Caroline Huls

Caroline Huls is a Lecturer and researcher at the Department of General Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen. She coordinates courses in General Jurisprudence, Legal Research Skills, and Legal Writing for the Toga Master's program. Her research focuses on police authority in maintaining public order and the legal enforceability of police orders, particularly analyzing the shift from national legal frameworks to local regulations. She has contributed to the Centrum voor Openbare Orde en Veiligheid (Centre for Public Order and Safety) and previously researched the safe reintegration of sex offenders into society and mayoral authorities in that context.

She holds multiple roles including membership in the Permanent Committee for the Propaedeutic Examination (RuG), the organizational committee of the Public Trust and Public Law research program, and editorial roles in legal publications like Leidraad voor juridische auteurs and Tekst & Commentaar Openbare Orde en Veiligheid. Her work involves annotating administrative law decisions and managing the Knowledge Base for Decentralized Legislation.

Her publications include case notes on judicial decisions and detailed legal commentaries on municipal law articles related to public safety measures. She has presented at academic conferences including the Public Trust and Public Law Congress and the Openbare Orde Congress.