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Researcher

Esther van Zimmeren

  • Research Expertise:Esther van Zimmeren has particular expertise in Intellectual Property (IP) law, in particular in patent law, IP governance, innovation policy, technology transfer, competition law, contract law, European institutional and economic law and international trade law. Many of her research projects and publications are interdisciplinary, e.g. collaborations with geneticists, economists, physicists, engineers, philosophers, artists, designers, architects, urban planners, librarians and social and political scientists. She also has a special interest in empirical research (surveys, intervieiws, case studies). She is one of the founders of the Metropolitan Legal Lab, which is aimed at creating a forum for legal topics related to the Metropolitan City and to enable interdisciplinary debate and collaboration in this area. In addition, she is coordinator of the University of Antwerp Centre of Excellence GOVTRUST and a member of the interdisciplinary Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ACTORE (Antwerp Consortium on the Organization of Rulemaking and Multi-level Governance in Europe) (in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Sciences).
  • Keywords:URBAN GOVERNANCE, MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE, TRUST, INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, PATENT LAW, INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, Law (incl. notarial studies)
  • Disciplines:Law, Metalaw, Other social sciences, Economic, commercial and financial law, European law, Intellectual property law, Legal institutions, Multilevel governance not elsewhere classified
  • Research techniques:Esther van Zimmeren employs legal analitical, intepretative and comparative research methods and has experience with qualitative and quantitative empirical research. For the analysis of survey results, she collaborates with colleagues from other faculties and disciplines, who have more experience and expertise in using different types of software.
  • Users of research expertise:Policymakers, legislators, lawyers, judges, companies in different sectors, research institutes and NGOs as to policy, legislation, implementation, interpretation and the development of strategies in the field of intellectual property, innovation and urbanity.