Still in the mood for PhD-versary! Thank you very much, @universityofgroningen for celebrating it with me! Hope I can visit Groningen again (very) soon! ❤️❤️❤️

Very pleased to announce that I was re-appointed professor of law and politics in international relations at Groningen Law Rechtsgeleerdheid RUG for the period of September 2024-2029. The chair is endowed by NGIZ NGIZ Noord - the Dutch Association for International Relations 1/2

Could Hungary's Schengen membership be suspended over its national card scheme for Russian nationals? And how could this be done? See my legal analysis for @VerfBlog! verfassungsblog.de/could-hungary-… Manfred Weber Groningen_EULaw Groningen Law SchengenVisaInfo

The Faculty of Law currently has an opening for two PhD positions on legal aspects of the development of HVDC – Doctoral Network "Inter-oPEn". Application deadline is August 28th: rug.nl/about-ug/work-…

Coming soon… A great cooperation between the #JeanMonnet Center of Excellence at UFMG Brazil and Groningen_EULaw

Can countries be held responsible for cyberattacks by hacker groups? This question is being investigated by Asst. Prof. Evgeni Moyakine, who believes that the standards set by international law regarding the burden of proof are too stringent: rug.nl/about-ug/lates…

My edited chapter on 'The Sound and Taste of Atrocities: From Cambodia to Bosnia' is now out in this novel book just off the press! #ICC #ICL #genocide

On September 12th, Faculty of Law PhD candidate Nischa Vreeling will defend her dissertation "Asymmetric choice of court under Brussels Ibis": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

On September 12th, Faculty of Law PhD candidate Saide Esra Akdogan will defend her dissertation "Decrypting sustainability in EU free trade agreements: substantive content and the enforceability of the Trade and Sustainable Development chapters": rug.nl/rechten/news/a…

Join us at the WINNER conference on September 25, 2024. 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 ⏰ Time: 14:00-15:15 WIB | 09:00-10:15 CEST 🔗 Registration 📍On-site at RUG: bit.ly/winner2024RUG 💻 Online: bit.ly/winner2024Reg

Thank you to Carel Stolker for an inspiring and thought provoking guest lecture today, to celebrate the Opening of the Academic year for the Faculty!

On September 19th & 20th, the transnational training event "The (legal) limits of algorithmic governance: Artificial Intelligence and Public Administration" will take place in the Röling Building. The event is part of the JuLIA Project: julia-project.eu/events/artific…

On September 27th, the European Researchers' Night will take place in the Groningen Forum. The event is organised annually all over Europe and Groningen is the host this year in the Netherlands. Several researchers from the Faculty will be presenting: forum.nl/en/whats-on/eu…

Want to understand more about how health data is protected? We welcome you to join our online course "Protecting Health Data in the Modern Age: Getting to Grips with the GDPR", via FutureLearn. The course is accessible for free until September 24th: futurelearn.com/courses/protec…

On September 18th, the Illicit Trade Research Group has organised the lecture "The EU's fight against the illicit trade in counterfeit products", which will be presented at House of Connections in Groningen: rug.nl/rudolf-agricol…

Did you know our online course "Understanding the GDPR" has been ranked as one of the best online courses of all time by online course aggregator class central? The course is still accessible for free on FutureLearn until October 11th: futurelearn.com/courses/genera…

If you cause an accident as a car driver, you're responsible 🫵 But who is responsible if a self-driving car causes an accident? Nynke Vellinga (Groningen Law) wants to find out: 'Traffic law becomes obsolete in the case of self-driving cars.' 🚗 rug.nl/about-ug/lates…

End of an era! On the 12th of September, I defended my dissertation successfully in front of a stellar committee and was awarded the title Doctor by the University of Groningen! 🎓 More photos to follow!

Interested in our LLM in Energy and Climate Law and would like to sample some of the course topics in this programme? If so, we welcome you to join our (free) online web class for the LLM! The web class starts in November but registration is already open: t.ly/mE7si