Support programmes
With our financial resources we support individual researchers and research teams with personal fellowships and project funding.
All about support programmes
G&M1 - PhD fellowship fundamental research
Sciences of Law and Criminology
Scope
The scope of this expert panel includes research on law and criminology. In particular the following topics are covered (not exhaustive):
LAW
Private law
- Tort law
- Property law
- Contract law
- Law of persons and family law
- Youth law
- Law of obligations
- Estate planning law
Public law
- Administrative law and administrative procedure
- Migration law
- Planning, environmental and energy law
- Constitutional law
- Education law
- Public health law
- Media & telecommunications law
- Law and technology
- Civil procedure
Criminal law
- Criminal law
- Criminal procedure
Social law
- Labour law
- Social security law
- Social welfare law
- Health law / medical law
Economic law
- Economic law
- Financial law
- Enterprise law
- Company law
- Consumer law
- Competition law
- Intellectual property law
- Tax law
Fundamental rights and freedoms – judicial protection
- Fundamental rights and freedoms
- Human rights
- Data protection & privacy
- Alternative dispute resolution
International and European law
- European Union law
- Public international law
- International organizations
- Private international law
- International trade law
Meta law
- Legal philosophy
- Legal history
- Psychology and law
- Sociology of law
- Legal theory
- Ethics and law
Methodology of legal research
- Doctrinal methodology
- Comparative law
- Empirical legal studies
- Law and economics
- Legal sociology and socio-legal studies
CRIMINOLOGY
Criminological theories, crime phenomena and processes of criminalization
- Criminological theory
- Etiological research (study of causes of crime)
- Perpetrators and victims
- Analyses of crime phenomena
- Perceptions and attitudes concerning crime and (in)security
Penal and social reactions on crime and deviance
- Crime prevention
- Policing, security and intelligence services
- Criminal justice, youth justice and sentence implementation
- Restorative and transitional justice (alternative conflict resolution)
- Forensic care/welfare
- Policy and management in policing, security and penal institutions
- Penal policies, media and society
Innovative criminology
- Big data
- New technologies
- Innovative methods
- Innovative security
Methodology of criminological research
- Quantitative research methods
- Qualitative research methods
- Crime data
Members - Composition 2026
| Name | Institution | |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | ||
| Howard Erica | Middlesex University | |
| Members | ||
| Bodnár Eszter | ELTE Eötvös Loránd University,University of Victoria | |
| Bueso Guillen Pedro Jose | University of Zaragoza | |
| Calderoni Francesco | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | |
| Campuzano Díaz Beatriz | Department of Civil and Private International Law, University of Seville | |
| De Bondt Wendy | Universiteit Gent | |
| Eliantonio Mariolina | Maastricht University | |
| Fielding Nigel | University of Surrey | |
| Frison Christine | University of Liège / UCLouvain | |
| Giliker Paula | University of Bristol | |
| Heffron Raphael | University of Dundee, University of Pau | |
| Gruszczynski Lukasz | Kozminski University, School of Law, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences - Institute for Legal Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Advisory Legal Committee to the Minister of Foreign Affairs), Ministry of Science and Higher Education (external expert: Polish delegate to the EUI High Council) | |
| Lentner Gabriel M. | Danube University Krems | |
| Lhernould Jean Philippe | Poitiers | |
| Liddicoat Johnathon | King's College London | |
| Masferrer Aniceto | University of Valencia | |
| Meussen Gerard | Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen | |
| Powers Rachael | The University of Cincinnati | |
| Verheyen Wouter | KU Leuven / Universiteit Antwerpen | |
| Zahnow Renee | University of Queensland | |