About
Prof. Marleen van Rijswick is a Professor of European and Dutch Water Law at Utrecht University, affiliated with the Utrecht University School of Law's Department of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Legal Theory. She directs the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law. Her work focuses on sustainable and equitable water management through legal frameworks, emphasizing cross-border cooperation, flood protection, climate adaptation, and urban water governance.
Research interests include water law within environmental law, constitutional/administrative law, and multidisciplinary approaches to sustainability. She contributes to the OECD Water Governance Initiative and has authored key texts like European and Dutch Water Law (co-authored with HJM Havekes).
Awards include the Schilthuis Medal (2016). She has held visiting professorships at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), University of Malta, Wuhan University, and Sun Yat-Sen University. Active in legal education, she teaches water law and participates in international academic networks.
- Key Projects: EU FP7 Starflood, NWO Context, OECD Water Governance Principles, NWA LOSS soil subsidence research.
- Roles: Substitute judge at East Brabant District Court; editorial roles in Construction Law Journal, Journal of European Environmental Planning Law, and others.
