Prof. Dr. Ben P. VERMEULEN

Member of the Council of State of the Netherlands

Legal education

• LL.M. Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1980
• Ph.D. in Law (cum laude) Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1989
• M.Phil in Philosopy (cum laude) Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1997

Present positions

• Member of the Dutch Council of State of the Netherlands, 2008-
• Judge in the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State, 2008-
• Member of the Advisory Division (legislation) of the Council of State, 2008-
• Professor of Education Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, 1993-

Previous positions

• Researcher in Public Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1982-1984
• Lecturer in Philosophy of Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, 1984-1988
• Senior Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Utrecht University, 1989-1994
• Judge in the Administrative Court Rotterdam, 1992-2002
• Professor of Education Law at the University of Tilburg, 1993-2001
• Professor of Philosophy of Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, 1995-1998
• Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Free University Amsterdam, 1999-2008
• Professor of Education Law at the Free University Amsterdam, 1999-2010

Other functions

• Member of various Boards of editors, 1992-2009
• Member of the Education Council (advisory board of the Minister of Education), 1994-2008
• Member of the Advisory Committee on Immigration and Integration Law and Policy (advisory board of the Minister/Secretary for Immigration), 2001-2008
• Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 2009-
• Member of the Constitutional Court of St. Maarten, 2012-

Publications

Books, contributions to books, articles, reports, advisory opinions and annotations, in the fields of:  

• constitutional law;
• national and international human rights law;
• administrative, education and migration law;
• European law;
• legal theory and philosophy of law.