Research projects
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EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
Several researchers at the Centre for Migration Law are monitoring the implementation and enforcement of the package of regulations that will come into force on 12 June 2026.
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Occupational Safety and Health for Migrant Workers in NL
Nathalie Koopmans is working on a dissertation with the working title: 'Occupational Safety and Health for low-waged migrant workers in the Netherlands. A study into the legal responsibilities of private, public and collective actors'.
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Labour migration: Opportunities and challenges in addressing labour market shortages
The study examines the opportunities and challenges experienced by stakeholders in labour migration as one of the potential solutions to the labour shortages in the Dutch healthcare and engineering sectors.
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Prospects of Ukrainian displaced persons in the Netherlands
The research will provide insight into the considerations of displaced persons from Ukraine residing in the Netherlands in their decision whether or not to return to Ukraine and the wishes and needs that result from this.
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'A failed kopie after the Englisch model?’
This project examines the role the British constitution played in the history of Dutch political constitutional law between 1812 and 1983.
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Workload in judiciary
This study identifies the ways in which criminal and immigration judges deal with high workloads and assesses those strategies against the professional standards for judges.
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PhD research Manon Hermans: The administrative body concept as a systemic concept in General Administrative Law
M. Hermans' research concerns the government concept in administrative law. The question is how ‘government’ in this area of law should be given legal form. The focus here is on the ‘administrative body’ from the General Administrative Law Act.
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The place and function of party autonomy in the determination of facts by the administrative law judge
This study maps the actual and desirable degree of party autonomy based on an internal law comparison with civil procedural law, empirical research, and principles of justice.
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Anonymous witness evidence in tax procedural law
In this PhD research project, Fleur Kossen - supervised by Diana van Houten and Henny Sackers - investigates the use of anonymous witness evidence in tax procedural law.
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PhD research S. Arntz: The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: towards a new Dutch constitutional law?
This study describes the extent to which the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is protected in the Netherlands and examines what the Netherlands can learn from the considerations and choices made by other countries.
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The impact of digital access to justice on vulnerable litigants
How did the judiciary draw lessons from the corona pandemic, in which online hearings threatened fundamental rights of vulnerable litigants? Bottlenecks and solutions are explored to improve digital access and the position of these groups.
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The Migration-Class Nexus
By analyzing the interaction of social class and laws and policies both pre-and post-mobility, the present project will make it possible to paint a complete picture of this interaction.
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Sustainability & Public Law - Eight PhD research projects focusing on different aspects of sustainability and public law
Eight SteR PhD candidates research diverse aspects of sustainability and public law, covering environmental, constitutional, EU, administrative, migration, and international criminal law.
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Global Strategy for Skills, Migration, and Development (GS4S)
GS4S seeks to better understand global skills shortages in selected sectors and strengthens evidence-based policies through new evidence on various overlooked global mobility schemes.
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Radboud Economic Law Blog
Radboud Economic Law Blog provides an overview of the legislative, policy and case-law developments in the multilayered and dynamic economic law field.
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Offences dependent on administrative norms
This PhD research project focuses on the interaction between criminal law and administrative law and seeks possible solutions to fundamental and dogmatic problems.
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Nijmegen Principles and Guidelines on Interim Measures for the Protection of Human Rights
The Nijmegen Principles and Guidelines on Interim Measures for the Protection of Human Rights have been drafted by a cross-regional group of scholars and (legal) practitioners from different countries.
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Zoeken naar landeninformatie (Searching for country information)
I approach the topic of `searching for country information` from two different perspectives: a legal perspective and an information perspective. The legal perspective refers to the procedural obligation to properly process asylum requests.
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Risk management of legal private firearms possession in the Netherlands in historical perspective
This research is being conducted as part of an outdoor promotion programme. The research focuses on how - over the centuries - legislators have dealt with the interests and risks of legally armed citizens.
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Militant Constitutionalism
In this PhD research project, PhD candidate Chiel Kuypers is investigating the normative theorisation of the concept of the resilient constitutional state (militant constitutionalism).