Heldeweg, Michiel
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Honorary Professor of General Legal Theory & Practice
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Law
Governance & Technology
Environmental law
Legal governance of technological innovation (energy transition / robotics & drones)
Future proof regulation
Institutional legal theory
Governance & Technology
Environmental law
Legal governance of technological innovation (energy transition / robotics & drones)
Future proof regulation
Institutional legal theory
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Last updated March 6, 2025
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Michiel Heldeweg has been a guest lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Aruba since 2010. In the Netherlands, at the University of Twente, Heldeweg is a member (and former head) of the section of Governance & Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), Program director of the Master in Environmental and Energy Management (MEEM), and chairman of the Committee on Scientific Integrity. He is also a member of the Netherlands Institute of Governance (NIG), an associate senior member of the Ius Commune Research School (ICOS), a partner to the Netherlands Institute for Law and Governance (NILG), and leader of the European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance (Eseia) Working Group (4) on Energy Governance, Business Models and Legal Frameworks. Michiel's main ancillary activity is that of honorary judge at the District Court of Overijssel (Administrative bench), the Netherlands. Michiel Heldeweg is a member of the editorial board of Competition and Regulation in Network Industries (CRNI), of the Journal Laws, and of the NILG book series on Market, Government & Law.
Michiel's research is focused on the (methodology of) legal design of smart & resilient rules & regimes fostering technological and governance innovation ('future proof'), such as through experimental regulation, institutional change, and smart regulatory governance (e.g. meta-regulation, principle- and risk-based rules, and public/private certification). His research relates especially to legal governance of the energy transition, such as in community energy initiatives, and to responsible development and use of robotics, such as drones. In his work, Michiel combines doctrinal legal study with regulatory and institutional (legal) theory.