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UCERF researchers publish in leading national and international monographs and journals.

Extensive English-language research appears in the (EFL) series published by Intersentia (Antwerp). Publisher Stämpfli (Bern) takes care of the German and French publications in this series.

Dutch-language research is published in the Family & Law series of (The Hague). The includes volumes on current developments in family law published on the occasion of the annual UCERF symposia.

Below are some key publications in our research areas.

For all publications: see the profiles of the individual UCERF-researchers.

Divorce research

W. Schrama, M.V. Antokolskaia, G. Ruitenberg, C. Jeppesen de Boer, & I. van der Valk, Achieving compliance with post-divorce parenting contact arrangements in the Netherlands: Problems and Possible Solutions. In M. Maclean (Ed.), Research Handbook on Family Justice Systems (pp. 112-128). Edward Elgar Publishing 2023.

Z. Rejaän, I.E. van der Valk, W. Schrama, I. van Aalst, A. Chen, C.G. Jeppesen de Boer, J. Houtkamp, S. Branje, , European Psychologist 2021, p. 1-14.

W.M. Schrama, ‘Marriage and alternative status relationships in the Netherlands’, in: J. Eekelaar & R. George (red.), , Oxfordshire: Routledge 2020, 2nd edition, p. 14-25.

Labour, social security, care and gender

M. Jonker, J. Tigchelaar, C. Finkenauer, K. Visser & G. Stevens, ‘Dutch strategies for combating child poverty: A child rights-based approach’, in: E. Marrus & P. Laufer-Ukeles (eds.), Global Reflections on Children’s Rights and the Law: 30 Years After the Convention on the Rights of the Child, London: Routledge 2021, p. 251-264.

B. Oude Breuil, . Human Rights Review, 24(2), 2023, 217-239.

L. Sosa. . In The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide (1st ed., pp. 50-59). (Routledge International Handbooks). Routlegde 2023.

F. Schuthof, . Family and Law, 2021(2), 1-26.

L. Sosa, M. van den Brink, P. Jacobs & M. Burnside,  , 2021.

E. Alofs & W.M. Schrama, , Antwerpen: Intersentia 2020.

M. van den Brink e.a., ‘Framing gender identity registration amidst national and international developments: Introduction to ‘Bodies, identities, and gender regimes: Human rights and legal aspects of gender identity registration’, International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law 2020/1, afl. 1, p. 1-25. 

Child rights and youth protection

C. Mol, . (European Family Law; Vol. 52). Intersentia 2022.

W.M Schrama, M. Freeman, N. Taylor & M. Bruning, , Antwerpen: Intersentia 2021.

M. Jonker, J. Tigchelaar, C. Finkenauer, K. Visser, & G. Stevens, â€˜Dutch strategies for combating child poverty: a rights-based approach’, in: E. Marrus & P. Laufer-Ukeles (red.),  , New York: Routledge 2021, p. 251-264. 

C.R. Mol, ,, International Journal of Children’s Rights, 27(1), 2019.

Family law, relationship property law and maintenance law

W. Schrama & J. Tigchelaar, Aims of Family Law Tested Against Dutch Family Law: What’s Love Got to do with It? In J. M. Scherpe, & S. Gilmore (Eds.), Family Matters: Essays in Honour of John Eekelaar (1 ed., pp. 329-347). Intersentia 2022.

W.M. Schrama, J. Tigchelaar en Y. Yildiz, ‘De rol van de staat in het relatierecht’, in: W.M. Schrama & S. Burri (red.), , Den Haag: Boom juridisch 2020, p. 11-89.

M. Jonker, J. Wijngaard & N. van Foreest, â€˜Proportioneel verdelen van draagkracht bij kinderalimentatie in samengestelde gezinnen’, EB 2020/63, afl. 7-8, p. 141-149.

International families

B. Böök, S. Burri, A. Timmer & L. Senden, . European Commission 2023.

A. Timmer, L. Senden, B. Böök & S. Burri, . Publications Office of the European Union 2022.

C. Jeppesen - de Boer & A. Kronborg, Cooperation: The glue that unites the Danish Family Justice System. In M. Maclean, R. Treloar, & B. Dijksterhuis (Eds.), What Is a Family Justice System For?: Onati International Series in Law and Society (1st ed., pp. 17-52). Bloomsbury Publishing 2022.

W.M. Schrama, ‘Empowering Private Autonomy as a Means to Navigate the Patchwork of EU Regulations on Family Law’, in: J. Scherpe & E. Bargelli (red.), , Cambridge: Intersentia 2021, p. 35-58.

H. van Eijken, , European Journal of Migration and Law 2021/23, afl. 1, p. 48-67.

N.N. Tahir, , International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, vol. 35, no. 1, 2021.