Researcher

Alberto Neidhardt

Research Expertise:Alberto-Horst Neidhardt lectures in comparative law and in legal pluralism at the University of Antwerp. His research areas include free movement law, private international law of the family, asylum and migration law, with an interest in the politics of migration and specific expertise on EU law and jurisprudence. Alberto is also a policy analyst in the European Migration and Diversity Programme at the European Policy Centre, a Brussels-based think tank. He previously held research and teaching positions at the School of Oriental and African Studies and at Queen Mary, University of London, focussing on the management of religious, cultural and legal diversity in distinct European contexts. Alberto obtained a PhD in law from the European University Institute in 2018. His doctoral thesis examined the transformation of private international law and the emergence of European family law.

Keywords:FAMILY LAW, EU LAW, MOBILITY, COMPARATIVE LAW, MIGRATION, Law (incl. notarial studies)

Disciplines:Civil law, Comparative law, European law, Family law, International private law, Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified

Research techniques:Research activities are carried out in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Past research methods include desk-research and interviews. Comparative legal methods are used.

Users of research expertise:Target groups include journalists, researchers, governments, public institutions and civil society organisations who have an interest in questions relating to migration and mobility, and integration matters.