Contesting Governance is a platform that brings together researchers from across Utrecht University who share a profound interest in the critical and interdisciplinary exploration of themes at the crossroads of governance, conflict & security, institutions, and human rights. The Contesting Governance platform applies critical perspectives to unravel how power is constituted, and how it operates across particular institutional and societal fields. With its research, the platform hopes to provide more knowledge for understanding the conditions that create, safeguard or endanger open societies.