU in APS Beta Bulgaria (Case C-337/23)’, Recent developments in European Consumer Law, 12/05/2025

Dworniczak D. (2025) ‘Sanctions for Not Providing Essential Information in Credit Contracts – CJEU in Lexitor II (Case C-472/23)’, Recent developments in European Consumer Law, 21/02/2025

Dworniczak D. (2025) ‘Taking Access to Justice Seriously? Critical Comments on Banco Santander (C-346/23)’, EU Law Live, 12/02/2025

Dworniczak D. (2024) ‘Sharp No More? The Weakening of Protection against Unfair Commercial Practices now. Comments on Guldbrev (C-379/23)’, EU Law Live, 18/12/2024

Dworniczak D. (2024) ‘Systematising Case Law, De-Systematising the Remedies and De-Vulnerating the Consumer. Comments on Caixabank and Others (C-450/22)’, EU Law Live, 18/07/2024

Dworniczak D. (2023) ‘A truly responsible lending: patching or rearranging consumer credit law? Comments on the new Directive on consumer credits (CCD II)’ 166 EU Law Live Weekend Edition

Bekisz H., Dworniczak D. (2022) ‘Towards a data-subject-friendly interpretation of Article 82 GDPR: Comments on the Opinion of AG Sánchez-Bordona in Case C-300/21 UI v Österreichische Post, VerfBlog, 21/10/2022