Netherlands Academy for Empirical Legal Studies
The Netherlands Academy for Empirical Legal Studies serves as a platform that brings together (aspiring) empirical legal scholars from all universities in the Netherlands. Embodying a national collaboration in the field of empirical legal studies in the context of the sector plan for the legal discipline, the ELS Academy is focused on educating and supporting researchers who are interested in empirically exploring questions that are legally relevant.
The goal of the ELS Academy is twofold. On the one hand, the focus is on bringing together empirical legal scholars and building an ELS community in the Netherlands. On the other hand, the ELS Academy pools resources in the field of empirical legal studies and makes them easily accessible at the service of individual scholars and research groups at the various law schools in the Netherlands.
Latest News from the Academy
Call for abstracts: Conference on Law, AI, and Regulation (LAIR)
Our colleagues of the Erasmus School of Law and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Digital Governance are organising an international academic conference with a preference for interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to regulation of AI. It will be held on 8 and 9 June 2023 in Rotterdam. The deadline for abstract submission is 12 February 2023. Read [...]
Vacancy: Post-doc/Assistant Professor Empirical Legal Studies – Erasmus School of Law
The Erasmus School of Law is searching for a quantitative empirical legal studies scholar for an attractive post-doc position at Erasmus School of Law (The Netherlands)! There is reasonable freedom in the choice of the research topic (as long as it fits the broader profile of our faculty) and plenty of research time! In addition, based on performance in the [...]
Vacancy: student assistant ELS Academy (8 hours/week)
We are looking for an enthusiastic student assistant to support the ELS Academy. The Netherlands Academy for Empirical Legal Studies serves as a platform that brings together (aspiring) empirical legal scholars from all universities in the Netherlands. Embodying a national collaboration in the field of empirical legal studies in the context of the Law [...]
Pictures of the 2022 International ELS Conference
We have published the pictures of the 2022 International ELS Conference here.
Abstract submission deadline of the 2022 ELS Conference extended
The abstract submission deadline of the 2022 International Empirical Legal Studies Conference in Amsterdam has been extended! It is now possible to submit your individual paper abstract, poster abstract or your abstract for a pre-arranged panel until 1 May 2022. Click Call for Papers for more detailed information.
ERI Seminar: Europe’s Nature Governance Revolution: Environmental Democracy in Action?
By Edwin Alblas (Wageningen University). Date: April 20th from 15:00 to 17:00 at the Newtonlaan 201, in room 24 on the 4th floor, Utrecht. The EU has some of the world’s most ambitious and highly-developed environmental laws on its books, but their effectiveness is severely compromised by non-compliance and poor implementation. The 'Effective Nature Laws' [...]