Research

At our faculty you'll find…

• relevant research | we go for impact on scientific and social debates. We focus on interaction with stakeholders and societal value creation
• research with integrity | with attention for quality assurance and ethical and legal frameworks and standards.
• collaborative research | we facilitate mutual collaboration among researchers. Combined forces achieve greater impact.

Research at our faculty

• Get to know our different collaborative research units (SVO).
• Search for researchers at Ghent University, their expertise and output.
• Research information portal (for staff members only)

Doctoral Studies

• Interested in pursuing a PhD? Get all the relevant info you need to start a PhD at our faculty.
• Overview of ongoing doctoral research at our faculty.
• Check out our succesful doctoral dissertations.

Internationalisation

• Interested in a research stay at our faculty? Discover your possibilities to participate in our visiting scholar program.
• Discover our partnerships with other law and criminology faculties.
• Interested in a joint PhD with the UGent?

Job opportunities

Check out our vacancies.

Research with a societal and economic impact

Our faculty encourages scientific research with societal and economic relevance.

• Our faculty societal value creation group is tasked to advise us on advancing societal impact.
• Check out past and present initiatives aimed at societal impact.
• Get to know our interdisciplinary research consortia developed specifically to advance societal and economic impact.

Research Office

The research team supports our researchers at the faculty. We are committed to a stimulating, open and efficient research environment. If you have a question or suggestion in relation to research, contact us.

Research events