Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:28:38 +0200 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:57:00 +0200 Multiple countries have already criminalised ecocide; the Netherlands cannot stay behind https://www.uu.nl/en/opinion/multiple-countries-have-already-criminalised-ecocide-the-netherlands-cannot-stay-behind Illegal logging, serious pollution and other forms of large-scale destruction of nature belong in international criminal law and perpetrators should be prosecuted, Cedric Ryngaert and Daan van Uhm believe. 139454 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Miriam Kullmann appointed professor of Social Law at Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/en/news/miriam-kullmann-appointed-professor-of-social-law-at-utrecht-university As of February 1, 2024, Miriam Kullmann will hold the chair of Social Law at Utrecht University. She focuses, among other things, on technology and employment law. 137274 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:22:00 +0100 Nieuws Hanneke van Eijken first holder of the Alex Brenninkmeijer chair https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hanneke-van-eijken-first-holder-of-the-alex-brenninkmeijer-chair Hanneke van Eijken is the first researcher to hold the new Alex Brenninkmeijer chair in Rule of Law & Democracy at Utrecht University. 137179 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:17:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for Applications: RENFORCE Student Assistant https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-applications-renforce-student-assistant The Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement (RENFORCE) is hiring a student assistant to assist with organisational and research tasks 136937 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:30:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for Papers: Power in a Digitalized World and Modern Bigness https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-power-in-a-digitalized-world-and-modern-bigness We invite papers for a Utrecht Law Review Special Issue titled: Power in a Digitalized World: Evolving Perspectives on Competition Law, Regulation and Beyond. 136323 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:23:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for Papers - Multidisciplinary PhD Conference on Digital Labour Platforms https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-multidisciplinary-phd-conference-on-digital-labour-platforms We invite PhD students at Utrecht University, from all disciplines, to submit their work on digital labour platforms. 136176 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0100 Nieuws European Commission is stepping up scrutiny of influencers' business practices, backed by research from Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/en/news/european-commission-is-stepping-up-scrutiny-of-influencers-business-practices-backed-by-research It’s important that the EU and national consumer authorities pay more attention to hidden advertising, says associate professor Catalina Goanta. 134855 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:28:00 +0200 Nieuws Sybe de Vries guest lecturer University of Ghent: Future of EU Internal market law https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sybe-de-vries-guest-lecturer-university-of-ghent-future-of-eu-internal-market-law Professor of Public Economic Law at Utrecht University, Sybe de Vries, will lecture at UGent on European internal market law and fundamental rights 134693 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for Papers: PhD and Early Career Workshop: EU Trade in a Shifting Landscape https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-phd-and-early-career-workshop-eu-trade-in-a-shifting-landscape We are inviting submissions that engage with the various legal aspects of the EU’s trade and investment policy for a workshop at Utrecht University. 133591 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:46:00 +0200 Nieuws Willem Janssen appointed Professor by Special Appointment of Public Procurement Law https://www.uu.nl/en/news/willem-janssen-appointed-professor-by-special-appointment-of-public-procurement-law As of 1 September 2023, dr. Willem Janssen has been appointed professor by special appointment of Procurement Law at the University of Groningen. The chair was established by the Dutch Association for Procurement Law 133381 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:53:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for papers and panels: Beyond Data Protection https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-and-panels-beyond-data-protection On 21-22 September the conference 'Beyond Data Protection: Regulating information and protection against risks of the digital society' will take place 130173 Tue, 02 May 2023 08:44:00 +0200 Nieuws Conference: Law and the End of Anthropocentrism https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-law-and-the-end-of-anthropocentrism Wat is de rol van de rechterlijke macht bij het beperken van klimaatverandering? Kunnen we ecocide erkennen als een internationaal misdrijf? 129327 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:59:00 +0200 Nieuws State Ownership for Sustainability? Exploring Promise, Assessing Risk https://www.uu.nl/en/news/state-ownership-for-sustainability-exploring-promise-assessing-risk NWO has awarded a grant to dr. Jasper Sluijs to develop a new research agenda examining state ownership as it relates to sustainability efforts in Europe. 127912 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:14:00 +0100 Nieuws Willem Janssen presents research in European Parliament https://www.uu.nl/en/news/willem-janssen-presents-research-in-european-parliament On 15 January Willem Janssen (associated to Utrecht University Centre for Public Procurement, UUCePP) presented the report on EU public procurement law to the Greens/EFA group 126791 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:14:00 +0100 Nieuws Call for Abstracts: Interdisciplinary Public Procurement PhD Forum 2023 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-abstracts-interdisciplinary-public-procurement-phd-forum-2023 PhD researchers in the field of public procurement and related subjects to the theme are invited to submit abstracts for participation in the forum. 125313 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:32:00 +0100 Nieuws Vertrouwen burger in de overheid Call for Papers: Equality Law in Context: Illuminating Intersections in Search for Global Justice https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-papers-equality-law-in-context-illuminating-intersections-in-search-for-global-justice The 10th annual conference of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law will be held at Utrecht University. We welcome paper proposals. 123664 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:53:00 +0200 Nieuws The responsibilities of Big Tech that come with Super Dominance https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-responsibilities-of-big-tech-that-come-with-super-dominance Researchers Alessia D’Amico and Baskaran Balasingham are hopeful the Digital Markets Act this will give competitors a fair chance. 123425 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:23:00 +0200 Nieuws Better migration policies? Let’s shift the focus from “them” to “us” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/better-migration-policies-lets-shift-the-focus-from-them-to-us When migration is experienced as a crisis, the migrants themselves become the personification of the crisis”, argues Vassilis Gerasopoulos, and that's not fair. 122720 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:46:00 +0200 Nieuws Veronika Nagy: “Our digital bureaucratic systems are limited and sometimes dangerous” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/veronika-nagy-our-digital-bureaucratic-systems-are-limited-and-sometimes-dangerous Veronika talks about digital surveillance, refugees, self-sensorship and Europes reaction to the war in Ukraine. 122658 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:46:00 +0200 Nieuws Willem Janssen appointed chairman Advisory committee Proportionality Guide https://www.uu.nl/en/news/willem-janssen-appointed-chairman-advisory-committee-proportionality-guide Gevraagd en ongevraagd brengt deze commissie advies uit, aan het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat over wettelijke wijzigingen in de Gids. 121466 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:55:00 +0200 Nieuws