Professor of European Law. Formerly University of Maastricht; appointed in March 2000; joint chair in European Union law with the Robert Schuman Centre.
Fields covered include: Institutional law of the European Union, including among others: relations between EU law and national law, and between international law and EU law; protection of fundamental rights; horizontal division of powers (between the institutions) and vertical division of powers (with the member states); sources of EU law.
European, international and comparative legal regulation of culture, media, education and language use, and the protection of minorities.
Dutch and Belgian public law.
