To promote academic research of researchers in different stages of their career, the board of BWILC introduced in 2022 the annual BWILC Lecture. This Lecture, organised together with YANIL, is delivered by an academic that has succesfully defended a PhD in recent years.

The BWILC lecture has been delivered by:

2026 Leuven, Belgium (KU Leuven)

Evolving Aims and Purposes of Insolvency Law: From Creditors’ Bargains to Feminist Futures

Dr. Jennifer L.L. Gant – University of Derby

2025 Leiden, The Netherlands (Leiden University)

When Debtor-Friendliness Becomes a Problem

Dr. Dr. David Ehmke

2024 Vilnius, Lithuania (Mykolas Romeris University)

Environmental claims in corporate insolvency: problems and strategies

Dr. Giulia Ballerini – University of Padua

2023 Leiden, the Netherlands (Leiden University)

The Environment in Bankruptcy

Dr. Jonatan Schytzer – Uppsala University

2022 Leiden, the Netherlands (Leiden University)

Perspectives on the harmonisation of insolvency law

Dr. Emilie Ghio – University of Edinburgh