Maarten Bolhuis

Maarten Bolhuis is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam). He is affiliated with the Empirical and Normative Studies research program and serves as Programme Coordinator for the MSc in International Crimes, Conflict & Criminology. His academic roles also include membership in the Center for International Criminal Justice (CICJ), Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP), and Amsterdam Young Academy, as well as co-chairing the International Crimes and Transitional Justice division of the Dutch Society of Criminology (NVC).

• Education: PhD in Criminology (VU Amsterdam, 2018), MSc Criminology and Political Science (VU Amsterdam/University of Amsterdam).
• Research Focus: Citizenship revocation, international crimes, transitional justice, digital evidence in asylum/criminal justice, and governance of undesirable/unreturnable migrants.
• Key Projects:
  • In or out of control: Reintegration of terrorism convicts post-citizenship revocation.
  • Escaping Justice: Refugee Convention applications and digital evidence use.
  • In Limbo: Book project on unreturnable migrants.
  • JoinedUpJustice: Domestic frameworks for global justice systems.

Teaching: Courses include Conflict & Crimes Expert Seminar (digital investigations) and Transnational Organized Crime & Conflict. He co-supervises PhD candidates on transitional justice and counter-terrorism.

Grants & Collaborations: Involved in EU-funded JoinedUpJustice and Asser Institute’s Investigative Taskforce on Crimes Against Journalists research. Active in public discourse via media contributions on asylum law and terrorism cases.

Labs/Teams: A-LAB (Amsterdam Young Academy), CICJ, ALLP, and the International Crimes and Transitional Justice division.