Jakub Suchnicki
Thesis title: The Digital Monetary Game: Interoperable CBDCs and the Law of Monetary Sovereignty
Law
Year of study: 1
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Background
Jakub Suchnicki is a PhD candidate at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh. His thesis examines the legal, historical, and technological dimensions of money and monetary sovereignty, with a particular focus on interoperable cross-border central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). His research considers what lessons past transformations of monetary systems, both domestic and international, can offer for contemporary debates on CBDCs and cross-border payments.
His broader research interests include monetary law, private law, central banking and financial regulation, law and technology, legal history, and sovereignty theory. His doctoral research is supported by the Edinburgh Law School Scholarship.
Alongside his PhD, Jakub works as a Legal Researcher at Phenom, where he monitors developments in AI regulation, data protection law, and related compliance frameworks across different jurisdictions.
Qualifications
LL.M. Law & Finance, University of Amsterdam (2025), cum laude; Honours Programme.
LL.B. International and European Technology Law, University of Groningen (2024), cum laude; Honours Programme.
Invited speaker
Edinburgh Europa Institute PhD/ECR Workshop "Defending the Union", 23-24 April 2026
Organiser
Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference 2026 "Beyond Legal Boundaries: Reimagining Justice in an Interdisciplinary World", 11-12 June 2026
Papers delivered
'Defending the Union through Digital Monetary Sovereignty: The Digital Euro as a Vehicle for Projecting the EU’s Monetary Order in an Era of Private Money' (Paper delivered at Edinburgh Europa Institute PhD/ECR Workshop "Defending the Union", Edinburgh, 24 April 2026).
Jakub Suchnicki, ‘Common Core in Groningen: New Narratives about Law and Sustainability’ (2024) 32(1) European Review of Private Law 151 [Conference Report].