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prof. dr. mr. Arno J. Akkermans


Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, Dutch Private Law

Visiting Fellow, Research Programmes - Law, Law, Markets and Behavior

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Arno Akkermans (1958) deed zijn doctoraal (cum laude) en promotie (cum laude) in de rechtsgeleerdheid aan de Universiteit van Tilburg, Hij was werkzaam in de advocatuur (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Den Haag 1992, Kennedy Van der Laan Amsterdam 1996-1999), sinds 1999 is hij hoogleraar privaatrecht aan de faculteit der rechtsgeleerdheid van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Pioniert op het terrein van interdisciplinair en empirisch-juridisch onderzoek, werkt veel samen met psychologen en geneeskundigen. Oprichter en voorzitter van de Interdisciplinaire Werkgroep Medische Deskundigen (IWMD), medeoprichter van het Interfacultair samenwerkingsverband Gezondheid en Recht (IGER) van de faculteiten rechtsgeleerdheid en psychologie en pedagogiek van de Vrije Universiteit en het EMGO instituut van het VU medisch centrum, mede-oprichter en lid steering committee International Network on Apology and Law Research (INLAR).

 

Arno Akkermans (1958) graduated from the faculty of law of Tilburg University (cum laude) and obtained his doctorate at the same university (cum laude). Until his appointment as professor of civil law at the VU University in 1999 he worked as an attorney in the field of liability and insurance. His research focus is on the impact of law and legal procedure on the wellbeing and health of individuals, in the context of civil procedure in general and of the settlement of personal injury claims in particular. Arno works with multidisciplinary research teams and cooperates with colleagues at the Faculty of Psychology and at the VU University medical centre (VUmc). He is a fellow of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law in Vienna (ECTIL), member of the board of the Netherlands Comparative Law Association (NVVR), and co-founder and member of the steering committee of the International Network on Law and Apology Research (INLAR).

Research

Arno Akkermans is directeur van het Amsterdam Law and Behavior Institue (A-LAB) en programmaleider van het Amsterdam Centre for Comprehensive Law (ACCL). In A-LAB bundelen diverse faculteiten van de Vrije Universiteit en het Nederlands Studiecentrum Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving (NSCR) hun krachten bij het doen van interdisciplinair onderzoek op het terrein van gedrag en recht. Het ACCL is een van de onderzoekscentra van A-LAB. In het ACCL werken multidisciplinaire onderzoeksgroepen aan empirisch-juridisch onderzoek. De doelstelling van het ACCL is om met wetenschappelijk onderzoek bij te dragen aan verbetering van de mate waarin het juridische systeem tegemoet komt aan een breder spectrum aan menselijke behoeften en motivaties dan waar recht en de juridische discipline traditioneel op zijn gericht, zoals bijvoorbeeld rechtvaardigheid, erkenning, zingeving, betrokkenheid, zeggenschap, herstel, excuses en vergeving.

 

Arno Akkermans is director of the Amsterdam Law and Behavior Institute (A-LAB) and of the Amsterdam Centre for Comprehensive Law (ACCL). Within A-LAB several faculties of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Netherlands Insitute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) join forces in conducting interdisciplinary research in the field of law and behavior. The ACCL is one of the research centres of A-LAB. The ACCL is pioneering a variety of innovative empirical-legal research methods and is experimenting with the way legal research is oriented and organized. The ACCL stands for a more comprehensive approach to the function, the effects and the meaning of law and legal procedures for those who resort to the legal system. Its mission is to contribute with its research to the improvement of the performance of the legal system in meeting a wider spectrum of human needs and motivations than traditionally are the focus of law and the legal discipline, such as justice, acknowledgement, validation, involvement, ‘voice’, restoration, apology and forgiveness.

Teaching
  • Inleiding Verbintenissenrecht (Bachelor 1; Introduction to the law of obligations)
  • Aansprakelijkheidsrecht (Bachelor 3; Tort law)
  • Verdieping Aansprakelijkheid en Verzekering (Master; Master class on liability and insurance)
  • Verdieping Conflictoplossing, Mediation en Onderhandelen (Master; Master class on conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation)
  • Gezondheid en Recht (Bachelor 3, Health and Law)
  • Restorative Justice (Master)
  • Empirical Legal Studies (Master)
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