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. HouwelingIlse 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 - 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