Cross-border inter-organisational cooperation in crime fighting

As part of the SGW open competition, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a grant to a research proposal written by Prof Dr Math Noortmann (Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM) and Prof Dr J.B.M. Koning (UM School of Business and Economics). The project will run for two years and aims to map and analyse cross-border cooperation between police, public prosecutors and municipalities in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion in an interdisciplinary way.

The project brings together researchers from various scientific fields such as law, social sciences, organisational studies and public administration with prosecutors, police officers and municipal officials. In doing so, the research project aims to generate both scientific impact and societal impact.

The research focused on cooperation in cross-border crime fighting is in line with current discussions within the Meuse-Rhine Euregio, the safety region Limburg, the BENELUX and developments in police and judicial cooperation between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Cross-border security is therefore an important topicwithin ITEM .

A total of sixty researchers (out of 180 applications) from Dutch universities and knowledge institutions have been awarded been awarded over 23 million euros from the SGW Open Competition – M-Round 2022. Of these, seven have been awarded to UMresearchers. This funding gives them the opportunity to conduct research on a topic of their own choice, without thematic preconditions.