Introduction

The research group Multilevel Regulation is a research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) established in August 2018.

The central research theme is that private actors, such as businesses, civil society and individuals, are taking on new regulatory roles in the context of recent global governance crises and associated critiques of traditional public regulation. These private actors have not only gained greater powers to shape important public policy questions, but are also able to question, change, undermine and shift the way norms, rules and laws are created and enforced.

About the research group

What is our focus?

The main aim of the research group is to investigate the emerging practical developments in the field of multilevel regulation that have been transforming ways in which standards, rules, and laws are being made, complied with, and practiced.

Specifically, the research group aims at getting ahead of emerging trends in the research and practice of informal dispute resolution (negotiation, mediation, arbitration) in the Netherlands, Europe, and the world.

Politicians, governments, courts, service providers, and local communities all use informal techniques to improve relationships and increase compliance. We research how those informal techniques affect the contemporary legal systems, professional practice, education, and the modern society.

How?

We aim at creating a network of academics, practitioners, representatives of local and central governments, and students to work together towards improving contemporary multilevel regulation and informal dispute resolution through innovation and experimentation.

Partners and network

The research group works towards increasing the local presence in The Netherlands and entering into international collaborations and partnerships in the field of multilevel regulation and dispute resolution.

dr. Barbara Warwas

About the professor

dr. Barbara Warwas

Dr. Barbara Warwas has been employed at THUAS since 2016 in roles as coordinator and lecturer at the International and European Law Programme. In 2018 she was appointed as Professor of Multilevel Regulation. In 2019, she additionally became the Director of the Global Governance Centre of Expertise. Barbara is the author of The Liability of Arbitral Institutions: Legitimacy Challenges and Functional Responses published by Springer, 2016. In 2014, she worked as a drafter, researcher, and administrator for the ground-breaking study on the Legal Instruments and Practices of Arbitration in the EU and Switzerland, commissioned by the European Parliament. Barbara has a PhD in Law from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). Prior to joining The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Barbara worked as visiting counsel in the litigation department at GE Oil & Gas in Florence and in the Italian law firm Studio Legale Calabresi Guadalupi.

b.a.warwas@hhs.nl

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Contemporary regulation requires experimentation and innovative solutions.

Team

Amanda Kemshaw

Amanda Kemshaw

Lecturer-researcher

Amanda Kemshaw

Lecturer-researcher

Amanda focuses on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and creating greater access to justice in communities.
amkemshaw@hhs.nl

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dr. Agota Szabo

dr. Agota Szabo

Senior lecturer-researcher

dr. Agota Szabo

Senior lecturer-researcher

Agota’s research is focuses on understanding how top management teams make decisions, design their organizational governance, and implement board governance practices.
a.szabo@hhs.nl

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Maarten van Munster

Maarten van Munster

Lecturer-researcher

Maarten van Munster

Lecturer-researcher

dr. Anna Matczak

dr. Anna Matczak

Lecturer-researcher

dr. Anna Matczak

Lecturer-researcher

Her areas of interest are comparative criminology, the role of lay people in criminology and criminal justice, restorative justice, plural policing. a.matczak@hhs.nl

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Paul Vine

Paul Vine

Researcher

Paul Vine

Researcher

Paul Vine joined the team as a researcher in 2021. He is an English solicitor with more than 25 years experience.

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Sylvia

Sylvia Bergh

Senior researcher

Sylvia Bergh

Senior researcher

Sylvia focuses on multi-level governance of climate change adapation and AI, accountability and the MENA region. She is also Associate Professor at Erasmus University. s.i.bergh@hhs.nl

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Portretfoto Jonas Carinhas

Jonas Carinhas

Lecturer-researcher

Jonas Carinhas

Lecturer-researcher

Areas of interest include climate change, activism, civil disobedience, governance challenges, and multidisciplinary applied research.  j.f.c.carinhas@hhs.nl

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Projects

Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C)

Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) is a collaborative project which aims to encourage the development of restorative justice in Europe.
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Policing natural disasters

In this project we will analyse the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the relationship and interactions between different actors involved in policing different types of human emergencies.
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The reconciliation process after the Angolan civil war

In 2019 Angola began a process to heal the wounds of the civil war that gripped the country for 27 years (1975-2002). A reconciliation commission has been set up to heal the psychological wounds of affected families.
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MLR Student projects

Vacancy: Student project leaders for the student organisation Arbitras

The research group Multilevel Regulation is looking for four highly motivated students to perform the tasks of Student project leader for Arbitras.
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Vacancy: Coordinator of student organization Arbitras

The research group Multilevel Regulation is looking for a highly motivated student to perform the tasks of a coordinator of student projects for the student organization Arbitras.
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MLR Student Led Projects: Arbitras

Arbitras is a student-led organization that aims to connect students, academics, and professionals to promote the use and knowledge of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). It is as an initiative of the Multilevel Regulation Research Group from THUAS.
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Publications

Article

European Rule of Law and Arbitration: What Standard(s)?

Barbara Warwas, Amanda Kemshaw, Artemis Malliaropoulou and Luca Pantaleo (current and former members of the MLR research group) recently published an article entitled “European Rule of Law and Arbitration: What Standard(s)?”

Publication

Who is ‘the public’ when we talk about crime?

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Inaugural lecture

Returning to the Origins of Multilevel Regulation

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Publication

The Multilevel Regulation Manifesto

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News

5 September 2023

The role of students in people-centered justice

Research

In her recent blog post entitled “Community trust building and peer mediation for people-centred justice: students are…
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1 September 2023

Who is ‘the public’ when we talk about crime? Interpreting and framing public voices in criminology

Research

The value and role of the ‘public’ in criminology and criminal justice have been constructed and reconstructed over the…
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30 June 2022

Seminar on NGO governance and accountability

General, Research

On Friday 24 June we had a great NGO day on NGO governance and accountability organized by THUAS- Center of Expertise…
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