Professor Alina Tryfonidou
Responsibilities
Professor Alina Tryfonidou currently convenes and teaches the following modules:
- LLB: Foundations of EU Law
- LLB: EU Law
- LLM: The European Internal Market and Economic Governance
Areas of Interest
EU Law (especially EU free movement law) and LGBT+ rights.
Research groups / Centres
Doctoral Supervision
Professor Tryfonidou welcomes proposals from prospective doctoral students with an interest in EU law and LGBT+ rights.
Publications
2020
- Tryfonidou, A. (2020) Law and sexual minority rights in the EU: navigating a political minefield. In: Cardwell, P. J. and Grainger, M.-P. (eds.) Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law. Edward Elgar, pp. 204-223. ISBN 9781788971270
- Tryfonidou, A. (2020) The parenting rights of same-sex couples under European law. Marriage, Families and Spirituality, 25 (2). pp. 176-194. ISSN 2593-0486 doi: https://doi.org/10.2143/INT.25.2.3287505
- Tryfonidou, A. (2020) EU law and the right of Rainbow Families to move freely between EU Member States. In: Hamilton, F. and Noto la Diega, G. (eds.) Same-Sex Relationships, Law and Social Change. Routledge, pp. 150-167. ISBN 9780367076092
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Tryfonidou, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-0356 (2020) Case C-507/18 NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI – Rete Lenford: homophobic speech and EU anti-discrimination law. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 27 (4). pp. 513-521. ISSN 1023-263X doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1023263X20946535
- Tryfonidou, A. (2020) Positive state obligations under European Law: a tool for achieving substantive equality for sexual minorities in Europe. Erasmus Law Review, 13 (3). pp. 98-112. ISSN 2210-2671 doi: https://doi.org/10.5553/ELR.000149
2019
- Tryfonidou, A. (2019) The ECJ recognises the right of same-sex spouses to move freely between EU Member States: the Coman ruling. European Law Review, 44 (5). pp. 663-679. ISSN 0307-5400
- Tryfonidou, A. (2019) Rainbow families and EU free movement law. In: Bergamini, E. and Ragni, C. (eds.) Fundamental Rights and Best Interests of the Child in Transnational Families. Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 75-96. ISBN 9781780686653
- Tryfonidou, A. (2019) Introductory note to Relu Adrian Coman and others v. Inspectoratul General Pentru Imigrari and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne. International Legal Materials, 58 (4). pp. 823-836. ISSN 1930-6571 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ilm.2019.34
- Tryfonidou, A. (2019) The EU top court rules that married same-sex couples can move freely between EU Member States as “spouses”: case C-673/16, Relu Adrian Coman, Robert Clabourn Hamilton, Asociaţia Accept v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări, Ministerul Afacerilor Interne. Feminist Legal Studies, 27 (2). pp. 211-221. ISSN 0966-3622 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-019-09397-z
- Tryfonidou, A. (2019) EU free movement law and the children of rainbow families: children of a lesser God? Yearbook of European Law, 38. pp. 220-266. ISSN 2045-0044 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/yel/yez001
2018
- Tryfonidou, A. (2018) The impact of the framework equality directive on the protection of LGB persons and same-sex couples from discrimination under EU law. In: Belavusau, U. and Henrard, K. (eds.) EU Anti-Discrimination Law beyond Gender. Hart Publishing, pp. 229-248. ISBN 9781509915019
- Tryfonidou, A. (2018) EU law. In: Auchmuty, R. (ed.) Great Debates in Gender and Law. Palgrave Great Debates in Law. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 71-81. ISBN 9781137610997
- Tryfonidou, A. (2018) The legal position of LGBT persons and same-sex couples in Cyprus. The Cyprus Review, 29 (1). pp. 183-213. ISSN 2547-8974
2017
- Tryfonidou, A. (2017) Free movement of persons provisions through the lenses of “discrimination” and “restriction”. In: Andenas, M., Bekkedal, T. and Pantaleo, L. (eds.) The reach of free movement. T.M.C. Asser Press, Hague, pp. 57-84. ISBN 9789462651944
- Tryfonidou, A. (2017) Another failed opportunity for the effective protection of the rights of same-sex couples under EU law: Parris v Trinity College Dublin and Others. Anti-Discrimination Law Review, 2 (2). pp. 83-95.
