Curriculum Vitae
Education
2012-2018
DPhil. in Socio-Legal Studies
University of Oxford
Research Title: 'Legal Politics in the Libyan Constitution-Making Process’
2011-2012
MSc. in Law, Anthropology and Society (Distinction)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Thesis: 'Trials and Tribulations of a Hybrid pouvoir constituant' (Distinction)
2010-2011
LL.M. in International Crime and Justice (Distinction)
University of Turin/United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Turin (Italy)
Thesis: 'Between Legal Imperialism and Cultural Relativism – Southern Sudan and the Implementation of the Rule of Law': (Distinction - 30/30)
2006-2010
LL.B. in European and Comparative Law (High Merit - 1.7)
Hanse Law School (University of Bremen and Oldenburg)
Bremen and Oldenburg (Germany)
Thesis: 'Islam in Western Legal Systems – A Comparative Study Using the Example of the Talaq Divorce': (Distinction - 1.0)
Professional Activities
11/2016-03/2018
Berghof Foundation (Berlin)
Drafting of a report on the Libyan National Dialogue Preparatory Commission, including fieldwork and interviews.
12/2014-01/2015
Democracy Reporting International (Berlin/Tripoli,Libya)
Research design for a study on Libyan civil society actors and their engagement in the Libyan constitution-making process.
02/2013-07/2014
Lawyers for Justice in Libya (London/Tripoli, Libya)
Management of a Constitutional Outreach Program in cooperation with UNDP; Drafting of a commentary on the Draft Libyan Constitution; Co-editing a handbook for the drafters of the Libyan Constitution with recommendations for constitutional design, including constitution-making principles of international law.
01/2012-03/2012 and 04/2013-07/2013
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) (London, United Kingdom)
Research for the BICCL Publication ‘Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law - Safeguarding Principles’; Designing a training programme for professionals on rule of law principles and constitutional design.
Teaching
06/2016-07/2016
O. P. Jindal Global University and Somerville College, University of Oxford
International Law and Global Governance
01/2016-03/2016
Stanford House in Oxford, Stanford University
Transitional Justice, State- and Nation Building
01/2015-03/2015
Hertford College, University of Oxford
Jurisprudence of Public Law
Consulting
11/2016-present
Berghof Foundation (Berlin)
Drafting of a report on the Libyan National Dialogue Preparatory Commission, including fieldwork and interviews
12/2014-01/2015
Democracy Reporting International (Berlin/Tripoli, Libya)
Research design for a study on Libyan civil society actors and their engagement in the Libyan constitution-making process
02/2013-07/2014
Lawyers for Justice in Libya (London/Tripoli, Libya)
Management of a Constitutional Outreach Program in cooperation with UNDP; Drafting of a commentary on the Draft Libyan Constitution; Co-editing a handbook for the drafters of the Libyan Constitution with recommendations for constitutional design, including constitution-making principles of international law
01/2012-03/2012 and 04/2013-07/2013
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) (London, United Kingdom)
Research for the BICCL Publication "Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law - Safeguarding Principles"; Designing a training programme for professionals on rule of law principles and constitutional design
Grants / Scholarships
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Scholarship
Konrad Adenauer Foundation Scholarship
Blackwell Scholarship, University of Oxford
Erasmus Scholarship, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2 semesters)
Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Research Scholarship
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Overseas Fieldwork Fund
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Fieldwork Grant
Fieldwork
November 2016
Malta
August 2015
Tunisia
August 2014
Tunisia
March-June 2014
Libya
Presentations
'Legal Politics in the Libyan Constitution-Making Process – Constitution-Making in a Deeply Divided Society', Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 16 November 2017
'The Libyan Constitution-Making Process – A Tool for State-Building? Illegalism, Violence, and State Avoidance in Libya, Chad and Central African Republic', All Souls College, University of Oxford, 6-7 April 2017
'Qualitative Research in Dangerous Fieldwork Settings', Socio-Legal Methods Course, University of Oxford, 27 February 2017
'Politics of the Libyan Constitution-Making Process', 'Law in Context' Early Career Workshop, The International Journal of Law in Context, Oxford, 21-22 June 2016
'Upstream and Downstream Constraints in the Libyan Constitution-Making Process', BRISMES/EURAMES Joint Annual Conference 2015: Liberation?, London School of Economics, 24-26 June 2015
'International Assistance to Constitution-Making', The Science of Constitutions: Measures of Success and Failure, Workshop at the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Wolfson College Oxford, 1 June 2015
'Doing an Ethnography of the Libyan Constitution Making Process', Qualitative Methods Seminar, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 12 November 2014
'Conducting Fieldwork in a high risk environment', Socio-Legal Discussion Group, University of Oxford, 30 October 2014
'The Current Constitution Making Process in Libya', CEU Constitution Making in Africa Summer Conference, Central European University, Budapest, 5 July 2014
Languages
German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
Dutch (basic communication skills)
Arabic (very basic communication skills)