Martijn van den Brink
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. M.J. van den Brink
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- m.j.van.den.brink@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2225-2204
Martijn van den Brink is an Assistant Professor in EU law at the Europa Institute, Leiden University. His research interests lie at the interface of EU constitutional law and political theory. In his research, Martijn focuses in particular on the constitutional position of the EU legislature, on EU citizenship and freedom of movement, and on the regulation of religious equality within the EU.
His work on the EU legislature was published in 2024 by Oxford University Press under the title Legislative Authority and Interpretation in the European Union. His research has also appeared in renowned international journals such as The Modern Law Review, International Journal of Constitutional Law, European Law Open, and the Journal of European Public Policy. For his research on the regulation of religious equality within the EU, Martijn was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Prior to joining Leiden University, Martijn was an assistant professor at Maastricht University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Hertie School, the University of Oxford, and at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen. He has a PhD from the European University Institute and holds degrees in law and political science from the Universities of Oxford and Groningen. He has held visiting positions at the University of Michigan and the University of Zagreb.
Assistant professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Publiekrecht
- Europees Recht
- Brink M.J. van den, Dawson M. & Zglinski J. (2025), Revisiting the Asymmetry Thesis: negative and positive integration in the EU, Journal of European Public Policy : .
- Brink M.J. van den (2024), Legislative authority and interpretation in the European Union. Oxford Studies in European Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brink M.J. van den (2024), Institutional choice in the internal market, Modern Law Review 87(4): 1031-1053.
- Brink M.J. van den (7 May 2024), 3½ Myths on EU law on citizenship for sale: EU law and investor citizenship. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (9 October 2024), Concise, clear, and convincing: the opinion of Advocate General Collins in Commission v Malta (Citizenship for Sale). Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den 30 October 2024, The authority of the EU Legislature: in conversation with Martijn van den Brink. RevDem Podcast. RevDem: The Review of Democracy [podcast].
- Brink M.J. van den (2023), Off track, again?: EU citizenship and the right to social assistance, Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law 11(1): 18-36.
- Brink M.J. van den (2023), The protected grounds of religion and belief: lessons for EU non-discrimination law, German Law Journal 24(5): 855-880.
- Brink M.J. van den (2023), A typology of reverse discrimination in EU citizenship law, European Law Open 2(1): 57-78.
- Sarmiento D. & Brink M.J. van den (2023), EU competence and investor migration. In: Kochenov D.V. & Surak K. (Eds.), Citizenship and residence sales: rethinking the boundaries of belonging. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 183-206.
- Brink M.J. van den (2023), Differentiated Integration in the European Integration Process: [last updated November 2023]. In: Garben S. & Gormley L. (Eds.), Oxford Encyclopedia of EU Law (OEEUL). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Brink M.J. van den (7 June 2023), An Inconvenient Constraint: A Hungarian Council Presidency and the EU’s Rule of Law. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (2023), Taking the Gamble?: A legal and political analysis of the possible suspension of a Hungarian council presidency. CEU DI Working Paper series no. 2023/14. Budapest: Central European University (CEU Democracy Institute). [working paper].
- Brink M.J. van den (2022), When can religious employers discriminate?: The scope of the religious ethos exemption in EU law, European Law Open 1(1): 89-112.
- Brink M.J. van den (2022), Revising citizenship within the European Union: is a genuine link requirement the way forward?, German Law Journal 23(1): 79-96.
- Brink M.J. van den (2022), The relationship between national and EU citizenship: what is it and what should it be?. In: Kostakopoulou D. & Thym D. (Eds.), Research handbook on European Union citizenship law and policy: navigating challenges and crises. Research Handbooks in European Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 100-114.
- Nguyen T. & Brink M.J. van den (9 December 2022), An early christmas gift from Karlsruhe?: The Bundesverfassungsgericht’s NextGenerationEU ruling. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (2021), The European Union’s demoicratic legislature, International Journal of Constitutional Law 19(3): 914-942.
- Brink M.J. van den (2021), Is it time to abolish the substance of EU citizenship rights test?, European Journal of Migration and Law 23(1): 13-28.
- Brink M.J. van den (20 July 2021), Pride or Prejudice?: The CJEU Judgment in IX v Wabe and MH Müller Handels GmbH. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (1 March 2021), Preserving Prejudice in the Name of Profit: AG Rantos’ Opinion in IX v Wabe and MH Müller Handels GmbH. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (2020), A qualified defence of the primacy of nationality over European Union citizenship, International & Comparative Law Quarterly 69(1): 177-202.
- Brink M.J. van den (30 October 2020), Investor citizenship and EU Law: much to do about nothing?. Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT). Florence: European University Institute (EUI) (Robert Shuman Centre for Advanced Studies). [blog entry].
- Baranski M., Brito Bastos F. & Brink M.J. van den (29 May 2020), Unquestioned supremacy still begs the question. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (15 May 2020), Is Egenberger next?. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (2019), Justice, legitimacy and the authority of legislation within the European Union, Modern Law Review 82(2): 293-318.
- Brink M.J. van den (2019), EU citizenship and (fundamental) rights: empirical, normative, and conceptual problems, European Law Journal: Review of European Law in Context 25(1): 21-36.
- Brink M.J. van den & Kochenov D. (2019), Against associate EU citizenship, Journal of Common Market Studies 57(6): 1366-1382.
- Brink M.J. van den (2019), Bold but without justification?: Tjebbes, European Papers 4(1): 409-415.
- Brink M.J. van den (2019), The problem with market citizenship and the beauty of free movement. In: Amtenbrink F., Davies G., Kochenov D. & Lindeboom J. (Eds.), The internal market and the future of European Integration: essays in honour of Laurence W. Gormley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 246-258.
- Brink M.J. van den (2019), The promises and drawbacks of European Union citizenship for a polycentric Union. In: Zeben J. van & Bobic A. (Eds.), Polycentricity in the European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 163-185.
- Brink M.J. van den (2019), The court and the legislators: who should define the scope of free movement in the EU?. In: Bauböck R. (Ed.), Debating European citizenship. IMISCOE Research Series. Cham: Springer. 133-138.
- Brink M.J. van den (10 June 2018), Is the reasoning in “Coman” as good as the result?. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (2017), The origins and the potential federalising effects of the substance of rights test. In: Kochenov D. (Ed.), EU citizenship and federalism: the role of rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 85-106.
- Brink M.J. van den (2016), What’s in a name case?: Some lessons for the debate on the free movement of same-sex couples within the EU, German Law Journal 17(3): 421-449.
- Kochenov D. & Brink M.J. van den (2016), Secessions from EU Member States: the imperative of Union’s neutrality, European Papers 1(1): 67-92.
- Kochenov D. & Brink M.J. van den (2015), Pretending there is no Union: non-derivative quasi-citizenship rights of third-country nationals in the EU. In: Thym D. & Zoeteweij-Turhan M. (Eds.), Rights of third-country nationals under EU association agreements: degrees of free movement and citizenship. Nijhoff Studies in European Union Law no. 9. Boston: Brill | Martinus Nijhoff. 63-100.
- Brink M.J. van den (19 June 2015), The EU’s limited justice capacities. Verfassungsblog. [blog entry].
- Brink M.J. van den (2012), EU citizenship and EU fundamental rights: taking EU citizenship rights seriously?, Legal Issues of Economic Integration 39(2): 273-289.