In May 2012, she obtained her doctorate for a PhD on the role that Western society systems of tort law may play in promoting international corporate social responsibility and accountability. The focus of her research has been on the contemporary socio-legal trend towards ‘foreign direct liability claims’: transnational civil liability claims brought before Western society courts against multinational corporations for the detrimental impacts of their activities on people and planet in developing host countries. Over the past ten years, she has published a variety of articles in international and Dutch refereed journals as well as a number of books on this topical subject.