- Tryfonidou, A. (2017) Citizenship-for-sale schemes and EU law: can third-country nationals buy their way into becoming subjects of EU law? In: Bardutzky, S. and Fahey, E. (eds.) Framing the Subjects and Objects of Contemporary EU law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 145-157. ISBN 9781786435736
- Tryfonidou, A. (2017) Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. In: Vogenauer, S. and Weatherill, S. (eds.) General principles of law: European and comparative perspectives. Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 365-394. ISBN 9781509910717
- Tryfonidou, A. (2017) The federal implications of the transformation of the market freedoms into sources of rights for the Union citizen. In: Kochenov, D. (ed.) EU Citizenship and Federalism - The Role of Rights. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 316-340. ISBN 9781107072701 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139680714
- Tryfonidou, A. (2017) Investment residence in the UK: past and future. Investment Migration Policy Briefs. IMC-RP2017/1. ISSN 2504-1541
2016
- Tryfonidou, A. (2016) The impact of Union citizenship on the EU's market freedoms. Modern Studies in European Law. Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp288. ISBN 9781849461672
- Tryfonidou, A. (2016) The Léger ruling as another example of the ECJ’s disappointingly reticent approach to the protection of the rights of LGB persons under EU law. European Law Review, 41 (1). pp. 91-104. ISSN 0307-5400
2015
- Tryfonidou, A. (2015) EU free movement law and the legal recognition of same-sex relationships: the case for mutual recognition. Columbia Journal of European Law, 21 (2). pp. 195-248. ISSN 1076-6715
2014
- Tryfonidou, A. (2014) The notions of 'restriction' and 'discrimination' in the context of the free movement of persons provisions: from a relationship of interdependence to one of (almost complete) independence. Yearbook of European Law, 33 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 2045-0044 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/yel/yeu023
2013
- Tryfonidou, A. (2013) Free movement of workers and union citizens. In: Neergaard, U., van de Gronden, J., Szyszczak, E. and Krajewski, M. (eds.) Social Services of General Interest in the EU. Legal Issues of Services of General Interest. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 161-183. ISBN 9789067048750
- Tryfonidou, A. (2013) (Further) Signs of a Turn of the Tide in the CJEU's Citizenship Jurisprudence: Case C-40/11, Iida, Judgment of 8 November 2012. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 20. pp. 302-320. ISSN 1023-263X
2012
- Tryfonidou, A. (2012) Redefining the outer boundaries of EU Law: the Zambrano, McCarthy and Dereci trilogy. European Public Law, 18 (3). pp. 493-526. ISSN 1354-3725
2011
- Tryfonidou, A. (2011) The overseas application of the customs duties provisions of the FEU Treaty: first, tentative, steps towards the resolution of the reverse discrimination conundrum. In: Kochenov, D. (ed.) EU Law of the Overseas: Outermost Regions, Associated Overseas Countries and Territories, Territories Sui Generis. European Monographs Series Set. Kluwer Law International, The Hague, pp. 221-244. ISBN 9789041134455
- Tryfonidou, A. (2011) Resolving the reverse discrimination paradox in the area of customs duties: the Lancry saga. European Business Law Review, 22 (3). pp. 311-336. ISSN 0959-6941
- Tryfonidou, A. (2011) The impact of EU law on nationality laws and migration control in the EU's member states. Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 25 (4). pp. 358-379. ISSN 1746-7632
2010
- Tryfonidou, A. (2010) Further steps on the road to convergence among the market freedoms. European Law Review, 35 (1). pp. 36-56. ISSN 0307-5400
- Tryfonidou, A. (2010) The free movement of goods, the overseas countries and territories, and the EU's outermost regions: some problematic aspects. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 37 (4). pp. 317-338. ISSN 1566-6573
2009
- Tryfonidou, A. (2009) Family reunification rights of (migrant) union citizens: towards a more liberal approach. European Law Journal, 15 (5). pp. 634-653. ISSN 1468-0386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0386.2009.00482.x
- Tryfonidou, A. (2009) The outer limits of Article 28 EC: purely internal situations and the development of the Court's approach through the years. In: Barnard, C. and Odudu, O. (eds.) The Outer Limits of European Union Law. Hart, Oxford, pp. 197-224. ISBN 9781841138602
- Tryfonidou, A. (2009) In search of the aim of the free movement of persons provisions: has the Court of Justice missed the point? Common Market Law Review, 46 (5). pp. 1591-1620. ISSN 0165-0750
