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Jeffrey Waal serves as a Lecturer and Researcher at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology within the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University. He is also connected to the Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability (Ucall), contributing to interdisciplinary research on criminal responsibility and legal theory.
Dr. Waal's educational background includes a Master's degree in Criminal Law (2015) and another in Criminology (2016), both earned cum laude from Utrecht University. His academic journey has positioned him at the intersection of legal doctrine and philosophical inquiry into criminal responsibility.
His research interests span substantive criminal law, philosophy of criminal law, legal theory, attribution, responsibility, and free will. Waal's work particularly examines how different conceptualizations of human subjectivity and personal identity affect the interpretation of exculpating conditions such as legal insanity, duress, and self-defense in excess. His approach combines cultural-philosophical perspectives with legal-doctrinal analysis to address fundamental questions about culpability in criminal law.
Waal's scholarly contributions demonstrate a consistent trajectory from his early work on the genealogy of criminal knowledge and state terror (2014-2016) through to more recent explorations of neurologisation in criminal responsibility (2019) and preventive criminal justice frameworks (2022-2024). His research increasingly engages with interdisciplinary perspectives, incorporating insights from cognitive science and neuroscience into traditional legal frameworks.
While no formal scientific awards are publicly documented in the provided materials, Waal has maintained an active scholarly presence through conference presentations and academic talks spanning a decade.
As a PhD Candidate, Waal contributes to the academic community through teaching and research supervision within the Criminal Law department. His work with the Willem Pompe Institute places him within a distinguished tradition of Dutch criminal law scholarship, while his philosophical approach brings contemporary theoretical perspectives to foundational legal questions.
Waal conducts his research and teaching activities from the Johanna Hudig Building at Achter Sint Pieter 200 in Utrecht, working within the vibrant intellectual community of the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology.
