Address
Nationality
German
Research Interests
General International Law, esp. Sources & Subjects of International Law
International Law and Armed Conflict
Law and Governance of Climate Change
International Law of the Sea
Law and Practice of International Organizations
German Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, and Comparative Constitutional Law
Education
Magister Juris, University of Oxford
First Legal State Exam (with distinction, ‘gut’), Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany), Specialization in International and European Commercial Law
Work Experience and other Activities
Coach for University of Oxford’s Jessup Moot Court Team
- 1st Place, UK national rounds, won all available prizes
- 5th Place, Jessup World Championship Rounds, Washington DC. Won prizes for memorials as well as individual performances. Oxford’s 2nd best performance to date
Founding Member, Oxford International Law Society (OXILS)
Research Associate, IFHV
Research Assistant, IFHV
Assistant to Tobias Ackermann and Sebastian Wuschka during the editing process of “Investments in Conflict Zones” (Brill, 2020)
Student Coach for Ruhr-University’s 2020 Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Team, 7th place (out of 17) at the German national rounds and winner of the Best Respondent Memorial Award
Representative of the student assistants, IFHV
Student Assistant, IFHV
Student Assistant, Chair for Civil Law, Commercial Law, and Sports Law, RUB
Selected Publications
“Legal Consequences of a Potential US Attack on Greenland” Bofax Nr. 713E, Völkerrechtsblog: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/legal-consequences-of-a-potential-us-attack-on-greenland/.
“The Life and Death of the Prohibition on the Use of Force”, Bofax Nr. 711E, Völkerrechtsblog: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/the-life-and-death-of-the-prohibition-on-the-use-of-force/.
“Military Forces”, in: Rainer Grote et al. (eds.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law: https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law-mpeccol/law-mpeccol-e376.
“Sacred Days, Silent Guns?”, Bofax Nr. 691E, völkerrechtsblog: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/sacred-days-silent-guns/.
“The Ides of March – Et Tu, Friedrich?”, March editorial, völkerrechtsblog: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/editorial-43-the-ides-of-march/.
„Bevölkerungsschutz als Herausforderung an das Völkerrecht“, in: Pierre Thielbörger und Sascha Rolf Lüder (eds.), Bevölkerungsschutz als Herausforderung an das Völkerrecht, das Verfassungsrecht und das Verwaltungsrecht (Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag), 11 – 24.
“Justice Delayed”, in: Humanitäres Völkerrecht / Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 2024 (3-4), 170 – 184.
“Sea-level Rise at the Security Council”, Bofax No. 648E, völkerrechtsblog: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/sea-level-rise-at-the-security-council/.
„Klimanotstand über Gewaltenteilung?“, verfassungsblog: https://verfassungsblog.de/klimanotstand-uber-gewaltenteilung/.
Book Review, “Climate Refugees: Global, Local and Critical Approaches”, CUP 2022 (ed. by Simon Behrman and Avidan Kent), South African Journal of International Affairs 2022.
„Zustimmung unter Vorbehalt“, Junge Wissenschaft im Öffentlichen Recht (JuWiss), https://www.juwiss.de/112-2021/
“Sea-level Rise and Public International Law: The Case of “Lost” States”, in: Humanitäres Völkerrecht / Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 2021 (1-2), 50 – 61
“Klima Urteil gegen Shell: Meilenstein für Unternehmen und Menschenrechte“, together with Pierre Thielbörger, Legal Tribune Online, 01.06.2021
“Of crabbed age and bold youth”, Bofax No. 577E, together with Nadine Grünhagen, Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/of-crabbed-age-and-bold-youth/
“Das Menschenrechtssystem der Vereinten Nationen als Instrument zum Klimaschutz – mehr als nur ein Provisorium?“, in: Humanitäres Völkerrecht / Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 2020 (3-4), 353 – 370
“Human Rights as Means to Challenge Climate Change Injustices”, together with Benedikt Behlert, in: WorldRiskReport 2020, 35 – 42
“Trumping Mexico’s Sovereignty?”, Bofax No. 540E, together with Vanessa Bliecke, Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/trumping-mexicos-sovereignty/
“The international whaling regime – a law with no teeth?”, Bofax No. 529E, Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-international-whaling-regime/
„Zu den verfassungsrechtlichen Anforderungen an die Fixierung“, Comment to Federal Constitutional Court Judgment 2 BvR 309/15 (24.07.2018), in: Rechtsprechungsreport der Ruhr-Universität Bochum 01/2019, 1.
Teaching Experience
„Arbeitsgemeinschaft im Staatsrecht III“, Tutorial on German Constitutional Law
Conferences and Panels
Presentation on "From Grotius to Greenland: The Concept of Sovereignty in International Law Throughout Time", Cusanuswerk Spring Academy.
Co-Organisation of the international workshop “Revisting Customary IHL: The ICRC’s Study at 20”, Ruhr-University Bochum. Funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research and Ruhr-University Bochum’s Research School.
Presentation on “International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights”, German Red Cross Summer School in International Humanitarian Law.
Presentation on “Protecting Education in and Against Armed Conflict” („Schutz von Bildung im bewaffneten Konflikt“), German Red Cross Westfalen-Lippe.
Presentation on “Disaster Protection as a Challenge for International Law” („Bevölkerungsschutz als Herausforderung an das Völkerrecht“), Conference on Bevölkerungsschutz als Herausforderung an das Völkerrecht, das Verfassungsrecht und das Verwaltungsrecht“, IFHV Bochum.
10th UN-Research Colloquium on “The UN and Resources”, 08 – 10 October 2020, Bochum, Presentation on “The Implications of Sea-level Rise for International Law: The Case of “Lost” States”
Working Group of Critical Legal Scholars Bochum, Presentation on “Klimawandel und Menschenrechte”
Regional Human Rights Systems from a Comparative Perspective, International Conference, 12 – 13 December 2019, EUI Florence, Assistant Organizer
Grants and Awards
Erasmus Teaching Mobility Grant, Ruhr-University Bochum and University of Lancashire, Cyprus.
Grant by Ruhr-University Bochum’s Research School for the project “Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC’s Study at 20” (9.535€).
Grant by the German Foundation for Peace Research for the project “Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC’s Study at 20” (17.535€; PI: Pierre Thielbörger).
PhD Scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
PhD Scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (rejected).
IFHV Teaching Award for outstanding teaching at the Faculty of Law, Ruhr-University Bochum.
IFHV Teaching Award for outstanding teaching at the Faculty of Law, Ruhr-University Bochum.
Awarded Volterra Fietta Prize for the best performance in the BCL/MJur module “International Law of the Sea”, University of Oxford.
Scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation for Magister Juris studies.
St Cross/Law Faculty Scholarship, University of Oxford.
Faculty Prize, Faculty of Law, Ruhr-University Bochum. Awarded annually to the three best graduates.
Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
IFHV Research Award 2019
Media
Co-Host, Völkerrechtspodcast (https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/article-categories/podcast/)
Regular media appearances, e.g. nt-v, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Language Skills
German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
French (beginner)
Latin (‘Latinum’)
Spanish (basic skills)