Contract research

The School of Law conducts research and provides advice commissioned by public and private organisations and companies. Each research project falls under one of the five School of Law research programmes which in turn, are in carried out in congruity with Utrecht University’s research focus areas.

Research is conducted by thw following institutes, research institutes and centres:

• Centre for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP/NILOS); (Dutch only)
• Europa Institute;
• G.J. Wiarda Institute; (Dutch only)
• Institute of Fiscal Law; (Dutch only)
• Institute of International, Social and Economic Public Law; (Dutch only)
• Institute of Legal Theory;
• Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law; (Dutch only)
• Molengraaff Institute of Private and Notarial Law; (Dutch only)
• Montaigne Centre;
• Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS Consultancy);
• Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM);
• Willem Pompe Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

An overview of the School of Law's research staff is available.

Research by students

Companies, authorities or social organisations wishing to commission research in the field of law, economics or governance may seek advice from the faculty’s Science Shop (information in Dutch only). The research is conducted by talented students who carry out these activities in the context of their Master’s – and in some cases Bachelor’s - thesis.