Curriculum

Paul van Seters (1948) studied law at Utrecht University (LL.M. 1972) and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1988). From 1973 to 1977, he was Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Law and Society (U.C. Berkeley). Since 1978, he has been working at the Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, initially as Lecturer, subsequently as Professor of Legal Sociology. From 1992 to 1999, he was Director of the Institute for Jurisprudence and Comparative Law (Schoordijk Institute), the research institute and graduate school of the Tilburg Faculty of Law. Since 1 April 1999, he has been Executive Director of Globus, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development.
He was President of the Dutch Law and Society Association from 1993 to 1998. Currently, he is on the editorial board of the Electronic Journal of Comparative Law and editor-in-chief of Sociale Wetenschappen. Since January 2003, he has been a regular commentator for IS (Internationale Samenwerking), the monthly magazine published by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has published articles and books on socio-legal theory, public administration and cultural sociology. His current research interests include law and communitarianism, corporate social responsibility and the global civil society.

Correspondence address: Globus, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected].