Erwin Muller new Dean FGGA
Professor E.R. (Erwin) Muller will be appointed Dean of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in the Hague with effect from 1 September 2018. Muller succeeds Professor Kutsal Yesilkagit, who recently stepped down as Dean.
Professor Muller (1965) is Professor of Safety, Security and Law at the Faculty of Law at Leiden University. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, a role he will relinquish on 1 September 2018.
In addition to his position as Dean, Muller will also have an administrative role in which he will focus on the future development of the ambitions of Leiden University and the city of The Hague.
Erwin Muller was previously Scientific Director of the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at Leiden University, where he was responsible for the education portfolio.
The Executive Board is delighted with this appointment. ‘Erwin Muller is a very experienced researcher, lecturer and university governor, with an enormous social and professional network. We look forward to working together with him, and have every confidence that he will further strengthen the position of our university in The Hague,’ commented Carel Stolker, Rector Magnificus and President of the Executive Board.