• Startdatum:
  • 30 januari 2025
  • Cursusduur:
  • 2 dagen
  • Rechtsgebied:
  • Algemeen
  • Soort:
  • Congres

About the conference; 
2025 Annual Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Law & Society Association (VSR)

The VSR, the Dutch-Flemish Law and Society Association, has existed since 1980 and is an association for scholars and practitioners who conduct research on law-in-action or are interested in it. During our annual two-day conference researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds (sociologists of law, legal anthropologists, legal psychologists, public administration experts and criminologists) present their findings. See the VSR website for more details about its structure and goals.

The theme for this year’s annual conference is: The Socio-Legal Imagination

Conference speakers
The keynote of the conference will be delivered by Prof. Ole Hammerslev, Professor of Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden.
The conference will furthermore host a series of panels, including but not limited to:

 

- Law & Governance in the Anthropocene 
Phillip Paiement & Lieselotte Viaene

- Digital Governance & Vulnerability 
Gianclaudio Malgieri & Linnet Taylor

- The Legal Profession
Adriaan Bedner & Ole Hammerslev

- Community Justice in the Global North and Global South
Janine Ubink & Rogier Hartendorp

- A more 'public' Law & Society?
Maartje van der Woude & Alison Fischer

- Crossroads of Life and Law: Navigating Birth, Marriage, and Death in Migration Contexts 
Nadia Sonneveld & Ellen Desmet

- Decision making by street-level bureaucrats
Paulien de Winter & (tbc)

- Law, Food Systems, and Agrarian Struggles
Matt Canfield & Marta Morvillo

- New Methodological Approaches to Socio-Legal Research
Sanne Taekema & Danielle Chevalier

 

A full description of panels can be found on the website of the VSR: VSR (rechtensamenleving.nl)
Submission of abstracts is via this link: https://www.formdesk.com/universiteitleiden/VSR2025
 

Target audience
Scholars and practitioners interested in the workings of law-in-action.

The conference fee is € 125,- and includes lunch on both days.
PhDs who attend the pre-conference PhD school are offered a reduced conference fee of € 95,-. Please contact us by email.
 

Remote attendance       
Unfortunately, remote attendance is not available for this conference.

Do you have any questions?
We will gladly answer them.

E-mail: events@law.leidenuniv.nl
Phone: +31 (0)71 527 8666
All contact details
 

Conference day 1: 2025 Annual VSR Conference
Thursday 30 January 2025

09:00

Registration, coffee & tea 

09:30

Keynote
Ole Hammerslev

10:45

Break

11:00

Sessions

  • Rondetafelgesprek: Waar is de Nederlandstalige rechtssociologie gebleven?
    Nick Huls - B0.13

  • New Methodological Approaches to Socio-Legal Research (1)
    Sanne Taekema & Danielle Chevalier - B0.16

  • Digital Governance and Vulnerability
    Gianclaudio Malgieri & Linnet Taylor - B0.17

  • Decision making by street-level bureaucrats (1)
    Paulien de Winter & Arnt Mein - B0.31

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Sessions

  • Legal Profession 1
    Adriaan Bedner & Ole Hammerslev - B0.13

  • New Methodological Approaches to Socio-Legal Research (2)
    Sanne Taekema & Danielle Chevalier - B0.16

  • Digital Welfare State (1)
    Lior Volinz - B0.17

  • Decision making by street-level bureaucrats (2)
    Paulien de Winter & Arnt Mein - B0.31

15:00Break
15:30

Sessions

  • Legal Profession 2
    Adriaan Bedner & Ole Hammerslev - B0.13

  • Roundtable:  A more 'public' Law & Society? 
    Maartje van der Woude & Alison Fischer - B0.16

  • Digital Welfare State 2
    Lior Volinz - B0.17

  • Decision making by street-level bureaucrats (3 )(Nederlandstalig)
    Paulien de Winter & Arnt Mein - B0.31

17:00Drinks and schemerlamp session
18:30Optional Dinner at Faculty Club, Academy Building

Conference day 2: 2025 Annual VSR Conference
Friday 31 January 2025

09:00

Registration, coffee & tea 

09:30

Sessions

  • Community Justice in the Global North and Global South
    Janine Ubink & Rogier Hartendorp - B0.13

  • Crossroads  / Gender
    Hoko Horii - B0.16Roundtable: Law, Food Systems, and Agrarian Struggles 
    Matt Canfield & Marta Morvillo - B0.17

  • Law & Governance in the Anthropocene (1)
    Phillip Paiement & Lieselotte Viaene - B0.31

10:45

Break

11:00

Sessions

  • Crossroads / migration
    Ellen Desmet - B0.13

  • Crossroads 4 / Marriage
    Nadia Sonneveld - B0.16

  • Imagination
    Danielle Chevalier - B0.17

  • Law & Governance in the Anthropocene (2)
    Phillip Paiement & Lieselotte Viaene - B0.31

12:30

Lunch

13:30

General Assembly

15:00End of the conference
prof. Ole Hammerslev
Dagvoorzitter
prof. OH Hammerslev
...
prof. mr. dr. Adriaan Bedner Leiden Law Academy
Spreker
prof. mr. dr. A.W. Bedner
...
Spreker
dr. M.C. Canfield
...
dr. mr. Danielle Chevalier
Spreker
dr. mr. D.A.M. Chevalier
...
prof. dr. Ellen Desmet Leiden Law Academy
Spreker
prof. dr. E. Desmet
...
Alison Fischer Leiden Law Academy
Spreker
A. Fischer
...
prof. mr. dr. Rogier Hartendorp
Spreker
prof. mr. dr. R.C. Hartendorp
...
G. Malgieri
Spreker
dr. G. Malgieri
...
A.G. Mein Leiden Law Academy
Spreker
mr. dr. A.G. Mein
...
Spreker
dr. M. Morvillo
...
prof. Philip Paiement
Spreker
prof. P.M. Paiement
...
dr. Nadia Sonneveld
Spreker
dr. N. Sonneveld
...
prof. mr. dr. Sanne Taekema
Spreker
prof. mr. dr. H.S. Taekema
...
Spreker
prof. dr. L. Taylor
...
prof. dr. Janine Ubink
Spreker
prof. dr. J.M. Ubink
...
prof. Lieselotte Viaene Leiden Law Academy
Spreker
prof. L. Viaene
...
dr. Pauline de Winter
Spreker
dr. P. de Winter
...
Spreker
prof. mr. dr. M.A.H. van der Woude
...
Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw

Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES LEIDEN


The conference fee is € 125,- and includes lunch on both days.
PhDs who attend the pre-conference PhD school are offered a reduced conference fee of € 95,-. Please contact us by email. 

In case of dietary requirements, please inform us by email.

Optional:
On the first day of the conference a walking dinner is organized at the Academy Building. The fee for the optional dinner is € 70,-