Dr. Nathan Meershoek is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Law, affiliated with UUCePP (Utrecht University Centre for Public Procurement) and RENFORCE (Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe). He defended his PhD thesis ‘Sovereignty and Interdependence in EU Military Procurement Regulation’ in 2023 and received his doctorate degree cum laude. In his current research, Nathan Meershoek looks at different types of legal questions concerning defence procurement, military industries, the EU's ambition of strategic autonomy and national security risks in relation to critical infrastructure procurement. He regularly advises Dutch public institutions, such as the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, on issues relating to public procurement.