Dr Andrea Fejos

Biography

Dr Andrea Fejős researches and teaches in (consumer) contract law and banking law. Andrea's research is on the intersection of consumer law and financial regulation, which she calls, financial consumer law. She is currently working two research projects: smart contracts and financial inclusion and assessing affordability in the credit union sector. She is also conducting qualitative research for an interdisciplinary project on exploring determinants of mental health resilience. Andrea's current work draws on her previous research on standard form contracts, unfair contract terms, consumer credit, consumer alternative dispute resolution, and enforcement of consumer rights which she published in leading journals such as the Journal of Consumer Policy and the European Review of Private Law. In her current work, she also relies on her broad educational background and work experience. In addition to her formal education, Andrea has completed additional training in mediation and negotiation (Humboldt University, 2006), European Law (CEU, 2006), German and European Law (Ludwig Maximilians University, 2007), consumer protection law and policy (European Consumer Organization- BEUC, 2011) and qualitative research (University of Essex, 2020). Andrea completed a placement at the Financial Conduct Authority (2018). Before joining Essex Law School in September 2015, Andrea was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Business Studies, Dr Lazar Vrkatic in Serbia, and a consumer protection advocate, a volunteer legal adviser to the National Consumer Protection Organization of Serbia (2007-12). She has also worked at the Oxford Citizens Advice Bureau as a researcher and financial education trainer (2015) and served as a Trustee of the Colchester Citizens Advice Bureau (2019). She is a visiting lecturer at the University of Szeged since 2021. Andrea has been an expert consultant on several research projects for the EU Commission and she regularly speaks at the Academy of European Law. Andrea is one of the authors of the popular blog: Recent developments in European Consumer Law and a founding member of the Female Consumer Law Collective. Andrea supervised two PhD students to completion and currently accepts new PhD students within her research area of consumer law, financial consumer law, or more broadly in (comparative) contract law, banking law, and financial services law. Within her administarive work at Essex Law School Andrea is leading the newly established Law and Technoology Taskforce amining to embed the UK legal sector's achievements, limits and challenges with digital technology into UG and PGT curriculums. Andrea is also a Deputy Director of Research Impact leading on impact in business and private law and she established and co-supervises the Consumer Welfare Law Project at Essex Law Clinic.

Qualifications

• PhD University of Szeged, Hungary (2014)

• LLM in Banking and Finance Law, Queen Mary, University of London (2014)

• LLM in International Business Law, Central European University (2006)

• LLB University of Novi Sad, Serbia (2004)

Appointments

University of Essex

• Lecturer, Law, University of Essex (1/9/2015 - present)

• Visiting Lecturer, Business Law Institute, University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Scieneces (1/12/2022 - present)

Other academic

• Lecturer, Law, Faculty of Law and Business Studies Dr Lazar Vrkatic, Union University (1/9/2007 - 1/9/2012)