Globalisation & Law Network Seminar Series 2025 - 2026

The Globalisation & Law Network
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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.

2026

  • Michelle Pace, Professor in Global Studies at the Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University and Honorary Professor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK, 'Un-welcome to Denmark. The paradigm shift and refugee integration' on Monday 19 January 2026, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET.

  • Päivi Leino-Sandberg, Professor of Transnational European Law at the University of Helsinki in Finland, 'The Secret Life of the EU Treaties: NGEU and the Politics of the EU’s ‘Living Constitution' on Monday 26 January 2026, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET. 
    This event is co-organized with MCEL.

 

2025 

  • 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. 


     

  • Damian Chalmers, National University of Singapore, 'EU Legal Shadows and the Move to Governing without Law' on Tue 4 November 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET 


    This event is co-organized with MCEL and M-EPLI


     

  • Áine Ryall, Chair of Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and Co-Director of the Centre for Law & the Environment at University College Cork, 'The Aarhus Convention & its Compliance Mechanism: Reflections on implementation of international environmental law' on Monday 24 November 2025, 11.00 - 12.30h. CET
    This event is co-organized with IGIR.
     

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