Mr Wouter Wegkamp

I am currently a PhD-student at the Faculty, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship. I am interested in criminal law theory/ the philosophy of criminal law, with adjacent interests in moral and political philosophy. My doctoral work focusses on inchoate offences, specifically the law of attempts. My thesis aims to offer a positive account of what the law of attempts ought to look like.

Before coming to Cambridge I completed an LL.B in Dutch Law (cum laude) and a two-year Research LL.M (cum laude), as well as a BA in Philosophy of Political Science (cum laude) at the University of Groningen. Alongside my studies, I worked as a student assistant and lecturer in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Groningen, and completed an internship at the Dutch Supreme Court (Criminal Law Section).

Besides reading for my PhD, I also supervise philosophy undergraduate and law undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge for a number of courses and I am one of the conveners of the Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group (CLTDG).