The ECLAN PhD seminar provides a friendly environment in which research students can gain experience in presenting their research, learn from each other’s research and develop contacts with other researchers in their field.
It aims to gather together PhD candidates working in the field of EU criminal law and holding a degree in law, political science, or international studies.
Candidates present a topic of their choice (e.g., their envisaged PhD topic, a chapter of their PhD, a recent paper, etc.) before a panel of outstanding professors of EU criminal law and members of ECLAN. They then receive comments, feedback and suggestions on their research. Finally, the floor is open for debate.
The Program of the next ECLAN PhD seminar 2025 is OUT! Check it out in attachment to this page
Since 2010, ECLAN has organised PhD seminars in different universities across the EU. So far, PhD seminars have taken place at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2010), the University of Luxembourg (2011), the University of Bayonne (2013), the Queen Mary University (2014), the University of Copenhaguen (2015), the University of Vienna (2016), the University of Basel (2017), at the University of Luxembourg (2019), and lastly at the University of Vilnius (2022).
The 12th edition of the ECLAN PhD seminar will take place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on 10 and 11 April 2025. The Seminar will be organised by ECLAN and the Utrecht University.
This year’s Seminar is specifically dedicated to the The 15th Anniversary of the Treaty of Lisbon - Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of EU Criminal Law Under the Treaty of Lisbon. The call for papers (attached below) is open to scholars with interests in any area of European criminal law.
Topics of relevance for this PhD Seminar include:
- Harmonisation of procedural and substantive criminal law in accordance with Articles 82 and 83 TFEU;
- The role of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in criminal matters
- The developments concerning cooperation in criminal matters, such as instruments of mutual recognition, other forms of collaboration (JITs, EJN) and transfer of proceedings;
- Developments concerning digital investigations from an EU perspective;
- The overlap and interplay between criminal and administrative law in the enforcement of EU law;
- The rise of EU criminal justice bodies and agencies (the EPPO, Eurojust, the AMLA, etc.); and
- The external dimension of EU criminal justice policies in the AFSJ
The deadline for submitting application is 20 December 2024.
Applications must be sent to: A.J.deVries1@uu.nl
Some pictures and the programmes of the past editions are also available below.
Irene Wieczorek , PhD researcher, describes her experience of the PhD Seminar :
Participating to the ECLAN PhD seminars has meant to me much more than simply presenting my research and getting useful feedbacks. I felt I was progressively becoming part of a scientific community, of young and senior researchers sharing the same interest and passion for European Criminal Law. I created personal bonds and true friendships, which have stayed with me through out all my PhD, and have enriched me personally and intellectually. The debates did not stop at the presentations during the day, but continued throughout dinners and sightseeing moments. Every time it felt like a 2 days of non-stop intellectual interactions, which all the time resulted in true advancement for my research. I would recommend to anyone working in this field to join the ECLAN PhD seminar, as it is really a unique opportunity.
