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The Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP) spin-off company PureIMS has won the LIFE Science Innovation Award

As per 1 September 2023, Dr Rolf Hoving has been appointed Extraordinary Professor of Supervision of Government Criminal Proceedings at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen. The chair was established by the Foundation for the Advancement of Education and Research in Criminal Law.

For the 2024-2025 admissions round, the Faculty has introduced a new LLM to its portfolio of programmes: Health and Technology Law .

The CHANGER research project receives funding from the European Commission. With the help of that funding, current ethical criteria will be evaluated and new insights established to practice ethics by design .

Gijsbert Vonk, professor of social security law at our Faculty and part-time professor of fundamental social rights at Maastricht University, has been awarded a research grant worth more than 500,000 euros by the board of Instituut GAK. The grant was awarded for research into a dignified existence in social security by strengthening the role of fundamental social rights.

On Friday, it was announced that John Morijn, professor of law and politics in international relations at our Faculty, will assume the role of chairman within the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.

The move is over. Starting with the 2023-2024 academic year, the Röling Building at Oude Boteringestraat 18 in Groningen will be the new home of the Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen.

John Morijn, professor of law and politics in international relations at our faculty, has been appointed Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

As of 1 September 2023, Dr Willem Janssen has been appointed Extraordinary Professor of Public Procurement Law at the University of Groningen’s Faculty of Law.

Adriaan J. Wierenga, emergency law specialist, argues in favour of a thorough revision and simplification of the national emergency law before the next crisis arrives. Proper legislation could save lives.

Taku Mutezo from Zimbabwe is the Alumnus of the Year 2023 at the UG. She is an international environmental lawyer with impressive experience on boards and councils. The red thread in her work is her fight for nature and against international animal smuggling. ‘The more inspired and passionate you are, the less something feels like ‘work’.’

The DRC will support the project with €10,4 million, which will fund research until December 2030. Thanks to the funding, two new PhD students can be appointed at the UG to work on HybridLabs.

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