Research

Faculty research focus areas

Leiden Law School has four overarching, interdisciplinary research focus areas:

• Sustainability and law
• Technology, law and justice
• Trust in institutions
• Law and empirical research

Research programmes

Research at Leiden Law School is further concentrated in eight research programmes in which researchers from different (legal) disciplines work together. More information.

Sector Plans

Over the last few years (2018-25), researchers from Leiden Law School conducted research in two themes within the National Law Sector Plan: Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) and Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI). Since 2024, scientists take part in the cross-cutting theme within the Sector Plan Social Sciences and Humanities. More information.

Interfaculty and interdisciplinary collaboration

Researchers actively participate in various interdisciplinary research programmes of Leiden University:

• Society, Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (SAILS)
• Social Resilience and Society
• Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC)
• Social Citizenship and Migration (SCM)
• Regenerative Medicine
• Liveable Planet
• Population Health Living Lab The Hague 
• Drug Discovery and Development

Previously, researchers also participated in profile areas:

• Asian Modernities and Traditions
• Interaction between Legal Systems (ILS)
• Political Legitimacy: institutions and identities