Rob Widdershoven is a professor of European Administrative Law at Utrecht University.
His research focusses on the interaction between EU law and national administrative law in the areas of law enforcement, administrative justice, general principles of law, fundamental rights and state liability. Moreover, he increasingly studies questions of composite and transnational decision-making and enforcement. About these topics he published about 250 articles, books and reports. He received several prizes, amongst them the main publication prize of the Dutch Association of Administrative Law, which he was awarded twice.
He is member of the Board of Editors of the Review of European Administrative Law (REALaw) and of several Dutch journals, amongst them Overheid & Aansprakelijkheid (Government & Liability) and JBplus (Journal of Administrative Case Law).
Since 2013 he is Advocate General of Administrative Law in the Netherlands. In this function he is member of the Dutch Council of State, the Trade and Industry Appeals Court and the Central Appeals Court.
