"Mapping Access"

This is the blog post series of the IN-Court Network. We are researchers interested in all things legal and social. In this blog post series, we reflect on issues around access to the fields we work on and experiences in the course of our research projects. By sharing our stories we want to open up a space for discussion with other people already doing or interested in socio-legal research. Join the conversation!

This blog series was first conceptualized in the context of the ComparE project workshop generously funded by the Deutsche Friedensstiftung

Access to court files in Germany

Anja Schmidt-Kleinert

July 1, 2025

Back in 2018, I was working in the BMBF-funded joint project PANDORA, where we, among other things, were interested in how German courts acknowledge …

Time and time again – the role of time and timing in access negotiations

Nina Törnqvist

July 1, 2025

An access process is an access process is an access process. There is something appealing in letting the various elements of negotiating access to a …

Access (Not-Necessarily) Denied

Revital Madar

July 1, 2025

I had no idea how it would work out, or whether my brother would indeed receive the documents promised by Israel’s Military Prosecution. Already …