PhD Projects

Civil Law

• Dang Hongwei
  Reforming the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System from the Perspective of Sustainable Development
  Promotores: Prof. M. Scheltema & Prof. Y. Li
   

• Chen Yihua
  Third-party Funding in International Arbitration
  Promotores: Prof. G. Meijer & Prof. F. de Ly
   

• Emma van Gelder
  Digitalisation of Civil Procedure (ODR)
  Supervisor: Prof. X.E. Kramer
   

• Georgia Antonopoulou
  International Commercial Courts in Europe
  Promotores: Prof. X.E. Kramer & Prof. E. Bauw
   

• Priskila Penasthika
  The Challenges in Applying Choice of Law Clause in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study
  Promotores: Prof. X.E. Kramer & Prof. W.G. Werner
   

• Marta Kolacz
  Cargo bundling – horizontal cooperation between SMEs for joint transportation
  Promotores: Prof. X.E. Kramer & Prof. Frank Smeele
   

• Aster Schreuder
  The weight of the qualities of parties: norm or fact?
  Promotores: Prof. S. Lindenbergh & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   

• Femke Ruitenbeek
  Understanding the missing link in the relational restoration of personal injury victims
  Promotores: Prof. S. Lindenbergh & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   

• Evelien Engelhard
  Improvement initiatives to the personal injury process in the Netherlands, Ireland, the United States and England & Wales – a search for success factors
  Promotores: Prof. S. Lindenbergh & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   

• Sarah van Os
  Diversity in Justice? – A comparative, Interdisciplinary and Empirical Study into Legal Culture
  Promotores: Supervisors: Prof. H.N. Schelhaas & Dr P.T.M. Desmet & Dr C.P. Reinders Folmer
   

• Heleen Tiemersma
  Fostering Business Respect for Human Rights through Finance; addressing the role of Financial Institutions in preventing company-community conflict in the extractive industries
  Promotor: Prof. M. Scheltema
   

• Melissa de Groot
  Compensation for costs of care: challenges at the interface of civil liability law and the public health care system
  Promotores: Prof. S. Lindenbergh & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   
• Joost Stam
  De bestuurdersaansprakelijkheidsverzekering (Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance)
  Promotor: N. van Tiggele - van der Velde
   
• Hilde Verweij-Hoogendijk
  Interfamilial Immunity to Liability? The Role of Tort Law and Insurance in Family Relationships
  Promotores: Prof. S. Lindenbergh & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   

• Maikel Samsom
  Het recht op privacy en schadevergoeding
  Promotor: Prof. Lindenbergh

Commercial, Financial, and Company Law

• Du Du
  A Comparative Study of Laws concerning Foreign Takeover Bids: China and the Netherlands
  Promotores: Prof. C.A. Schwarz & Prof. Y. Li
   

• Fu Qiqi
  Minority Shareholder Protection in Chinese Listed Companies: A Comparative Study with the US and the Netherlands
  Promotores: Prof. M.J. van Ginneken & Prof. Y. Li
   

• Liu Shuo
  Certain Private Law Issues Relating to Shipbuilding: a Comparative Study of English Law and Chinese Law
  Promotor:  Prof. F. Smeele
   

• Ji Yuhan
  Recognition of Foreign Maritime Judgements
  Promotores: Prof. F. Smeele & Prof. Y. Li
   

• Titiaan Keijzer
  Dual Class Stock at Dutch Listed Companies
  Promotores: Prof. H. Vletter- van Dort & Prof. Maarten Kroeze
   

• R. de Doelder
  Preventing Money Laundering by Banks
  Promotores: Prof. H. Vletter - van Dort & Prof. K.W.H. Broekhuizen
   

• Jeroen A. Terstegge
  Limitation of management authority of managing directors of public and private limited liability companies
  Promotores: Prof. B.F. Assink & Prof. L. Timmerman
   

• S.B. Garcia Nelen
  Conflicten tussen bestuursbevoegdheden en aandeelhoudersrechten, in het bijzonder bij onderwerpen die raken aan de strategie van de beursvennootschap
  Promotores Prof. C.A. Schwarz  & Prof. B.F. Assink
   

