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Assistant Professor of Technology Law María Lorena Flórez Rojas has recently launched the second phase of the interactive game "You Are Hired". She did so together with PhD students Sophia Salziger and Anna Helena Marquez Daly. The game provides students with a hand-on legal and tech learning experience.

André de Hoogh, associate professor of International Law at our faculty, was reappointed by the Council of Ministers in December as a member of the Advisory Committee on International Law Issues (CAVV). His reappointment is effective as of 1 January 2025.

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The UG celebrates International Women’s Day with a special photo series: Women in Science.

Adriaan Wierenga , LL.M., emergency law specialist and researcher at our Faculty, has been appointed member of the supervisory committee for the WODC study “Final evaluation of Squatting Ban Enforcement Act”.

University Lecturer in Technology Law María Lorenza Flórez Rojas and Senior Researcher in Technology and Law Nynke Vellinga recently launched the first phase of the interactive game “You Are Hired.” The game offers an experiential learning experience where students face real legal and technological challenges.

Evgeni Moyakine, Fadi Mohsen and Antonis Vakis leading the 'WindCyber' project organized a stimulating workshop on cybersecurity and digital twins of offshore wind farms. They look back on the successful afternoon.

Michel Vols, professor of public order law at our faculty, has been appointed scientific member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW). There he will contribute to science promotion with the other society and scientific members for an indefinite period.

Evgeni Moyakine, Associate Professor of IT Law at our faculty, attended a roundtable discussion of the House of Representatives in December 2024. He contributed to the debate on tackling hybrid threats in the Netherlands and the EU.

In the supermarket, there is a carton of ‘blackcurrant juice’. At least, that is what it is called and what the picture on the packaging suggests. The list of ingredients, however, states that the contents are mainly made of apples and grapes. Is this allowed without question? Are customers not being misled in this way? Lawyer Carien de Jager is engaged with these kinds of questions.

Over the next few months, a series of workshops on Labour law will take place in the Röling Building. What does that series entail and what is the overarching theme? We talked about it with Michele Molè, PhD researcher in Labour law at our Faculty.

Rianne Herregodts, associate professor in the Department of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Public Administration (SBB) of our faculty, will conduct research together with research firm Pro Facto on behalf of the Dutch Bar Association (NOvA). The research focuses on the field of supervision, disciplinary and complaint law.

Prof. Björn Hoops and Dr Esther Metting are joining The Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie, DJA) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koningklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, KNAW). Every year, the DJA selects 10 talented academics who have demonstrated academic excellence and obtained their PhDs less than ten years ago.

María Lorena Flórez Rojas, assistant professor of Technology Law at our faculty, has been invited to participate in the UNESCO Network of Experts on the Rule of Law and Artificial Intelligence. She has also been appointed as an editor for the open-access journal Data & Policy.

Ester Post, assistant professor of Criminal Law at our faculty, participated in a research project commissioned by the Scientific Research and Data Center (WODC). Together with Pro Facto and Hooghiemstra & Partners, Post conducted research into the monitoring of digital data carriers of persons convicted of online child sexual abuse.

Dr Berend Roorda and Noor Swart (LL.M.) (University of Groningen) will conduct research into demonstration law on behalf of the Scientific Research and Data Center (WODC) of the Ministry of Justice and Security. They are part of a larger research team consisting of Prof. Heinrich Winter, Joachim Bekkering (LL.M.), Marieke Diekema (LL.M.) and Erwin Krol (LL.M.) (Pro Facto), Dr Joeri Bemelmans and Dr Alice Dejean de la Bâtie, (Tilburg University) and Dr Klaas Rozemond (University of Amsterdam).

The Groningen Centre for Health Law (GCHL) has received two YAG grants for interdisciplinary research and teaching. Those grants will be used to establish collaborations between the UG, the UMCG, the FSE and Campus Fryslân.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen has recently added several new web pages to the research section of its website. Interested parties can visit those pages for information on scholarships and subsidies that were awarded to staff members of the faculty.

Dr. Marlies Hesselman and David Patterson, LL.M., have published for the second time in The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious academic journals. Their article is titled “Ensuring Health at the Heart of Climate Change Advisory Opinion”.

Mathieu Paapst, assistant professor of IT Law at our Faculty, has been appointed member of the supervisory committee for the WODC study “Data collection and sharing related to online gaming research”.

Evgeni Moyakine (associate professor of IT law) and Nynke Vellinga (senior researcher of technology law), both part of the Transboundary Legal Studies Department of our faculty, have been appointed JTS Scholars by the Jantina Tammes School. They will be actively involved in achieving the School's mission from 1 January 2025.

Willemijn Krugers Dagneaux (lecturer of health law at the UMCG) and Brigit Toebes (professor of health law in a global context at our faculty) have been awarded two interdisciplinary YAG grants. With the help of these grants, they will continue to expand research and teaching in the field of health law.

Kirsten Henckel, assistant professor of International Private Law at the Faculty of Law, has recently received a grant from the NWO SGW Open Competition XS program. She received the grant for her research on determining the applicable law regarding ownership of digital assets (and other property law aspects).

Carien de Jager, assistant professor at the Department of Private Law and Notarial Law at the Faculty of Law, recently received a grant from the NWO SGW Open Competition XS program. De Jager received the grant for her research on misleading food packaging. Her research project is titled “Thinking inside the box: Towards consumers making informed and healthy food choices”.