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The Netherlands faces the challenge of building 100,000 homes annually, while the availability of drinking water is under pressure. The Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen is participating in a large-scale innovation project that is expected to accelerate new construction projects by approximately 6 to 18 months.
How can the law help combat femicide? These and other questions will be at the heart of International Women’s Week at the Faculty of Law, from 6 to 12 March 2026. Come along, join the discussion, and be inspired!
On January 26, 2026, nine European countries—from the Netherlands to Norway—signed a declaration to strengthen collaboration on offshore wind energy. Their goal? 300 gigawatts of capacity, a project that could reshape energy prices for millions of European citizens.
Valérie van 't Lam has been professor of Environmental Law at the University of Groningen since 1 August 2025. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 13 February. 'Environmental law is about everything you see outside, and that intrigues me.'
Het ronselen van jongeren voor criminele karweitjes via sociale media is een landelijk probleem. Hoe staat het ervoor in het Noorden? De Publieksacademie voor de Rechtspraak staat op 19 februari 2026 in het teken van jeugdcriminaliteit.
To show that Byzantine law is not a curiosity but a vibrant and highly relevant field of research, Daphne Penna wrote an accessible introduction entitled Byzantine Law: The Law of the Eastern Roman Empire.
As a 12-year-old, assistant professor Ester Post spent months hunched over the newspapers in the library of her hometown, Urk. It was the autumn of 1987, and the media were completely fixated on the kidnapping and — as became apparent much later — the murder of Ahold CEO Gerrit Jan Heijn. The young Post followed every twist and turn. ‘I was fascinated by the perpetrator — and by the attitude of Gerrit Jan Heijn’s wife during the case. When it was all over, her story was beautifully narrated in a book entitled ‘De Verzoening’ (Reconciliation).’
Why are unhealthy products often cheaper, widely available and highly visible in the Netherlands, while healthy food is often more expensive or less attractively presented? The new PREMIER-CVD consortium is investigating why policies to change this keep getting stuck and how we can break through the barriers.
In the latest episode of the Recht op Nieuws podcast, presenter Jan Brouwer analyses the state of international law with specialists André de Hoogh and Antenor Hallo de Wolf. The central question: is the world still governed by law or by power?
Op woensdag 14 januari 2026 wordt - vanaf 10.00 uur - bij de Ondernemingskamer van het gerechtshof Amsterdam het enquêteverzoek behandeld. De zitting is livestream te volgen. Loes Lennarts heeft tijdens de zitting via Whatsapp contact met verslaggever Aïda Brands van de NOS. Zij is in de zittingszaal aanwezig.
From 1 December 2025 to 1 December 2026, the Groningen Centre for Health Law, the STeP Group and the TLS department welcomed two visiting professors with expertise in global health law: Tsung-Ling Lee (Taipei Medical University) and Benjamin Mason Meier (University of North Carolina).
Sietske Dijkstra will be appointed professor by special appointment of Judiciary and the Rule of Law at the Faculty of Law on 1 February 2026. The chair has been established by the District Court of Northern Netherlands.
Mr. Juliette van der Jagt has been appointed as professor by special appointment of Local Government Law (Oppenheim Chair) at the Faculty of Law, effective January 1, 2026.