Globalisation & Law Network Seminar Series 2024 - 2025
The Globalisation & Law Network is composed of a group of researchers of Maastricht University, coming from different backgrounds, who study the role that law plays in a globalizing society from a holistic perspective. Invited experts will give a presentation on a specific topic followed by a Q&A session open to all participants.
2025
- Pola Cebulak, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 'Strategic litigation in EU law: Who does it empower?', on Wed. 15 January 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Joyce De Coninck, Ghent University, New York University, ‘The EU's Human Rights Responsibility Gap. Deconstructing Human Rights Impunity of International Organisations’, on Thu. 6 February 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Maja Sahadžić, Utrecht University, ‘Technology and antidemocratic practices, between centrality and peripherality', on Thu. 20 February 2025, 14.00 - 15.30h. CET
- Pablo del Hierro, Maastricht University, and Lucas Lixinski, UNSW Sydney, 'Making the World Safe from Politics? Multilateral International Extradition Law in the 20th Century', on Thu. 27 February 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Barend van Leeuwen, Durham University, ‘Repositioning Free Movement of Services: A Substantive Perspective on the Structure and Dynamics of the Internal Market’, on Thu. 20 March 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Filipe Brito Bastos, NOVA University Lisbon, ‘Judging Composite Decision-Making: The Transformation of European Administrative Law’, on Thu. 3 April 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Gamze Erdem Türkelli, University of Antwerp, 'Governing public goods through multistakeholder partnerships: human rights accountability and beyond', on Thu. 17 April 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Christine Frison, University of Liege, ‘Decolonizing international biodiversity law: digital sequence information as a revealer of access and benefit sharing inequities', on Thu. 15 May 2025, 14.00 - 15.30h. CET
- Rodrigo Vallejo Garretón, University of Amsterdam, ‘Twin-Law: An Experimentalist Law for the European Green and Digital Transitions', on Thu. 5 June 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET (rescheduled from 2PM to 11AM)
- Dalia Palombo, Tilburg University, 'Imperialism, Business and Human Rights', on Thu. 19 June 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
Giuseppe Martinico, Sant'Anna, Pisa, 'Populism, the principle of primacy and the values of the EU', on Thu. 23 October 2025, 14.00 - 16.00h. CET
This event is co-organized with MCLJ.
The discussant is Massimo Fichera, Maastricht Centre for Law and Jurisprudence.
2024
The opening event, PhD and young scholars forum, will take place on Wed. 18 September 2024, 15.30 - 18.30h. CET
The Opening Event brings together the network members as well as other interested faculty members who study the role of law in a globalizing society. During this event, we hear the presentations of compelling PhD projects and welcome new members who will present their research plans. During the informal part of the opening event, we toast to the new academic year!
- Rachel Griffin, Sciences Po Paris, ‘EU Platform Regulation in the Age of Neo-Illiberalism’, on Thu. 3 October 2024, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Vladimir Bogoeski, Univserity of Amsterdam, on Tue. 15 October 2024 is cancelled.
This event was co-organized with MCEL
- Gesa Kübek, Groningen University, ‘EU Trade and Investment Treaty-Making Post-Lisbon - Moving Beyond Mixity', on Thu. 31 October 2024, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
This event is co-organized with IGIR
- Andrea Leiter, University of Amsterdam, ‘(Re)coding Value(s) in the Digital Economy: Decentralised Autonomous Organisations as Pathways toward Sustainable Societies?’, on Wed. 13 November 2024, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
- Eduardo Arenas Catalán, Open University, ‘The Solidaristic Conceptualisation of Social Rights', on Tue. 26 November 2024, 14.00 - 15.30h. CET
- Aleydis Nissen, Leiden Law School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université libre de Bruxelles, ‘Global Value Chain Regulation in the Era of Geopolitics’, on Wed. 11 December 2024, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
This event is co-organized with M-EPLI
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