Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies
ICGI is the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies. The research area of ICGI is corporate law and governance in a broad sense. ICGI strives to be an excellent institute for academic research as well as an outstanding breeding ground for academics and students in their efforts to further develop their insights into corporate law and governance. ICGI carries out research activities, enables cooperation between researchers from different disciplines and organises conferences. ICGI members also participate in providing high-quality education and disseminating their research findings in this way. Current developments in corporate law and in corporate governance are central to ICGI`s endeavours.
Research
ICGI’s research focuses on the relation between social changes and the corporation. We look beyond the black box of the corporation and research the role of the main corporate actors, including the board, shareholders, supervisors as well as the role of public and private regulation in relation to corporations.
We look at how social changes can influence not only the content of corporate regulations but also the tools that can be used to regulate the corporate environment, the protection of stakeholders and the decision making power within the corporation. In its approach, ICGI is characterised by its comparative and European research and its ambition to enhance interdisciplinary research in this area. The latter is embedded by means of the Elverding chair: a co-chair between the Faculty of Law (Professor Mieke Olaerts) and School of Business and Economics (Professor Rob Bauer) on Sustainable Business, Culture and Corporate Regulation.
ICGI Seminars (2025/2026)
Presentation by Tom Vos (ICGI, Law & Tech Lab), 27 October 2025 (ICGI-IGIR Joint Seminar)
Presentation by Lucia Jeremiašová (ICGI), 1 December 2025 (ICGI-IGIR Joint Seminar)
Presentation by Constantijn van Aartsen (ICGI), 2 February 2026 (ICGI-IGIR Joint Seminar)
For more information about the ICGI seminars, or if you would like to present your own research with ICGI, please contact Mieke Olaerts.
ICGI’s research takes place in the following four research streams:
1. Values
3. Markets
4. Mobility
5. Digitalisation
Events
ICGI news
Roundtable Discussion on Reflection Period
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Seminar on Shareholder Activism and Sustainability
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Roundtable on Reflection Period
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An Interim Evaluation of the Law on the Reflection Period
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Anna Beckers in "The Remains of the Corporation: A Future of Fragmented Corporate Personhood"
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