Our Research

Our research is organised into four departments and three major interdisciplinary research initiatives, that have been a major catalyst in further developing our research.

Rebalancing Public & Private Interests

Erasmus Centre of Empirical Legal Studies

Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity

EU and NWO funded research projects

Grants & Prizes

Erasmus School of Law employs researchers who are among the best in their respective fields, at both national and international level. This is the list of our top researchers who have received prestigious awards, grants, and prizes for scientific achievements during their time at Erasmus School of Law.

How does a law student learn to view the world through judicial glasses?

Alma Besic wrote her master's thesis about the way jargon is taught to future jurists. She won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Award for her thesis.

Friday 4 Mar 2022
General

New Voices Prize awarded for thought-provoking article on The death of laws

Alberto Quintavalla of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Erasmus School of Law, received the prize for the best article in a journal.

Friday 24 Dec 2021
General

Is the special status of religion in our constitution justified?

Sohail Wahedi, universitair docent aan de sectie Sociologie, Theorie en Methodologie van Erasmus School of Law, has won the VWR dissertation prize 2021.

Tuesday 13 Jul 2021
General

Warren de Waegh wins the gold medal in the 2021 III Prize in International Insolvency Studies

Warren de Waegh, PhD researcher at Erasmus School of Law, has won the gold medal in the 2021 Prize in International Insolvency Studies.

Thursday 6 May 2021
General

Erasmus School of Law colors university’s Dies Natalis red

On Friday 6 November, Erasmus School of Law made a substantial contribution to the celebration of the Dies Natalis, the university's 107th anniversary.

Monday 16 Nov 2020
Appointment

Erasmus+ KA107 mobility grant for Israel awarded to Erasmus School of Law

The grant builds on the Erasmus+ grant awarded in 2018.

Thursday 25 Jun 2020
General

Xandra Kramer and Antoinette Maassen van den Brink awarded Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros

Professor Xandra Kramer, Erasmus School of Law, and Dr Antoinette Maassen van den Brink, Erasmus MC, have both been awarded a Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros by...