His project seeks to examine how states shape the scope of compliance – the range of behaviors that may be justified as appropriate under the law – in the treaty-making process. Thus, his project focuses on the drafting of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, examining how actors drew on existing legal standards and emerging norms to create rules with varying levels of specificity. His broader dissertation examines how the idea of compliance is created and contested through ongoing processes of social contestation.

Kyle is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California and he holds an MSc in Human Rights from University College Dublin. His research examines the strategic and political uses of international law in international relations, particularly as a language of justification and a tool of compliance-making. His research has been published in the Review of International Studies and the Journal of Human Rights.

Review of International Studies - Law and contestation in international negotiations | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Journal of Human Rights - Social media and genocide: The case for home state responsibility: Journal of Human Rights: Vol 20, No 4 (tandfonline.com)