Marlou Overheul

Marlou is a recognised student at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. Her research concerns compensation schemes for occupational diseases as an alternative for liability law. Using both doctrinal and empirical legal research, she aims to contribute to the scientific and social debate on the functioning and desirability of alternative compensation schemes. Two Dutch compensation schemes that have been established for damage caused by chromium-6, serve as case studies.

Marlou obtained her Bachelor of Laws and Master of Private Law (both cum laude) at the honors programs of Utrecht University. Before starting her PhD research, she worked as a researcher at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. Marlou is currently a member of the editorial board of the legal journal Letsel & Schade and has been the editorial secretary of the Dutch Journal of Civil Law.