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Veronika Fikfak

University of Copenhagen, University College London, University of Cambridge

ORCID iD 0000-0003-0036-558X
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Veronika Fikfak is a Professor of Human Rights and International Law at University College London, School of Public Policy and a co-Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights. She holds academic positions also at the iCourts Centre of Excellence, University of Copenhagen and at the University of Oslo.
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Veronika’s research interests are in the fields of international law, human rights, and public law. Her current research focuses on reparations and compensation in international law, execution and enforcement of international judgments, access to human rights justice, and system design.
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She serves as the Secretary General of the European Society of International Law, where she co-founded the ESIL Interest Group on Social Sciences and International Law. She is also a General Editor of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement and joint General Editor of the OUP Book Series of the European Society of International Law. She also acts as judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights.
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Veronika employs quantitative and qualitative approaches in her work, informed by psychology and behavioural economics. Veronika has received more than 5 million euros in funding from the European Research Council, UK’s ESRC Future Research Leaders Grant, the British Academy, Norway's Research Council, Carlsberg Foundation, and the Humboldt Foundation. She has published articles in the European Journal of International Law, American Journal of International Law, International Journal of Constitutional Law. For her work, Veronika has received several prizes, including Best Article Prize from the American Society of International Law (Dispute Resolution Group) in 2024.
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Veronika previously lectured at the University of Cambridge, Sciences Po in Paris, and was a Senior Humboldt Fellow at the Institute of Law and Economics in Hamburg. She also worked at the European Court of Human Rights, the International Court of Justice, and at the Law Commission for England and Wales. She holds a masters and doctorate from the University of Oxford and a first law degree from the University of Ljubljana.

Employment

  • University of Copenhagen
    2019 - Present
  • University of Cambridge
    2012 - 2019
  • University College London

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