I have a long-standing interest in the theory of international law, in particular in relation to critical and heterodox approaches to the field, and in this context have, together with Anne Orford, co-edited the Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (2016). More recently, I have co-coordinated, with Anna Leander (IHEID)) and Deval Desai (University of Edinburgh), a Brazilian-Swiss research project (Infrastructuring Democracy: The Regulatory Politics of Digital Code, Content and Circulation, and have a forthcoming chapter on ´Fighting (with) International Law: the ‘Crits’ in the Battle against Neoliberalism (1975-2000)´in Jochen von Bernstorff, Philipp Dann, Surabhi Ranganathan (eds.), The Battle for International Law in the Neoliberal Era (OUP forthcoming 2025). I also participated in the London Journal of International Law´s Special Issue on On International Law and Gaza: Critical Reflections (2024).
- Engagements & Projects
Frontiers of the International/Fronteiras do Internacional, Collaborative Research Framework, Co-Organizer, 2018-
‘Infrastructuring Democracy: The Regulatory Politics of Digital Code, Content and Circulation’, Brazil-Swiss Research Grant (CnPq/SNFS), Principal Investigator (with Anna Leander), 2020-
- Selected Publications
Review Essay: Of Dreams, Nightmares, and a Little Bit of Hope
‘Gentle Civilizer Decayed? Moving (Beyond) International Law‘
Book Review: Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages by Saskia Sassen (with Peer Zumbansen)