The Department of Economics concentrates its research on Social Policies, Public Finance and Law and Economics.

• Publications of Staff 
• Research Memorandum Department of Economics (dutch)
• Research Seminar Series 

Programs/projects

• Research program Reform of Social Legislation
• Self-reliance and Social Protection over the Life Cycle
• Solidarity under Strain -  A legal, criminological and economic analysis of welfare states and free movement in the EU
• Interaction between Legal Systems
• Uncertainty over the Life Cycle: implications for pensions and savings behavior
• Welfare receipt, labor participation and crime
• Flexibilization, globalisation and technological change: consequences for labour markets and social security
• Citizenship, Migration and Global Transformations
• Governance of Migration and Diversity