MCEL Collaboration

MCEL cooperates with the Department of European Public Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb. Research at the Department studies EU constitutional and procedural law, EU internal market law, EU migration and asylum law, EU environmental law, EU risk regulation and fundamental rights in the EU The chair of the Department, Prof. Iris Goldner Lang, coordinates the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Reinforcing the Rule of Law and EU Values (EURoL)” (2025-2028), together with Assistant Professor Nika Bačić Selanec and Associate Professor Melita Carević, while academic staff members are Prof. Snježana Vasiljević, Dr. Davor Petrić, Dr. Antonija Ivančan, Luka Petrović and Ana Altabas. Our collaboration consists of research visits, joint supervision of student master's theses in the framework of the European Master in Comparative International and European Law (CIEL), EU projects, conferences and guest lectures.

MCEL closely collaborates with Studio Europa Maastricht. MCEL director Ellen Vos is member of the Academic Board of Studio Europa. Studio Europa Maastricht is a centre of expertise for citizen dialogue and debate and research on Europe and European integration. It was in 2018 and supported by Maastricht University, the Province of Limburg and the City of Maastricht. Today it forms part of Maastricht University. Our collaboration consists of the organisation of joint conferences, seminars and public debates and the writing of policy papers.

Since December 2014, the Maastricht Centre for European Law is part of an interfaculty collaboration: the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM). CERiM is an interdisciplinary research venue creating synergies and stimulating joint projects and events in the fields of European law, governance, and their respective history. It brings together researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) and the Faculty of Law (FL) of Maastricht University.

ECPC offers a platform for research focused on legal issues related to personal data protection and cybersecurity. ECPC has a strong European and international outlook, and conducts education and training closely intertwined with the Centre’s research. ECPC is composed of an interdisciplinary group of researchers active in areas of fundamental rights, data privacy, transparency and confidentiality, IT, data security. A number of MCEL members participate in the activities of ECPC.