Prof. Brigit Toebes and Prof. Marc Hertogh receive MSCA Doctoral Networks funding

Brigit Toebes (Professor of Health Law in a Global Context) and Marc Hertogh (Professor of Law and Society), both members of our faculty, have been awarded funding from the Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Networks. With this funding, they will implement interdisciplinary doctoral programs and appoint PhD candidates.

INTEGRATE

Toebes has been awarded funding for the research project 'Interdisciplinary Network for Training, Education, and Growing Research into Applications of and Therapeutic Expertise around Psychedelics' (INTEGRATE). She will be working on this project with colleagues from Groningen (UMCG and UG) and colleagues from Berlin, Athens, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and elsewhere.

INTEGRATE aims to investigate the complex challenges associated with the use of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes (Psychedelic Therapies). By establishing a robust European network, future leaders in the field of Psychedelic Therapies will be trained. INTEGRATE aims to provide these future leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to promote, achieve, and ensure the safe, responsible, ethical, and sustainable integration of Psychedelic Therapies into mental health care.

SOCIAL

Hertogh has been awarded funding for the research project 'Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia' (SOCIAL). He will be working on this project with colleagues from Lund, Bristol, Berlin, Toronto, and other locations.

SOCIAL aims to study the complex interplay between law, society, and governance in authoritarian contexts in Central Asia. The findings should provide strategies to support political reform and institutional strengthening in Central Asia and beyond. SOCIAL will bring together 17 doctoral candidates (including one at the University of Groningen), all of whom will obtain their PhDs at one of the 14 universities in Europe and Canada that are part of the consortium.

MSCA Doctoral Networks

MSCA Doctoral Networks run doctoral programs. They do this through partnerships with universities, research institutions, companies, and other organizations. The doctoral programs must meet needs in various research and innovation areas and offer the researchers involved competencies and skills that are relevant for long-term employability.

The University of Groningen has achieved excellent results in this round of MSCA Doctoral Networks. No fewer than 12 projects have been funded and 13 principal investigators are involved as coordinators (4), beneficiaries (7), and associates (2).

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