Maastricht Graduate School of Law
The Graduate School of Law offers a stimulating and internationally oriented environment for legal research. It is dedicated to training excellent PhD researchers and honours students from all over the world, extending, deepening and actively applying their knowledge on their journey to becoming highly qualified researchers.
Fast facts
- Offers a stimulating and internationally oriented environment for legal and interdisciplinary research
- Provides expert supervision in various areas of law
- Offers a Master’s Honours Research Track and flexible PhD research programmes
Research & training
Research
We aim at supervising research carried out in the areas of law in which our institutes and inter-university research schools are specialized:
- Global justice
- Institutional transformations
- Globalising markets
- Cross-border cooperation and mobility
- Law and Technology
The main focus is the role of law in an ever-globalising society and the institutional and substantive legal developments in Europeanisation and globalisation. Research is rooted in the research groups and institutes and in the domains of the inter-university Ius Commune Research School (the common law of Europe).
Training
The Maastricht Graduate School of Law offers sound and tailor-made training to PhD researchers and Master’s Honours students. Both training programmes focus on research methodology, research integrity, skills training and career development.
In addition, PhD researchers may teach Bachelor’s and Master’s courses at Maastricht University in their field of expertise.
LAW PhD Defences
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17 Sep10:00
PhD Defence Francesco Maletto
"Enhancing marine protection: The role of Prevention in addressing pollution from land-based sources starting from the European regional experience"
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19 Sep16:00
PhD Defence Ian Jens Dieter Hillebrand Pohl
"Arbitration of Disputes Related to National Security Screening of Foreign Investments"
News
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PhD thesis written by Francesco Maletto
This research examined whether the legal framework currently governing this kind of marine pollution is adequate and effective in addressing the issue. -
PhD thesis witten by Jens Hillebrand Pohl
This dissertation explores how international arbitration addresses disputes that arise when states invoke national security to justify restrictive measures against foreign investors.
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PhD thesis written by Emma van Doornik
The research is based on the hypothesis that there are various situations in the application of the tariff classification rules, in which uniformity is given unjustifiably greater importance than legal certainty.
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PhD thesis written by Guleid Jama
This research studies children’s rights in Somaliland, an unrecognized State in the Horn of Africa. -
PhD thesis written by Valentina Golunova
This thesis has examined how the use of algorithms for the detection of illegal or harmful content on online platforms affects freedom of expression of EU citizens. Algorithmic content moderation is often hailed as an innovative solution to the problem of...
