Sofia Vandenbosch

Senior Research Fellow

vandenbosch@mpil.de

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Sofia Vandenbosch is a recognized expert in the field of constitutional law comparison and human rights protection. She formerly worked for two years as a legal advisor at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a lecturer at UCLouvain. Sofia studied law and European affairs in Belgium (Liège, Leuven, Ghent) as well as in Glasgow and defended her doctoral thesis on the Europeanisation of treaty-making power at UCLouvain.

Recent Publications

• La démocratie parlementaire à l’épreuve de l’européanisation du pouvoir de conclure des traités Étude des cas belge et néerlandais. Larcier, Brussels, 2025, 616 p. https://www.larcier-intersentia.com/fr/v...
  
• Belgium. In: EU Emergency Law, Krzysztof Pacula, University of Silesia Press, Katowice 2025, 375-407 (with Merijn Chamon, Julian Clarenne, Paul Dermine, Mathieu Leloup). https://monograph.us.edu.pl/index.php/wy...
  
• Editorial – How to Get Rid of Vetoes in EU Foreign and Security Policy? In: European Foreign Affairs Review 29/3, 227-230 (2024) (with B. Becerril Atienza, A. Bendiek, J. Jokela, S. Lange , R. A. Wessel).
  
• D’une crise à l’autre : retour sur le bilan de la Commission von der Leyen I (2019-2024). In: Louvain Law Review 2, 137-158 (2024). https://www.larcier-intersentia.com/medi...
  
• Guerre et Constitution : Belgique. In: Annuaire International de Justice Constitutionnelle. 39. Presses universitaires d’Aix Marseille, Aix-en-provence 2023, 245-264 (with Marc Verdussen).
  

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L’organisation fédérale belge et l’enjeu climatique : sortir de l’impasse. In: Quel fédéralisme pour la Belgique de demain ? Bilan et perspectives d’un modèle atypique, Céline Romainville. Larcier-Intersentia, Brussels 2024, 443-511 (with Céline Romainville , Emmanuel Slautsky, Marie Beudels).


Le Sénat de Belgique: une institution en quête de repères. In: 30 jaar federalisme. 30 ans de fédéralisme, Aube Wirtgen. Die Keure, Brugge 2024, 3-35 (with Xavier Miny, Céline Romainville).


The Procedural Legacy of Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Temporary Modification of the Council’s Rules of Procedure Became Permanent. In: EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crises, Ramona Coman. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2024, 85-107 (with Antoine Misonne).


Les conditions d’électorat. In: Les systèmes électoraux de la Belgique. Larcier, Bruxelles 2024, 157-196 (with Xavier Miny).


La Cour constitutionnelle prise au piège de la “diplomatie des otages”. A propos des arrêts n° 163/2022 du 8 décembre 2022 et n° 36/2023 du 3 mars 2023. In: Journal des tribunaux 6941, 309-317 (2024) (with Céline Romainville).


“Opération Blackstone”. La fin (et les moyens) de l’affaire Vandecasteele ? In: Journal des tribunaux 6946, 401-404 (2023) (with Xavier Miny, Céline Romainville).

Blogposts

• “For the Sole Reason of Being Born Mixed-Race”: The Case of the Métis Children of the Belgian Congo. Verfassungsblog, 06 June 2025. https://verfassungsblog.de/belgium-congo...
  
• The Political Question Doctrine Under Close Control – What the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union Tell Us About the Changing Contours of Judicial Review in Europe. Verfassungsblog, 30 October 2024, Last Access: May 2025. https://verfassungsblog.de/the-political...
  
• Law and Governance Variations of Europe’s Geopolitical Awakening. Verfassungsblog, 28 October 2024, Last Access: May 2025 (with Kerttuli Lingenfelter , Carolyn Moser). https://verfassungsblog.de/law-and-gover...
  

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