On 21 May 2025, the chief negotiators of Switzerland and the EU Brevier initialled a package of agreements intended to strengthen their legal ties tha...

Rick Lawson, Professor of European Law and former Dean of Leiden Law School, was appointed as the new president of the Netherlands Institute for Human...

One of the ECSL’s most prominent activities is the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, welcoming students at all academic levels as well as se...

On 23 May 2025, Olga Ceran spoke at the ICON-S Benelux Chapter conference dedicated to ‘Public Law in an Age of Contestation and Systemic Change’. Thi...

With the climate transition in full swing, polluting industries must adapt and shift to more sustainable production methods. Workers in this sector mu...

Professor Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law & Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute, has been appointed as one of the three new series editor...

On 26 May, Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, spoke before the Standing Committee on Digitalisation of the Dutch Senate, duri...

As robotics advances in the field of emergency response, firefighting robots – or 'firebots' – offer promising improvements in safety and operational ...

Professor Ton Liefaard has worked to improve the position of children since his academic career began. Vulnerable children are given a voice in his re...

Andreas Müller of the University of Basel (Switzerland) and Werner Schroeder of the University of Innsbruck (Austria) together organised a “three coun...

The dramatic geopolitical changes of the last few years and other crises have led the EU to reconsider the function and role of its internal market. I...

As of 1 May 2025, Professor Kartica van der Zon has been appointed professor by special appointment of Family Law, Law of Persons and Juvenile Law at ...

Vasiliki Kosta spoke at the conference ‘The role of civil society in the protection of the rule of law’ organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Re...

Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn of Durham University have co-...

As of 1 May 2025 Dr Vasiliki Kosta has been appointed as a member of the Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit (Commissie voor Vrijheid van ...