• Roy Heesakkers
  Towards a More Inclusive Corporate Law: Accounting for Non-Contractual Stakeholders of Corporation
  Promotor: Supervisor: Prof. M.A. Verbrugh
   

• Fiona Unz
  Consumer protection in a disruptive society: A survival guide
  Promotores: Dr W. Verheyen & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   

• Josje de Vogel
  Sustainable Mobility and Consumer Protection
  Promotores: Dr W. Verheyen & Prof. H.N. Schelhaas
   

• Michelle de Vries
  The role and position from the loss adjuster according to Dutch law
  Promotores: Prof. S. Lindenbergh & Prof. M. van Tiggele-van der Velde
   

• Warren de Waegh
  Sinking in an ocean of debts: maritime insolvencies in the EU
  Promotor: Prof. F. Smeele
   
• Mathijs Giltjes
  High frequency trading form a market-abuse perspective. An interdisciplinary research into the potential detrimental effects of high frequency trading
  Promotores: Prof. K.W.H. Broekhuizen & Dr A.C.W. Pijls

Constitutional Law

• Marlies Blesgraaf
  Regulation, regulatory burden and room for guidance in education
  Promotores: Prof. P.W.A. Huisman & Prof. M.T.A.B. Laemers
   

• Radwan Eshkita
  Data protection laws in the Middle East
  Promotores: Prof. E. Stamhuis & Prof.dr. K. Heine
   

• Angela Jans
  Strafrechtelijke ministeriele verantwoordelijkheid
  Promotores: Prof. R. de Lange & Prof. P.A.M. Mevis

Criminology

• Mieke Kox
  Borders and Justice. Unauthorised migrants’ understandings of internal border regimes
  Promotor: Prof. R. Staring
   

• Marilena Drymioti
  The Greek ‘polis’ under attack: unravelling top-down and bottom-up political violence in times of crisis
  Promotor: Prof. R. van Swaaningen
   

• Léa Masse
  Becoming radical: a phenomenological and transnational examination of youth’s Islamic radicalisation in Western countries
  Promotores: R. Staring & Prof. R. van Swaaningen
   

• Eleonora Di Molfetta
  Sentencing decision-making processes for immigrants with a vulnerable legal status in Italy
  Promotores: Prof. R. Staring & Prof. R. van Swaaningen
   

• Teun van Ruitenburg
  Raising Barriers towards Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: An empirical study on the approach of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in the Netherlands
  Promotores: Prof. H.G. van de Bunt  & Dr W.J. Verhoeven
   

• Timo Peeters
  In the thick of struggles: violence, seclusion and social suffering in Guatemala City
  Promotor: Prof. R. van Swaaningen
   

• Irma Cleven
  Effectiveness and enforcement of penal protection orders in the pre-sentencing phase
  Promotores: Dr T. Fischer & Prof. R. van Swaaningen
   

• Anna Merz
  From CEO to criminal? Uncovering peer-group disapproval of white-collar crime within business communities
  Promotores: Prof. R. van Swaaningen & Dr C.G. van Wingerde
   

• Ruben Timmerman
  Irregular migrant workers within Dutch informal economies: The intersection between human trafficking and immigration control
  Promotores: Prof. R. Staring & Prof. R. van Swaaningen

• Gwendolyn Geuze
  An Analysis of the Perceptions and Effects of Alternatives to Detention in the Dutch Juvenile Justice System.
  Promotores: Prof. F. Weerman & Dr. T. Fischer

• Amr Marzouk
  Experimental authoritarianism: how illiberal regimes learn to dominate cyberspace
  Promotores: Prof. R. van Swaaningen & Dr. W. van der Wagen
   

• Jeroen van den Broek
  Coherence or Divergence? A Comparative Analysis of the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations Human Rights Committee
  Promotores: Prof. F. Weerman & Dr. R. Roks

Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity

• Jiejing Shi
  The process of One Belt One Road Initiativ
  Promotor: Prof. W.M. de Jong
• Roy Heesakkers
• Aziza Mayar
• Heleen Tiemersma

International and European Union Law

• Margaux Raynaud
  The Norm against Impunity for Serious Human Rights Violations: An International Law Analysis
  Promotores: Prof. K. Henrard & Prof. E. Hey
   

