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

Kars de Graaf is professor of Public Law and Sustainability at the Department of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law & Public Administration. Since October 2020 he has been the chair of this department.

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. On 2 December 2022 he held his inaugural lecture as a professor of Public Law and Sustainability.

At the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning & Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations he has been appointed as the first Government Commissioner for the Environment and Planning Act.

Kars de Graaf is the chair of the VMR, the Dutch Association of Environmental Law, member of the editorial board for a (Dutch) Journal for Environmental Law (TO) and a (Dutch) journal of administrative law (JBplus). He is also an honorary judge in the District Court for the North of the Netherlands (not for environmental cases).

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.