European Society for Empirical Legal Studies
Welcome to the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies (ESELS). Our Society brings together persons and organizations from across Europe and beyond, sharing an interest and involvement in Empirical Legal Studies in both academic research and teaching.
The Mini-conference Empirical Perspectives on European Law (Umea, Sweden) takes place on 22-23 January 2026.
Save the date: Annual ESELS Conference 18-19 June 2026 in Ljubljana (Slovenia) – CfP opens 15 December 2025
Event of note: Methods in Legal Discipline (workshop 8-9 December 2025, University of Luxembourg)
ESELS
Promoting ELS in a European context
Our European Society offers opportunities to bring together persons and organizations engaged in Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) to stimulate multi- and interdisciplinary research.
The aim of ESELS is to promote empirical-legal scholarship among European and international researchers and institutions and to encourage exchange and collaboration between empirical-legal scholars, as well as providing a European platform for upcoming researchers engaged in ELS.
ESELS is committed to foster a methodologically pluralist, intellectually open, and disciplinary inclusive academic culture actively promoting academic interest in ELS on a European level.
News and updates
ESELS News
Find here our latest ESELS news and publications.
ESELS Poster Recognition 2025
Over Conference Dinner in Toulouse it was announced that Tabea Krauss (Erasmus…
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Conference Report Toulouse 2025
Under the ideal conditions of a streamlined conference organization, with the…
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ESELS pre-conference workshops
Sign up for one of our pre-conference workshops on systematic case-law analysis,…
1 min. time to readUpcoming ESELS event
Save the date: ESELS Conference 18-19 June 2026 in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
The next Annual ESELS Conference will take place on 18-19 June 2026 and will be hosted in the heart of Europe by the School of Economics and Business University of Ljubljana, which was originally founded in 1595. The University of Ljubljana is today the central and largest educational and research institution in Slovenia. It is renowned for its quality social and natural sciences and technical study programmes. School of Economics and Business which hosts ESELS 2026 conference is an internationally triple-accredited school (EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB) and is thus among the top 1% of business and economics schools in the world.
