Research

Research interests/ expertise staff

Most staff members are fellow of the Institute for Governance Studies (IGS) and of the Netherlands Institute of Government. Within IGS these members are mainly involved in three IGS-research programs: Institutional Change, Management of Innovation and Governance in a Complex Society (including Multilevel Governance in Europe). In addition a number of staff members are associated with the research school Ius Commune.

Research interest by staff member

Economics

B

Budgetary and institutional development of the EU

C

Collective action problems

Corporate governance

Creative cities and old industry regions

Cultural economics

D

Differences in economic development of regions

E

Economics

(European) Economic Integration

Economics of Information

Economic Growth

Economics of the public sector

Economic Theory of Conflicts

European Economic Governance:

EU coordination of domestic fiscal policies

Economics of protective systems

Environmental and regional economics

EU Patent Policy

F

Focus on Europe: city and regional marketing

G

Government and markets

I

Innovation

Institutional economics

Intellectual Property Rights

International and comparative political economy,
1. Monetary unions / macroeconomic policy
2. Company and financial market / accounting regulation
3. Economic competitiveness strategies and protectionism
4. European integration

International economics and Mathematical economics

L

Law and economics

Lisbon agenda

M

Macroeconomics and (international) environmental economics

Material Transfer Agreements

Multilevel governance of EU Regional Policy

N

National accounting
P

Patents

Project appraisal

R

Regional clustering and innovation

Regional Economics

Regulation and deregulation

Research and Development

S

Selected topics in the history of economic thought

Sports economics

Law

B

Balance between Public Law and Private Law regulation
C

Competition law, e-commerce

Compliance, coaching & consultancy

Constitutional analysis of EU law

Constitutional and Administrative law

Constitutional and Public Law

Corporate Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility
Criminal law and Constitutional law

D

Distribution of competences between the Community and the Member States

E

Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Self-regulation

European criminal law

European foreign, security and defence policy
European Product Law: Product Liability & Safety, CE-mark (food-nonfood)
I

Institutional Legal Theory

International Environmental law,

International Human Rights regime

International organizations, peace and security

Interorganisational Networks

IT & Law

J

Judicial cooperation criminal matters

L

Law & Governance

Legal certainty of product quality and safety regulation of medical products
M

Medical technology

Multilevel governance

Multi-level regulation

N

Nanotechnology and medical technology regulation

National antitrust laws

O

Outsourcing

P

Privacy protection

Public and Administrative law

Public law

Public Management and Governance

Public-Private partnerships

R

Regulation in Environmental Law

Regulation of emerging technologies

Regulation of Innovation in European Competition Law
S

Semi-public institutions

Smart Infrastructures