Research
The department’s research is organised in three faculty programmes (human rights, European law and international economic law) which fall into the national research schools of Human Rights and Ius Commune. Several research projects carried out in the context of these programmes are either partly or fully funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the European Union.
Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation
The Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation (IGIR) is an interdisciplinary research institute based at Maastricht University's Faculty of Law. The mission of the institute is to conduct research, to offer courses and seminars and to advise on the role of international regulation in addressing problems and challenges resulting from the process of economic globalisation.
Maastricht Centre for European Law
The Maastricht Centre for European Law is a large research community in EU law and consists of some 30 scholars. The Centre covers a broad range of areas of research in both institutional and substantive EU law, and the relation between EU law and national law.
Maastricht Centre for Human Rights
The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights facilitates and supports research in the field of human rights at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law. Research conducted at the Centre is interdisciplinary, with a focus on public international law, criminal law and social sciences.