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First PhD defences of the “Public-Private Challenge”

We’re pleased to announce that in November and December 2024, Kostina Prifti (ESL), Ida Varosanec (RUG), and Benedikt Schmitz (RUG) will be the first “Public-Private Challenge” PhDs to defend their dissertations. Below, you’ll find a link to the official announcement page, including an abstract of their manuscripts. Kostina Prifti Abstract This study is concerned with …

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Call for Abstracts – AI-Imaginations: The Future of AI and Public Safety

Date: 19-20 June, 2025 Location: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Submission deadline abstract: 15 February, 2025 AI and algorithms have profoundly reshaped the field of public safety. From the spread of deepfakes and disinformation to issues of algorithmic profiling and the increasing dependence on Big Tech: AI challenges social conditions underpinning democratic values, including privacy, non-discrimination, and …

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Call for Papers Conference ‘Law in the Age of Transitions: Public Interests and Private Powers’

Next April 3-4, the 2025 conference of the “Public-Private Challenge”, a joint research initiative of Erasmus School of Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen, will take place in the beautiful city of Groningen. The theme of the conference will be “‘Law in the Age of Transitions: Public Interests and Private …

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Presentation of the European Model Clauses during the Annual BHR Conference

From 12 to 13 September 2024, the Annual Conference of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association and of the Teaching Business and Human Rights forum took place at Wageningen University. During this conference, prof.dr. Martijn Scheltema (EUR), together with dr. Claire Bright and dr. Daniel Schönfelder, presented the European Model Clauses (EMCs) for …

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Call for papers: justice in international investment law in post-ISDS world: is the world without investment arbitration, a world with(out) justice?

Is the world without investment arbitration, a world with(out) justice? Investor-State Dispute Settlement has been undergoing profound criticism for the past fifteen years. This has, in turn, generated a wave of initiatives and proposals for reform, either institutionally mandated (e.g., the work of the UNCITRAL Working Group III) or commenced by scholars and civil society …

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“Mixity in Private and/or Public Law” Conference in Malta, 14-16 June 2023

On 14-16 June 2023, the 5th World Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists (WSMJJ) will take place in Malta. The topic is “Mixity in Private Law and/or Public Law“. This congress will be hosted by the University of Malta – Faculty of Laws through its Departments of Civil Law and European Law. Prof.dr. Aurelia …

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Workshop ‘Populism, Non-State Actors and Legal Mobilization in Europe’

Date: 22nd of March 2023  Location: European University Institute, Florence  Organizers: Karolina Kocemba (European University Institute), Michał Stambulski (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Since the populist rise (especially in Central and Eastern European countries), scholars focusing on human rights and EU law have used the terms such as ‘rule of law crisis’, ‘human rights backlash’ or ‘democratic …

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Gendered Dynamics of Environmental Crime

On Wednesday 21 September 2022, the seminar “Environmental Crime & Gender” took place in Malaga, Spain. This one-day event explored the varied intersections of environmental crime and gender with the aim of sharing knowledge with the criminological community and inspiring new research and collaborations. Since 2012, green criminologists from around the world have been organising …

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Call for Papers: ‘SUMMER ACADEMY Law and Political Economy in Europe’

The Law and Political Economy (LPE) in Europe Network invites applications for its first Summer Academy, which will be held at Erasmus University Rotterdam, between the 27th and the 29th of June 2023. LPE in Europe is a movement of legal scholarship and praxis that seeks to show how law contributes to the social, economic, …

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