The Transformative Effects of Globalisation in Law (TEGL) research project is a collaboration between the law faculties of Maastricht University, Open Universiteit NL, Tilburg University and the University of Amsterdam.
The project is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education as part of the multi-year Sectorplan Social Sciences research initative.
Recent news and events
Making sense of the Indian farmer protests
Lys Kulamandayil’s post featured in Völkerrechtsblog Many of us have followed at a distance the somewhat dystopic news from India – including the arrest of
Global disputes, local courts?
Conference report “The Netherlands: a forum conveniens for collective redress?”, 5 February 2021 By: Tim Draband, research intern at the Maastricht European Private Law Institute
Towards EU carbon farming legislation: what is the role of the ETS?
Jonathan Verschuuren, Professor of International and European Environmental Law at Tilburg Law School This is the first in a series of blogposts on a new
Webinar: EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts—The Case of the Habitats Directive
On 11 – 15 January 2021, a series of webinars devoted to the upcoming volume “EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts—the Case
Meat the law series: kick-off event with prof Randall S. Abate
The lecture will take place via zoom on 18 January 2021, 15:30-17 h. All information registration available here. Meat the law is a seminar series
Africa’s lawyers: between imperial legacies and transformations in global capitalism
VSR Keynote Lecture 2021 – Hosted by Tilburg Law School 13:30-15:00 h, Friday 15 January Keynote Speaker: Dr Sara Dezalay (Cardiff) Politico-ideological projections on the
Additional information
Research
Research Research in the Globalisation theme centres on three main issues: globalisation-induced transformation of legitimacy, the displacement of the promotion of public interests to private
Conference funding
Conference funding For the first three years, the Sectorplan cluster makes available a total of 24,000 euros in conference contribution funds. Proposals for making use
People
People Our team of researchers, from the Law faculties of Maastricht University, Open Universiteit, Tilburg University and Universiteit van Amsterdam.