Danielle’s research focuses on the interplay between the legal and the social in the urban setting, researching the role of law in urban conviviality. She is particularly interested in the juridification of social norms in superdiverse urban settings. She combines legal research with ethnographic fieldwork in sites where law can be seen ‘in action’. Additional to her research in the Dutch setting, she also has experience with doing research in the Dominican Republic and Namibia. Her current research centers on legal interventions that impact the access to public space for those not part of the dominant power constellation, with a specific focus on –but not limited to- women.

Matt is a cultural anthropologist and socio-legal scholarship. His research examines the law and politics of global food systems, with a particular focus on the relationship between human rights and emerging forms of governance. His book, Translating Food Sovereignty: Cultivating Justice in an Age of Transnational Governance (Stanford University Press, 2022) examines how transnational activists based in the United States are mobilizing the claim of food sovereignty. In his current research, he is examining how the digitalization of food systems is impacting human rights, and how movements are developing new claims and approaches to data and digital governance. He has published widely in the fields of socio-legal and agrarian studies, including in Law & Social Inquiry, Law & Society Review, the Michigan Journal of Law and Society, Transnational Legal Theory, the Journal of Peasant Studies, and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, among others.