• Sophia Paulini
  The Precautionary Principle in the EU's Trade Agreements
  Promotor: Prof. A. Arcuri
   

• Nathan de Arriba-Sellier
  The European System of Financial Supervision under the home state supervision principle
  Promotor: Prof. F. Amtenbrink
   

• Francesco Pennesi
  The global reach of EU Financial Law
  Promotor: Prof. F. Amtenbrink
   

• Elif Gül Yılmazlar
  Settling Conflicts of Human Rights through International and European (Council of Europe/ EU) Standards of Criminalization
  Promotores Prof. E. Hey & Prof. J. Temperman
   

• Jolanda Andela
  Starvation as a core crime violation
  Promotores: Prof. K. Henrard & Dr. H. Cuyckens
   
• Stephanie Triefus
  Regulatory Depoliticization: International Economic Law, Social Inclusion & Human Rights
  Promotores: Prof. J. Temperman & Prof. A. Arcuri
   
• Aziza Mayar
  The role of International Law in Business
  Promotores: Prof. E. Hey & Prof. K.E.H. Maas
   

• Monique Niesen
  International Private Law and Private Comparative Law.
  Promotores: Prof. G. Meijer & Prof. H. Ernste
   

• Susann Handke
  Legality and the Bottom-up Reconstruction of the Climate Change Regime
  Promotor: Prof. E. Hey
   

• Steffen van der Velde
  The EU’s legal duty to safeguard the sustainability of FDI in mineral mining in developing countries 
  Promotores: Prof. F. Amtenbrink & Dr. W. Douma

Labour and Employment Law

• Amber Zwanenburg
  Drawing the line between business opportunities and sham arrangements in Dutch companies’ search to save on the cost of labour (ab)using the EU internal market freedom
  Promotores: Prof. J.E. Even & Prof. A.R. Houweling

• Ilse Kersten
  De billijke vergoeding: een empirisch onderzoek naar de (aanvullende) ontslagvergoeding
  Promotores: Prof. R. Houweling & dr. P. Kruit
   

• Bjorn Schouten
  Arbeidsrechtelijke schuldgradaties.
  Promotores: Prof. C.J. Loonstra & Prof. A.R Houweling

Law and Health Care

• Lujia Sun
  A Legal Study on Mobile Health: Implications for China
  Promotor: Prof. M. Buijsen

Law and Economics

• Paul Daniel Aubrecht
  The Arbitrability of Tort Claims: A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis
  Promotores: Prof. L.T. Visscher & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Danny Blaustein
  Corporate Governance of Start-ups
  Promotores: Dr A. Pomelli, Prof. L. Bottazzi & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Mulugeta Bogale
  Labor Regulation, Informality and Economic Growth in SSA: An Empirical Analysis
  Promotores: Prof. H.B. Schaefer & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Lucas Chacha
  Analysing Brazilian Anti-Corruption Enforcements
  Promotores: Prof. S. Oded & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
   
• Yong-Fu Chang
  Constitutional Environmental Protection and Its Implementation: A Law and Economics Analysis
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Prof. N.J. Philipsen
   
• Kan-Hsueh Chiang
  Does Information Cost Lead to Medical Moral Hazard? --Evidence from Taiwan National Health Insurance
  Promotores: Prof. E. Salzberger & Prof. L.T. Visscher & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
   
• Salvini Datta
  Ex Ante Regulation and Ex Post Liability in the Pharmaceutical Industry
  Promotores: Prof. V. Denicolò & Prof. R.J. Van den Bergh
   
• Maria De Campos
  At the Intersection of Behavioural Economics, Nudging and Regulation: Rethinking the process of nudge design for regulation
  Promotores: Prof. K. Heine & Dr F. Weber
   
• Jan Essink
  A Law and Economics Analysis on the effectiveness of the EU Agenda on Migration
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko & Prof. P. Vanin
   
• Chiara Focacci
  Essays on Active Labour Market Policies
  Promotores: Prof. E. Santarelli & Dr F. Fauri & Dr A.M.I.B. Vandenberghe
   
