Werner-Edouard de Saeger van Nattenhaesdonck, PhD, LLM, MTS

Werner-Edouard de Saeger van Nattenhaesdonck, PhD, LLM, MTS is a professor at Hasselt University and a practicing attorney at DE SAEGER Advocatenkantoor. He received his PhD in International & Comparative Law from the University of Brussels, an LLM in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law from Leiden University, an MTS from Harvard University, a Master of Law, Religion, and Society from the Catholic University of Leuven, and an Advanced Diploma in the Study of Religion from the University of Cambridge. His academic and legal work focuses on the intersections of law, religion, and politics, with particular expertise in constitutional law, religious freedom, and international jurisprudence. His bioethical interests include the legal and ethical dimensions of religious freedom, secular governance, and the regulation of emerging technologies in law. He has been awarded multiple research fellowships, including at Harvard's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, the Sorbonne, and Gladstone's Library, and has published widely in the fields of law, religion, and geopolitics.