- Tryfonidou, A. (2009) Purely internal situations and reverse discrimination in a Citizens' Europe: time to "reverse" reverse discrimination? In: Xuereb, P. G. (ed.) Issues in Social Policy: A New Agenda. Jean Monnet Seminar Series. Progress Press, Valletta, pp. 11-29. ISBN 97899990967531
- Tryfonidou, A. (2009) Reverse discrimination in EC law. European Monographs. Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, pp292. ISBN 9789041127518
2008
- Tryfonidou, A. (2008) Reverse discrimination in purely internal situations: an incongruity in a Citizens' Europe. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 35 (1). pp. 43-67. ISSN 1566-6573
2007
- Tryfonidou, A. (2007) Jia or 'Carpenter II': the edge of reason. European Law Review, 32. pp. 908-918. ISSN 0307-5400
- Tryfonidou, A. (2007) Was 'Keck' a half-baked solution after all? Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 34 (2). pp. 167-182. ISSN 1566-6573
2006
- Tryfonidou, A. (2006) Annotation of case C-293/02: Jersey Produce Marketing Organisation Ltd v. States of Jersey and Jersey Potato Export Marketing Board. Common Market Law Review, 43 (6). pp. 1727-1742. ISSN 0165-0750
2005
- Tryfonidou, A. (2005) C-200/02: Kunqian Catherine Zhu and Man Lavette Chen v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: further cracks in the "Great Wall" of the European Union? European Public Law, 11 (4). pp. 527-541. ISSN 1354-3725
- Tryfonidou, A. (2005) Carbonati Apuani Srl v. Comune di Carrara: should we reverse "reverse discrimination"? King's College Law Journal, 16 (2). pp. 373-381. ISSN 0961-5768
- Tryfonidou, A. (2005) Redefining the notion of belonging in a Citizens' Europe: The Queen (on the application of Dany Bidar) v. London Borough of Ealing and Secretary of State for Education and Skills'. Irish Journal of European Law, 12. pp. 217-232. ISSN 0791-5403
2003
- Tryfonidou, A. (2003) Mary Carpenter v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: the beginning of a new era in the European Union? King's College Law Journal, 14 (1). pp. 81-86. ISSN 0961-5768
Full list of Publications, Conference Papers, and Guest Seminars/Lectures
Qualifications
- LLB (2001) (King's College London)
- LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law (2002) (King's College London)
- Cyprus Bar (2003) (Cyprus Bar Association)
- AKC (2008) (King's College London)
- PhD (2008) (King's College London)
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FHEA (2016)
Biographical Details
Professor Alina Tryfonidou is Professor of Law since 2018. She began her academic career in 2007, as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Leicester. She subsequently joined the University of Reading as a Lecturer in Law in September 2011 and was promoted to Associate Professor in EU law in 2013. Professor Tryfonidou obtained her LLB (2001), LLM (2002) and PhD (2008) from King's College London, where she also taught European law as a Visiting Tutor (2005-2007) and Visiting Lecturer (2010-2011). She is, also, an Associate of King's College (AKC) since 2008, a non-practising member of the Cyprus Bar since 2003, a Fellow of the Centre of European Law at King's College London since 2007, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) since 2016. In 2004, Professor Tryfonidou completed a traineeship (stage) at the European Commission (DG MARKT - now DG GROW), and in 2010-2011 she was an IALS Visiting Fellow.
Professor Tryfonidou's main research interests lie in EU law (esp. free movement law) and the protection of LGBT+ rights. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has been invited to speak at, inter alia, the Universities of Oxford, Ghent, Cambridge, Lund, Groningen, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Durham, Oslo, Bristol, and VU Amsterdam. She has, also, been invited to speak before the European Parliament (the PETI committee) and to give guest lectures at events organised by the European Parliament's LGBTI Intergroup, the Academy of European Law (ERA), the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), and ILGA-Europe. In addition to monographs, chapters in edited volumes, and articles in academic journals, Professor Tryfonidou has contributed chapters in reports and studies commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and by the European Commission. Moreover, she has co-authored a report on obstacles to the free movement rights of rainbow families in the EU commissioned by the European Parliament PETI committee, and she has written two research reports for NELFA. Her work has been cited by several Advocates General before the European Court of Justice.