• Ayman Fouda
  The Diffusion of Innovation in Healthcare: Economic and Regulatory Perspectives
  Promotores: Prof. G. Fiorentini & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Elena Ghibellini
  Bank Crises Resolution Rules: What Impact on the Structure of the EU Banking Market?
  Promotores: Prof. M. Lamandini & Prof. A.M. Pacces
   
• Damiano Giacometti
  Essays on the Law and Economics of Credence Goods Markets
  Promotores: Prof. M. Casari & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Laurenz Goldhahn
  The Effect of Regulating Executive Compensation on Corporate Social Responsibility
  Promotores: Prof. W.G. Ringe & Dr A. Pomelli & Prof. S. Oded
   
• Çiçek Gürkan
  The Role of Banks for Corporate Governance
  Promotores: Prof. P.C. Leyens & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Martin Holderied
  Interest Theories on the Regulation of Sharing Economy Markets
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
   
• Jian Jiang
  Vulnerability, Cybersecurity, and the Rule of Law and Regulation herein
  Promotores: Prof. E. Salzberger & Prof. N.J. Philipsen
   
• Mrinmayi Katdare
  Precautionary Principle: How does political discretion influence its implementation?
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
   
• Tristan Kik
  Competition Law in the Data Economy
  Promotores: Prof. N.J. Philipsen & Prof. L.T. Visscher
   
• Philipp Kirst
  Implications of the Damages Directive on Leniency Incentives, the Calculation of Fines and Contribution Claims: A Law and Economics analysis
  Promotores: Prof. R.J. Van den Bergh & Prof. L.T. Visscher
   
• Anna Kovács
  Framing and stakeholder support for climate change instruments
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
   
• Francesca Leucci
  Law and Economics of Environmental Damage Assessment
  Promotores: Prof. L.A. Franzoni & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Shu Li
  Law and Economic Analysis of 3D Printing: Perspectives from product safety
  Promotores: Prof. K. Heine & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Ekaterine Lomtatidze
  Constitutionalizing Social Rights: Public choice analysis
  Promotores: Prof. S. Oeter & Prof. K. Heine
   
• Wanli Ma
  Whither Domestic Courts? The Observation, Evaluation and Reformation of Domestic Courts’ Involvement in International Investment Dispute Settlement
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Prof. Y. Li
   
• Edoardo Martino
  Bank Governance and the Bail-in in the EU: A Law & Finance analysis on the role of bail-inable creditors
  Promotores: Prof. A.M. Pacces & Prof. W.G. Ringe
   
• Eman Muhammad Rashwan
  The Nexus between Transitional Justice and Constitutional Change in Post-Revolution Systems
  Promotores: Prof. S. Voigt & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Evangelia Nissioti
  The Economic Analysis of 52/2008/EC Directive on Mediation: Towards a time and cost-effective redress system
  Promotores: Prof. R. Bork, Prof. L.T. Visscher & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
   
• Cintia Nunes
  Administered Contracts for Petroleum Extraction in Brazil
  Promotores: Prof. K. Heine & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Kuan-Jung Peng
  Law and Economic Analysis of Financial Technology
  Promotores: Prof. S. Oded & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Alberto Quintavalla
  Water: Conceptualisations, Regulatory Approaches and Scrutinising EU Water Law
  Promotores: Prof. K. Heine & Prof. E. Hey
   
• Renny Reyes
  Better Regulation in Latin American Countries: A tool for accountability?
  Promotores: Prof. A.M. Pacces & Dr A. Renda
   
• Joé Rieff
  Increased Fiscal Coordination between European Member States: A necessity to further market integration?
  Promotores: Prof. R. Van den Bergh & Prof. K. Heine
   
• Carlos Riquelme Ruz
  Equalities and inequalities in sovereign debt restructuring. A law and economics perspective
  Promotores: Prof. A. van Aaken & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Alexandre Ruggieri Kosbiau
  Positive Financial Regulation through Behavioural Law and Economics
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Maria Pia Sacco
  The Role of Intermediaries in International Corporate Bribery – Efficient liability standards from a Law and Economics perspective
  Promotores: Prof. P. Vanin, Prof. M.G. Faure & Prof. S. Oded
   
