Løtveit, Bjørn
Vice dean for research
Job description
As the Vice Dean for Research, I am a part of the management team at the Faculty of Law. My responsibilities include following up the faculty's PhD program and PhD students, leading the faculty's research committee, representing the faculty in the university's central research strategic committee, as well as promoting a strong research environment with solid and prominent research groups, and contributing to increase the number of externally funded research projects.
I am also an active researcher and lecturer.
- Løtveit, Bjørn. I hvilken grad bør domstolene og rettsvitenskapen utvikle ulovfestede regler på formue- og immaterialrettens område?. Jussens venner 2020. ISSN 0022-6971.s doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3126-2020-01-02.
- Løtveit, Bjørn. Vilkårene for opplåning av pant. Lov og Rett 2018; Volum 57 (10). ISSN 0024-6980.s 625 - 645.s doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3061-2018-10-04.
Research interests
My main research interests are property law, credit security law, financial markets law and intellectual property law.
Teaching
The main part of my teaching is in contract law and security rights law, but I also have teaching experience within conflicts of law (private international law) and the methodology of law. I regularly supervise master thesises within different subjects.