Foreword T.M.C. ASSER INSTITUUT 1 Chapter 1 Editors: Paula van Kersbergen and Julien Simon, T.M.C. Asser Instituut Stichting T.M.C. Asser Instituut – Institute for Private and Public International Law, International Commercial Arbitration and European Law R.J. Schimmelpennincklaan 20–22, P.O. Box 30461, 2500 GL The Hague, The Netherlands Tel. + 31–(0)70-34.20.300, Fax. +31–(0)70-34.20.359 E-mail:
[email protected], Internet: www.asser.nl All rights reserved. © 2009, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands 2 Foreword Contents Chapters 1. Foreword 5 2. The Institute 7 3. Inter-university Knowledge Development 11 3.1 New inter-university research programmes 11 3.1.1 Public International Law 12 3.1.2 Law of the European Union – Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) 12 3.1.3 Private International Law 14 3.2 Individual Research 14 3.2.1 PhD research 14 3.2.2 Asser Dissertations Programme 17 3.2.3 Asser Research Fellowships Programme 19 3.2.4 Research activities by associate researchers 19 3.3 Contract research and consultancies 20 3.3.1 General 20 3.3.2 Projects launched in 2008 20 3.3.3 Ongoing and/or completed projects in 2008 21 3.4 Promoting Social Dialogue in the European Sport Sector 25 3.5 The City of The Hague: Platform for International Environmental Law – Feasibility Study on The Hague Espace for Environmental Global Governance 26 3.6 Research project with ICRC: Direct participation by civilians in hostilities 27 3.7 Cooperation in the field of Public Procurement Law 27 3.8 European Arrest Warrant Project 27 3.9 Asser Legal Advisory Services 28 4.