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Dr Marieke Hopman

Marieke

Assistant professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Email: marieke.hopman@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Profile

Marieke Hopman is a children's rights researcher who combines her background in philosophy, childhood studies and law with interdisciplinary research that includes empirical work in various places. She is the author of Looking at Law Through Children's Eyes (2021). One main element in her work is to always involve children themselves in research, where possible. Currently she is finishing a project on the rights of children who are living in de facto states (www.childrensrightsresearch.com).

Research

Publications

  • Hopman, M.J. (2021) Looking at Law Through Children's Eyes. Cambridge: Intersentia.
  • Hopman, M.J. & Smajic, T. (2023) "Navigating conflicting normative orders: When violence isn't violence". Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis.
  • Hopman, M.J., Jama, G.A. & Warshel, Y. (2024) "Born in a non-existent place? Towards inclusive global rights protection for children living in de facto states". https://www.childrensrightsresearch.com/images/CRR%20Conference%20report%20-%20May%202024.pdf

Expertise

Children's rights, de facto states, norm pluralism, legal pluralism.
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