Ongoing and completed PhDs


Successfully completed and defended PhD theses supervised by Thierry Vansweevelt

2025

  • Fien De Meyer, ‘International and national legal regulations of abortion beyond 12 weeks pregnancy’
  • Time Istace, ’The implications of neurotechnological developments on the protection of the human mind. Are we in need of an updated humanrights framework?’

2024

  • Sien Loos, ’Cross-border access to end-of-life services in Europe: an analysis in light of human rights legislation and EU law’

2023

  • ​Julie Hantson, ‘Legal aspects of mobile healthcare’

2021

  • Cindy Cornelis, ‘Legal aspects of genetic information’

2020

  • Coralie Herijgers, ‘Physicians & Deontology’

2018

  • Wannes Buelens, ‘Medical accidents without liability’

2016

  • Nils Broeckx, ‘The legal status of human organs’

2015

  • Filip Dewallens, ‘The status of the hospital physician’

2014

  • Sarah Panis, ‘Stem cells and the law: A legal analysis from extraction to use’

2013

  • Nick Van Gelder, ‘Towards the commercialisation of human tissue?’
  • Christophe Lemmens, ‘Legal aspects of advance end-of-life directives’
  • Frederic Blockx, ‘Doctor-patient confidentiality’

2011

  • Evelien Delbeke, ‘Legal aspects of end-of-life care’

2004

  • Steven Lierman, ‘Precaution, prevention and liability’

2003

  • Britt Weyts, ‘Fault of the victim in non-contractual liability law’

2000

  • Frederik Swennen, ‘The legal position of people with mental disabilities in civil law’

1999

  • Joyce ter Heerdt, ‘Testing the experiment’