prof. mr. dr. K.J. (Kars) de Graaf

Kars de Graaf is the chair of the Department of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law & Public Administration since October 2020. He is professor of Public Law and Sustainability.

Kars started at that same department in 1999 as a PhD candidate, defended his PhD on 2 December 2004 on a comparative law study into the possibilities and consequences of settlements in administrative law proceedings. Since September 2019, he is professor of Public Law and Sustainability.

Kars de Graaf is the chair of the VMR, the Dutch Association of Environmental Law, member of the editorial bord for the Review of European Administrative Law (REALaw) and for the (Dutch) Journal for Environmental Law (TO). He provides case law analysis for the Dutch journal Environment and Law (Milieu en Recht, M en R). He is also an honorary judge in the District Court for the North of the Netherlands.

Kars provides courses for professionals at the Grotius Academy (General administrative law) and for the independent joint training institute of the Dutch judicial system (General administrative law and the liability of public authorities) and regularly provides training, talks and courses for professionals.