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Farewell Janne E. Nijman: ‘I will dearly miss the Institute and all with whom I collaborated so well throughout the years’
28 June 2022This Thursday, Janne E. Nijman will step down as chairperson of the executive board and academic director of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut. Under her leadership, the Asser Institute was successfully repositioned as an internationally recognised research institute...
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Football feminism: Addressing discrimination through FIFA’s structures, rules, and governance practices
21 June 2022Private authorities play an important role in shaping the rights and obligations of people, sometimes even more so than national laws or international conventions. As a non-state actor, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is unmistakably e...
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Vesna Lazić elected to Scientific Council of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL)
9 June 2022Vesna Lazić, senior researcher in the strand ‘Public interest(s) inside/within international and European institutions and their practices’, has been elected to the prestigious Scientific Council of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL)...
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[New publication] City report on Buenos Aires as an international actor
3 June 2022From climate change, to human rights and from migration to security issues: cities are playing an increasing role in international law. In a brand-new city report for the International Law Association (ILA) Study Group on the Role of Cities in International la...
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[Interview] Asser researcher Sadjad Soltanzadeh: ‘It is important for us to study human activities as much as we study any technological object’
30 May 2022 By Diva EstantoDr Sadjad Soltanzadeh is a postdoctoral researcher in the ethics and philosophy of technology. He recently published a book, entitled ‘Problem-solving technologies: A user-friendly philosophy’. On 8 June, the Asser Institute and the DILEMA Project are hosting ...