Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG)
The Department of Public Law & Governance is a unique collaboration of researchers in the field of Public Law and Public Administration, in which various disciplines work together: International Law, European law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Administration, Legal Philosophy, Political Science, Legal History and Jurisprudence.
Team up with our research activities
The collaboration within PLG is very much inspired by a joint research interest. Whereas many scholars in the field of Public Law and Public Administration primarily focus on their internal dynamics, the Tilburg scholars are driven by a primary focus on both their context and foundations. Our researchers work together by the joint inspiration to rethink publicness in a globalized, multi-layered, and hypercomplex world, from the local to the global.
Study with us
This unique approach has been translated into our Bachelor and Master programs. PLG makes an important contribution to the LLB and the LLM Law and the Global Law Bachelor and runs the programs: BSc Public Administration (in Dutch), BSc and MSc of Public Governance (in English), LLM International Law & Global Governance (in English) and LLM European Law and Global Risks (in English).
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Our department is working in research, education and impact on the publicness of public law and governance. About 100 researchers give their best to contribute to this unifying goal.
News
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Protest under Pressure: how to confront repressive actions
08th February 2024On January 25, 2024, Tilburg Law School hosted the conference Protest under Pressure. The conference was organized by Daniel Augenstein, Michiel Bot, and Phillip Paiement of the Department of Public Law and Governance, with Jeff Handmaker of the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Marthe Heringa of the Legal Mobilization Platform.
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New ecological insights call for robust nature conservation law
25th January 2024Recent scientific insights in the biodiversity crisis and the ways of being of animals and plants require an adjusted moral compass and fitting, robust nature conservation law. Both are essential to curb harmful human activity and thus to give new generations of people as well as other Earth dwellers a future.
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New Blog Series: Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights | Rights as Usual
07th December 2023Last April's symposium: Colonization in, of and through Business & Human Rights at Tilburg University resulted in a new blog series on the same theme.