• Shashank Sharma
  Essays on Antitrust Analysis of Multi-sided Platforms
  Promotores: Prof. N.J. Philipsen & Prof. S. Oded
   
• Alessandro Venti
  Payment for Forest Ecosystem Services, Environmental Quality and Climate Change
  Promotores: Prof. A. Tavoni & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Denard Veshi
  Refugee Flow: a law and economics approach
  Promotores: Prof. E. Salzberger & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Liam Wells
  Risk, Cultural Cognition, and the Regulation of Pharmaceuticals: Further explaining differences in regulation across the United States and the European Union using culture theory
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Dr E. Kantorowicz-Reznichenko & Prof. L.A. Franzoni
   
• Federico Wesselhoefft
  Project Finance Contracts Law and Economics
  Promotores: Prof. P.C. Leyens & Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Nan Yu
  Mandatory Dividend Regulations in the Stock Market: A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Prof. G.D. Xu
   
• Antonella Zarra
  The Law and Economics of Artificial Intelligence
  Promotores: Prof. W.G. Ringe and Prof. S. Oded
   
• Karol Zdybel
  An Economic Analysis of Parallel Justice
  Promotores: Prof. S. Voigt and Prof. M.G. Faure
   
• Anran Zhang
  Knocking on Arbitrators’ Doors: Legal standing of controlled entities in investment treaty arbitration
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Prof. Y. Li
   
• Jinyue Zhang
  Externalities Generated by Shadow Banking Activities in the Collective Investment Schemes Market and the Regulatory Response
  Promotores: Prof. M.G. Faure & Prof. G.D. Xu
   
• Yayi Zhang
  Anti-foreign Bribery Law Enforcement: Lessons from the United States for China
  Promotores: Prof. S. Oded & Prof. Y. Li

Sociology, Theory and Methodology

• Maurits Helmich
  On the Role of ‘Politics’ in Adjudication: A Conceptual-Taxonomical Analysis
  Promotores: Prof. W. van der Burg & Dr Lonneke van der Poort
   

• Lester Chen
  The Concept of Toleration and its paradoxes
  Promotores: Prof. W. van der Burg & Dr T.M. de Waal
   

• Merel van de Poel
  Reconceptualizing the public-private law divide. A philosophical approach
  Promotores: Prof. H.S. Taekema & Dr. G. van Oenen
   

• Ruth Mampuys
  Governance of contested technologies; from controversies to decision making
  Promotores: Prof. W. van der Burg & Prof. F. Brom
   

• Ruud van de Meerakker
  Promotores: Prof. S. Taekema & Prof. K. Broekhuizen

Tax Law

• Wang Jie
  Study on Formulary Apportionment
  Promotores: Prof. A. de Graaf & Prof. M. de Wilde
   

• Oleksiy Shmatko
  Risk Assessment for the Transfer Pricing Purposes
  Promotor: Prof. A. de Graaf

Trade, Company & Financial Law

• Roderick Chalmers Hoynck van Papendrecht
  Promotor: Prof. T. Cohen Jehoram
   

• Samuel Garcia Nelen
  Conflicten tussen bestuursbevoegdheden en aandeelhoudersrechten, in het bijzonder bij onderwerpen die raken aan de strategie van de beursvennootschap
  Promotores: Prof. C.A. Schwarz & Prof. B.F. Assink
   

• Peter van Gog
  Promotores: Prof. F. Smeele & dr. W. Verheyen
   

• Stijn Lucas Haanschoten
  De bescherming van de minderheidsaandeelhouder in een joint venture op grond van artikel 2:8 BW
  Promotor: Prof. C.A. Schwarz
   

• Rawa Hassan
  How does law impact risk-based approach in the financial sector? / How Basel impacts the choices that banks are making regarding the market segment based on their internal risk model.
  Promotor: Prof. H. Vletter-van Dort
   

• Philippe Louis Hezer
  De informatiepositie van investeerders in Nederlandse kapitaalvennootschappen
  Promotor: Prof. C.A. Schwarz
   

• Adam Pasaribu
  FinTech en het betalingsverkeer
  Promotores: Prof. H. Vletter-van Dort & Prof. K. Broekhuizen