Altwicker, Tilmann
Tilmann Altwicker is Associate Professor of Legal Data Science and Public Law at the University of Zurich. As chair of the Center for Legal Data Science (CLDS), together with his team, he explores how statistics, and machine learning can uncover patterns in legal data, advance evidence-based legal research, and rethink law in the digital age.
Askin, Elif
Elif Askin is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich and a lecturer at the Europa-Institut, Saarland University. She specializes in public international law and human rights law and currently works on a project exploring the role of emotions in constitutional law.
Bens, Jonas
Jonas Bens is Heisenberg Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hamburg. His research examines conflicts within plural normative orders, focusing on colonialism and capitalism through ethnographic and comparative analysis. He is author of The Indigenous Paradox (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020) and The Sentimental Court (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Bianchi, Andrea
Andrea Bianchi, PhD (Milan); LL.M. (Harvard), Professor of International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland. His research interests lie in treaty interpretation, the production of knowledge, as well as the ‘unsaid’ and the ‘unseen’ in international law. His recent books include: Demystifying Treaty Interpretation (co-authored with Fuad Zarbiev, CUP, 2024); International Law’s Invisible Frames – Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes (co-edited with Moshe Hirsch, OUP, 2021).
Broude, Tomer
Tomer Broude is Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Bessie and Michael Greenblatt Chair in Public and International Law at the Faculty of Law and Department of International Relations. He specializes in public international law and international economic law, human rights and cultural heritage.
Buis, Emiliano
Prof. Dr. Emiliano J. Buis is Chair of Public International Law at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Law School and UNICEN and Senior Researcher at Argentina’s National Research Council (CONICET). Head of the UBA Observatory of International Humanitarian Law and Director of the Postgraduate Diploma in Nuclear Law.
Daryabeigi, Kiana
Kiana Daryabeigi is a Teaching Assistant at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and a PhD candidate at the University of Geneva, where she conducts research on the role of aesthetics in constructing people’s identity in international law. Her research focuses on the aesthetics of international law and the role of cognitive sensibility in shaping legal thought and practice. She has gained professional experience with the UNESCO Chair for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy, as well as through various research initiatives.
Engel, Christoph
Christoph Engel is Professor Emeritus and founding Director of the Bonn Max Planck Institute. He holds honorary doctorates from Jerusalem and Copenhagen. He examines the behavioral foundations of law, which he interprets as a tool for governing society. He is fascinated by the potential of LLMs for legal research.
Gürkan, Seda
Seda Gürkan is Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA). She is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. She currently leads a Starter Grant on the role of emotions in EU foreign policy.
Hirsch, Moshe
Moshe Hirsch is the Von Hofmannsthal Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Law Faculty and Department of International Relations) and Co-director of the International Law Forum at the Hebrew University. A significant part of his publications involves theoretical and interdisciplinary research that draws, inter alia, on sociological literature, social-cognition studies, political economy, and international relations theory.
Irish, Bradley
Bradley J. Irish is an associate professor of English at Arizona State University, with a particular interest in the literary and cultural history of emotion. He is the author of 5 monographs, including The Universality of Emotion: Perspectives from the Sciences and Humanities (2025).
Kidd White, Emily
Emily Kidd White is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. She holds a J.S.D. and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. Dr. Kidd White writes on public law, international public law, and legal philosophy with a particular interest on the roles emotions play in legal reasoning. She is the author of Emotions and Dignity in Legal Reasoning (Oxford University Press, Legal Philosophy Series, forthcoming), and, along with Susan Bandes, Jody Madeira, and Kathryn Temple, she co-edited the Research Handbook on Law and Emotion (Edward Elgar, 2021).
Koschut, Simon
Simon Koschut is Professor of International Security at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. His research focuses on the interplay of emotions, norms, and conflict in international politics, examining how affective processes shape norm compliance, human rights enforcement, and transnational governance. He has published widely on emotions in international relations and global security studies.
Mahlmann, Matthias
Matthias Mahlmann is a University Professor and the Chair of Philosophy and Theory of Law, Legal Sociology and International Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His recent publications include: Mind and Rights. The History, Ethics, Law and Psychology of Human Rights, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Maroney, Terry
Terry A. Maroney is the Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University and Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society. She researches the intersection of law and emotion. She is also a scholar of criminal law, with specialisations in wrongful convictions and in juvenile justice. Her work on the role of emotion in judicial behaviour and decision-making forms the backbone of her scholarly focus. Weaving legal analysis together with the psychology, sociology, and philosophy of emotion, her work illuminates how emotional experiences, dynamics, and their management interact with the constraints and demands of varied judicial roles, with deep implications for judges and the public they serve.
