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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Work with us
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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Veni grant awarded to Marie-Catherine Petersmann
11th April 2022The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded four young promising scientists from Tilburg University a Veni grant worth up to 280,000 euros, and Marie-Catherine Petersman of Public Law & Govenance is one of them. Her research project concerns 'anthropocene legalities’.
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ERC Consolidator grant of 1.9 million to analyze legal concept of economic sovereignty
17th March 2022European Research Council has decieded to fund the CaPANES-project wih 1.9 million EUR. This project is led by Prof. Dave De ruysscher of Tilburg Law School, who previously, in 2016, obtained an ERC Starting Grant.
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Tilburg University appoints Dave De ruysscher as Professor of Legal History
15th March 2022Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Dave De ruysscher as Professor of Legal History. De ruysscher has been working on the legal-historical development of commercial law, in particular relating to custom, mercantile insolvency and company law.
Events
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10:30 - 14:30
Roundtable “Making sense of Chile’s constitution-making experiences"
Tilburg Law School (Department of Public Law and Governance) together with Leiden University (Constitutional and Administrative Law Department) have convened a roundtable to discuss the constitution-making processes that unfolded in Chile between 2021 and 2023.
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15:00 - 16:30
Book Presentation "The Story of Constitutions" with Prof. dr. Wim Voermans (Universiteit Leiden)
Tilburg Law School is organizing the presentation of Wim Voermans' latest book "The Story of Constitutions - Discovering the We in Us".