MARLON BOEVE is Assistant Professor at the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.SANNE AKERBOOM is Assistant Professor of Law and Politics of the Energy Transition at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (Faculty of Geosciences), Utrecht University, the Netherlands. CHRIS BACKES is Professor of Environmental and Planning Law at the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.MARLEEN VAN RIJSWICK is Professor of European and Dutch Water Law and is Director of the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.