Mehler, Alexander
Alexander Mehler is Professor of Computational Humanities/Text Technology at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he heads the Text Technology Lab (TTLab). He has served on the executive committee of the German Society for Computational Linguistics and Language Technology, chairing its research group on Quantitative Corpus Linguistics. He also led the research group on Computational Semiotics of the German Society of Semiotics and served on the executive committee of the LOEWE Priority Program Digital Humanities. In addition, he was a member of the executive committee of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Sciences (CEDIFOR). He is a founding member of the German Society for Network Research (DGNet) and a Programme Committee member of the DFG-funded SPP New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences. His research interests include the quantitative analysis, simulative synthesis, and formal modeling of textual units in spoken and written communication. This work encompasses the study of linguistic networks in contemporary and historical languages, informed by models of language evolution. A current focus of his research concerns 4D text technologies involving Virtual Reality (VR) and multimodal computing.
Papić, Tatjana
Tatjana Papić is Professor of Law at the Union University Belgrade Law School, and International and Comparative Law Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading School of Law. She has worked on topics related to international responsibility, human rights, and the interactions between international law and domestic politics. Her current research explores the impact of affective narratives on international law.
Rosoux, Valérie
Valérie Rosoux is a Research Director at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS). She teaches International Negotiation, Politics of Memory, and Transitional Justice at UCLouvain (Belgium). She has a Licence in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Political Sciences. She is a member of the Belgian Royal Academy. Since 2021, she is a Max Planck Law Fellow. Her research interests focus on post-war reconciliation and the uses of memory in international relations. In 2010-2011, she was a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (Washington DC). In the past twenty years she trained diplomats, NGO workers, military officers, and students in Europe, Africa and the USA.
Spain Bradley, Anna
Anna Spain Bradley is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of The Promise Institute for Human Rights at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and holds the MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights. A former UN Legal Expert, she is the author of Global Racism: A Challenge for the World (OUP, 2026), Human Choice in International Law (CUP, 2021), International Dispute Resolution (CAP 2021, co-editor), and many law review articles including Human Rights Racism (2019) and the recipient of the 2014 ASIL Francis Lieber Award, The U.N. Security Council’s Duty to Decide (2013).
Tao, Nanying
Nanying Tao is an Assistant Professor at the Law School of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She received her PhD from McGill University under the supervision of Prof. Andrea Kay Bjorklund. Her research covers international legal theories, international legal history, international adjudication and international economic law, with a concentration on China’s approach to international law, where she has published several papers. In 2023 Nanying Tao embarked a research project on the evolution of China’s view of international adjudication, funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC).
Tuchtfeld, Erik
Erik Tuchtfeld is a research fellow at the MPIL and heads the humanet3 group, located at the Center for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development. His main research fields are platform regulation, the protection of freedom of expression and the right to privacy in the digital realm.
Uyheng, Joshua
Joshua Uyheng is Director of the Political Psychology of Democratization Laboratory and Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology at the Ateneo de Manila University. His research examines questions of collective meaning and action in contexts of political and technological change. He received his PhD in Societal Computing from Carnegie Mellon University.
van Aaken, Anne
Anne van Aaken (Dr. iur. and MA Economics) is Chair for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law and European Law, University of Hamburg (2018-2023 Alexander von Humboldt Professor). Anne was Vice-President of ESIL and chaired the EUI Research Council and is Distinguished Fellow of Hebrew University.
Villringer, Arno
Professor Arno Villringer is a Director at the Department of Neurology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. His research focuses on brain-body interactions and their impact on cognition, behavior and the development of neurological disorders.
Zvobgo, Kelebogile
Kelebogile Zvobgo is the Mansfield Associate Professor of Government at William & Mary and Director of the International Justice Lab. Her research centers on human rights, transitional justice, and international law and courts. She is the author of Governing Truth: NGOs and the Politics of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press). She has published articles in International Journal of Transitional Justice, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Human Rights, and Journal of Politics, among others. She has also written for policy and mainstream outlets like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, and the Brookings Institution, where she is a nonresident senior fellow.
