Joni Reef is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and a Research Fellow at the Department of Criminology, Leiden University.

Since 2012, Hanneke Palmen works as Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Tim van Lit is affiliated to the Van Vollenhoven Institute as external PhD candidate since April 2021.

Janne van Doorn is working as an assistant professor of criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Miranda Boone is Professor of Criminology and Comparative Penology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Peter van Wijck is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics.

Miranda Sentse is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Research at Leiden Law School is concentrated in eight research programmes in which researchers from different (legal) disciplines work together. The Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Law & Governance in a world of multilevel jurisdictions The Progression of EU Law: Accommodating change and upholding…

Each Institute is managed by an Academic Director: Institute of Private Law Professor V. Mak Professor P.C. van Es (deputy)   Institute of Public Law Professor Y.E. Schuurmans  Professor E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere (deputy) Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology Professor…

Esther van Ginneken is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Sacha Ruepert is affiliated to the Institute for Criminal Law & Criminology as a tutor since 2025.

Suzanne Beckman Lapré does secretarial work for the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. She works on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Nina Tobsch has been working as a PhD Candidate since September 2022, jointly at the Department of Jurisprudence at the University of Amsterdam and the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Anouk den Besten is a lecturer in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Jakub Drápal is a Postdoc criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Thijs van Beek is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University as a PhD candidate since September 2025.

Irina Zudina works as a Contract PhD in the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. Her doctoral dissertation's working title is:

Joyce Schot is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology as a PhD-candidate since February 2025. Her doctoral research focuses on the role of victim impact statements in legal decisions.

Ieke de Vries is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Joanne van der Leun is Professor of Criminology.

The Financial and Economic Affairs Department (FEZ) is responsible for the administration of the financial resources. Each Institute/Department has its own account manager who is the first point of contact. In the event the account manager is absent, a FEZ colleague provides a back-up function. Staff…

Title research: Criminal Liability of Aircraft Pilots in Aviation Accident Cases.

The faculty's Human Resources Department advises and supports the Faculty Board and management staff at the institutes and staff departments on personnel matters, organisational development, staff planning, recruitment and selection, employment conditions, job classification, sickness absence, dismissal…

Faculty Board of Examiners Dr. J. Robbe - chairman Professor C.G. Breedveld-de Voogd (LAW) - vice chairman Dr. M.P. de Jong-de Kruijf (Child Law) Dr. R.M.F. de Massol de Rebetz LLM (Law and Society) Dr. Q. Mauer (Law and Society) Dr. I. de Vries (Criminology)…

As of 1 September 2025 the composition of the Research Board is as follows:  Professor W.N.R. Stoter, Dean and Chair Professor M. Haentjens, (in his absence Dr G.M. Veldt) Programme Coordinator Coherent Private Law Professor I.J. Mosquera Valderrama (in her absence Dr E.A.M.…

The Department of Research has a Deanship of PhD Studies, supported by the Graduate School Office. The PhD Deans supervise the progress of individual PhD candidates’ research and provide them and their supervisors with solicited and unsolicited advice.

Nina Eggens has been associated with the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology (Criminology Department) and the Institute of Private Law (Child Law Department) as a PhD candidate since June 2022.

Benthe van Delft has been a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Department of Child and Health Law (Institute of Private Law) since September 2023. She conducts research into how the Halt intervention programme functions and relates to compliance with child rights in practice.