Lieneke Slingenberg

Lieneke Slingenberg is a Full Professor of Migrants and the Rule of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's Faculty of Law. She specializes in migration law, human rights, and the intersection of law with societal governance. Her research examines how law functions as both a tool of state control and a safeguard for migrants' rights, particularly focusing on social rights, non-discrimination, and spatial restrictions on refugees.

She holds leadership roles, including Vice Dean of Research (since 2024) and former Head of the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (2015–2021). Her academic career includes a Veni Grant (NWO, 2018), a NIAS Fellowship (2018), and the prestigious VU University Research Chair (2021).

Teaching involves courses on International Migration and Refugee Law, and she supervises PhD projects. Key publications include a monograph on asylum seekers' reception rights and articles on migrants' social mobility rights under European law.

Her awards include the Gezina van der Molenfonds Grant (2014) and recognition for advancing empirical legal studies. Ancillary activities include advisory roles for Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland and editorial leadership in migration law journals.