Dr. Scholten is a member of the Utrecht School of Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE).
In July 2016, the Dutch Scientific Organisation (NWO) has awarded her a veni grant to conduct a research project 'Shared enforcement but separated controls in the EU: how to make it work for democracy and the rule of law'.
In 2013-2023, together with Prof. Michiel Luchtman, she was coordinating a research project on the verticalisation of enforcement in the EU , which led to, among others, the creation of the Jean Monnet Network on EU Law Enforcement (EULEN) in 2019.
She has established and has been the main co-editor of a discussion platform: http://eulawenforcement.com/ .
In 2013-2015, she has been one of the coordinators of the Renforce project on core values in the shared legal order of the EU, resulted in an edited volume 'Sovereignty in the Shared Legal Order of the EU'.
In 2016-2018, Mira participated in two projects funded by the EU Commission (hercule scheme), more details below.
She was co-promotor of:
Marloes van Rijsbergen (2013-2017): legitimacy and effectiveness of soft law (EU agencies, the case study on ESMA), together with Prof. Linda Senden and Prof. Annetje Ottow;
Argyro Karagianni (2016-2022): supervision of financial markets and protecting fundamental rights in a transnational law enforcement sphere (the cases of ECB and ESMA), together Prof. Michiel Luchtman and Prof. Rob Widdershoven. The project is part of the vidi research project of Prof. Michiel Luchtman;
Laurens van Kreij (2018-2024): enforcement strategies in the EU, together with Prof. Judith van Erp.
At this moment, she is involved in the supervision of four PhD projects.
Afgesloten projecten
Project
Exchange of information with EU and national enforcement authorities: Improving OLAF's legislative framework through a comparison with other EU authorities
02-01-2017
tot 28-02-2018
Algemene projectbeschrijving
The project aims to analyse the OLAF’s legislative framework for the exchange of information in the pre-investigative and investigative phase; to identify legal obstacles to realise OLAF’s mandate; and to elaborate possible solutions. It makes a comparison with other EU bodies with comparable tasks (European Competition Network/ECN, the European Central Bank/ECB, and the European Securities and Markets Authority/ESMA). By analysing and comparing the interaction between EU law and national law for these authorities in six Member States (the Netherlands, Germany, UK, Italy, Hungary, and Luxembourg), it will answer the question of whether there is a need to recalibrate the OLAF legislative framework, and it will define various models for that purpose.
Rol
Uitvoerder
Financiering
3e geldstroom - EU
Overige projectleden
- prof. Martin Böse - University of Bonn
- dr. Anne Schneider - University of Bonn
- prof. Peter Alldridge - Queen Mary - University of London
- prof. Silvia Allegrezza - University of Luxembourg
- Prof. Katalin Ligeti - University of Luxembourg
- Dr Valentina Covolo - University of Luxembourg
- Dr Andras Csuri - University of Vienna
Project
Investigatory powers and procedural safeguards: Improving OLAF’s legislative framework through a comparison with other EU law enforcement authorities
08-03-2016
tot 31-03-2017
Algemene projectbeschrijving
This project aims to analyse and improve OLAF’s legislative framework for the gathering of information and evidence (investigative stage). It makes a comparison with other EU bodies with comparable tasks (European Competition Network/ECN, the European Central Bank/ECB, and the European Securities and Markets Authority/ESMA). By analysing and comparing the interaction between EU law and national law in six Member States (the Netherlands, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Poland), it will answer the question of whether there is a need to recalibrate the OLAF legislative framework, including the incorporation of procedural safeguards.
Rol
Uitvoerder
Financiering
3e geldstroom - EU Europese Commissie/OLAF
Projectleden
Overige projectleden
- prof. Martin Böse - University of Bonn
- dr. Anne Schneider - University of Bonn
- prof. Peter Alldridge - Queen Mary - University of London
- prof. Juliette Tricot - Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense - Paris
- prof. Silvia Allegrezza - University of Luxembourg
- dr. Celina Nowak - Kozminski University - Warsaw
- Prof. Katalin Ligeti - University of Luxembourg