Roos Nieuwboer

Roos Nieuwboer serves as a Research Associate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's Faculty of Law, Dutch Private Law Department, while also holding positions at A-LAB and the Amsterdam Centre for Family Law. Affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), she conducts empirical legal research focusing on elderly protection systems and legal capacity frameworks.

Education:

• Master of Law, Conflict Management, Judiciary & Mediation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (cum laude, 2021)
• Master Criminal Law, International Criminal Law & Human Rights, Utrecht University (2019)
• Bachelor of Law, Utrecht University (2018)

Her research centers on the legal support mechanisms for older persons with impaired decision-making capacity in the Netherlands, particularly examining guardianship systems and financial abuse protection. As part of the multidisciplinary NWA-ORC consortium STRIDE ('Towards a new balance in empowerment and protection of older persons'), she investigates how legal frameworks can better balance autonomy with necessary protection for vulnerable elderly populations. Her empirical approach combines court file analysis with thematic examination of legal decision-making patterns.

Nieuwboer's publication record demonstrates consistent focus on elderly legal protection, with recent work advancing methodological approaches to court file analysis in legal empirical studies. Her research outputs reveal growing sophistication in applying statistical methods like multiple correspondence analysis to complex legal datasets concerning adult guardianship.

Research Activities:

• STRIDE project researcher (2021-2027)
• Copy editor for European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2025-present)
• Multiple conference presentations on elderly financial abuse and guardianship systems

Her professional trajectory shows progression from PhD candidate (2021-2025) to postdoctoral researcher status as of September 2025, reflecting growing recognition of her expertise in empirical legal studies of elderly protection frameworks.