
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.
Our vacancies
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.
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.
Latest publications
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Business Strategy as Human Rights Risk: the Case of Private Equity
Human rights review 24 (2023)1. - ISSN 1874-6306 - p. 1 - 23. -
On the Voluntariness of Public Health Apps : A European Case Study on Digital Contact Tracing
Law, Innovation and Technology 15 (2023)1. - ISSN 1757-9961 - 17 p. -
Collaborative agri-environmental governance in the Netherlands : A novel institutional arrangement to bridge social-ecological dynamics
Ecology and Society 28 (2023)1. - ISSN 1708-3087 - 18 p.