Leontine Bruijnen

Bio

Leontine Bruijnen is a law graduate from the University of Maastricht. After obtaining her master of laws diploma in 2014, she obtained the advanced master international relations and diplomacy at the University of Antwerp.

After graduating in 2016, she worked for two years at a notary office. In 2018, she started working at the University of Antwerp as a PhD-researcher and teaching assistant in the field of private international law. Her PhD-subject is the role of private international law in the recognition of kafala and child marriage for family and migration law purposes.

In February 2023, she started working part-time at the University of Ghent on the FAMIMOVE project.
This project aims to contribute to the coordination between international family law and migration law. FAMIMOVE is co-funded by the European Commission.