Faculty Council Elections 2025

On Friday, May 16, at a public session of the Faculty Council Election Committee of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance (LEG), the results of the Faculty Council elections were announced. Below you find the composition of the staff and student sections of the new council, which will take office after the summer break.

Every year, the LEG Elections Committee organizes elections to fill student seats on the Faculty Council and every two years for staff seats. In 2025, elections were held from May 12 to 14 for the student section and the staff section of the Faculty Council.

Staff members

The staff delegation has four constituencies, with the following distribution of seats: School of Law: 4 seats, School of Economics (U.S.E.): 2 seats, School of Governance (USBO): 2 seats, Faculty Service Organization: 2 seats.

The following employees will represent their departments on the Faculty Council for the next two years (2025-2027):

  • Miriam Kullmann (School of Law)
  • Viola Bex-Reimert School of Law)
  • Luca Pasquet (School of Law)
  • Willem Mingelen (School of Law)
  • Coen Rigtering (School of Economics)
  • Sönke Matthewes (School of Economics
  • Stefanie Beyens (School of Governance)
  • Wouter Vandenabeele (School of Governance)
  • Nico Paolino (Faculty Service Organization, Lijst FSO)
  • Irina Mak (Faculty Service Organization, Lijst UP)

Student members

The student section has three constituencies, with the following seat distribution: School of Law: 4 seats, School of Economics (U.S.E.): 3 seats, School of Governance (USBO): 3 seats. For the U.S.E. constituency of the student body, there were no elections this year, as three candidates applied for the three available seats, which were thus automatically filled.

The following students will represent their department on the Faculty Council in the coming year (2025-2026):

  • Sophia Verhoeven (School of Law, Lijst JSVU)
  • Duco Verburg (School of Law, Lijst JSVU)
  • Bram van de Kerk (School of Law, Lijst Vrijmoedige Studentenpartij)
  • Bas Cornelissen (School of Law, Lijst VUUR)
  • Nina Reineman (School of Governance, Lijst RUPS)
  • Eva van Jaarsveld (School of Governance, Lijst Vrijmoedige Studentenpartij)
  • Tiemen Jongsma (School of Governance, Lijst VUUR)
  • Timo Barten (School of Economics, Lijst ECU ’92) *
  • Ann-Kathrin Sohn (School of Economics, Lijst ECU ’92) *
  • Milica Milovanovic (School of Economics, Lijst ECU ’92) *

* automatically elected (number of candidates equal to number of seats)