
Law
The Law Group focusses on legal solutions to social problems, including those studied in life sciences domains. These issues touch on every aspect of the law, which means that we have collective expertise on matters relating to EU law, food law, environmental law, international law, WTO law, intellectual property law, private law and human rights law. The research of the group is also strongly interdisciplinary, with faculty and students from all over the world.
PhD opportunities
We welcome applications for self-funded PhDs on a range of topics.
Grant application support
Are you considering applying for a personal grant? The Law Group can help you!
Application Visiting PhD Students
We welcome PhD students from a wide range of Backgrounds and fields of expertise for research visits at the Law Group.
Latest publications
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EU regulation of genetically modified microorganisms in light of new policy developments : Possible implications for EU bioeconomy investments
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2022). - ISSN 2040-5790 -
Elements for FIFA’s feminist transformation: The case for indicators on football and women’s rights
International Journal of Constitutional Law (2022). - ISSN 1474-2659 -
Ostrom’s Design Principles as Steering Principles for Contractual Governance in “Hotbeds”
Forest and Society 6 (2022)1. - ISSN 2549-4724 - p. 175 - 201.
Our research
The group focuses on the law and regulation pertaining to private and public actors of the global economy, such as companies, consumers, states, international organizations, and civil society organizations, in the supra-, inter- and transnational arenas. While our work is grounded in classical legal analysis, we strongly engage into interdisciplinary and transnational research with social and natural science.
Our courses
The Law Group offers general academic courses, capita selecta courses, internships and theses.
Law for the Living Environment - Chair Plan 2021-2025
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Inaugural Lecture 7 October 2021
Recordings inaugural lecture and conference

Wageningen Centre of Sustainability Governance
An interdisciplinary group of governance scholars within Wageningen University & Research
