Research
Research programmes
The School of Law’s legal research has organised its top research into 5 main research programmes:
- Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (UCALL)
- Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE)
- Utrecht Centre for European Research into Family Law (UCERF)
- Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL)
- Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice
Human rights research and Public procurement:
- Human rights research is integrated into the above programs and is also supported by the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM).
- The Utrecht University Centre for Public Procurement (UUCePP) is an interdisciplinary research center in the field of procurement law and public procurement, in which researchers from the Department of Law and Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) participate.
Research platforms
Law researchers collaborate across legal disciplines to address current, pressing societal themes:
- Research Platform on Peace, Security, and Human Rights
- Research Platform on Equality Legal Studies (EQUALS)
- Research Platform on Migration Law (MiLa)
- Research Platform on Data, AI and Law
We participate in three interdisciplinary strategic research themes at Utrecht University:
Strategic research themes
Focus areas
In addition, researchers participate in various Focus areas, collaborative nodes for multidisciplinary research around selected themes. The School of Law participates primarily in the following focus areas:
