ACIL PhD researchers 

1. Zhonghua Du. Responsibilities of Corporations through the History of International Law
2. Amy Crean
3. Miriam Heipertz. Property imaginaires in European and International Law: A Historical Critical Discourse Analysis
4. Lara Talsma. The UN Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the EU’s external action: a critical legal analysis
5.  Ni Putu Widhia Setiani Asak. Differential Treatment Principles for Trade Measures to Contribute to Global Climate Targets

Recently completed

• Teresa Vieira da Silva Cabrita. Completed January 2023
• Jackson Oldfield. Completed January 2023
• Roman Teshome. Completed January 2023
• Wim Zimmermann. Completed February 2023
• Debadatta Bose. Completed June 2024

PhD Researchers Rethinking SLIC project

1. Jindan-Karena Mann.
2. Joëlle Trampert. Completed October 2024
3. Marc Tiernan
   Secondary criminal liability for international crimes and serious human rights violations

PhD researchers (external)

1. Amr Arafa
   Reform of Egypt Foreign Direct Investment Programme
2. Gustavo Becker
   Fulfilling the right to access remedy for victims of transnational business-related human rights violations: the role of non-judicial grievance mechanisms
3. Heather Bray
   Historical analysis of private-public arbitration commissions as global regulatory governance mechanisms
4. Horia Ciurtin
   (Not) Just a Matter of Jurisdiction: Territorial Narratives in International Investment Law
5.  Mate Csernus
   International Courts and Tribunals' Jurisdiction over Incidental Questions
6. Cleo Hoetmer
   Strafbaarstelling van grensoverschrijdende mensenhandel (uitbuiting)
7. Miguel Lopez Martinez
   Prioritizing Reparations for Massive and Gross Violations under International Law. A case study on the Implementation of the Legal Framework for Reparations in Colombia
8. Maiko Meguro
   Creation of Legal Bindingness in International Law: Whose Voice Matters?
9. Ivan Mugga. Completed July 2025
10. Shikegi Obi
    Legitimate  Expectations in Investment Law – When a host State’s modification of its legal framework constitutes a treaty violation: A comparative approach
11. Vessela Terzieva. Completed June 2025
12. Katrine Tvede
    On the grid: patterns of norm diffusion in international arbitration
13. William Worster. Completed July 2025
     

External PhD Researchers 'The Role of Law in Armed Conflict and Peace Operations'

1. Ardan Folwaij
   The legality of military human performance in the military domain
2. Raïssa van den Essen
   Targeting in Cyber Warfare: The Triangular Relation Between the Notions of ‘Attack’ (49 API), ‘Military Objectives’ (52 API) and ‘Collateral Damage’ (57 API) in Cyber Targeting Decisions
3. Bas van Hoek
   Legal Oversight on the Use of Force in Military Operations; Dutch legal oversight procedures reviewed.
4. Klaudia Klonowska
   Intra-actions of Human Judgment, AI Decision-Support Technologies, and International Law in Contemporary Military Decision-Making
5. Jonathan Kwik
   Legal obligations attached to the incorporation of artificial intelligence into weapon systems under international humanitarian law
6. Mark Roorda
   Unmanned weapon systems in military operations. An interdisciplinary normative framework: combining military operational, legal and ethical aspects in bounding the use of unmanned weapon systems in the targeting process
7. Karoly Vegh
   The applicability of international human rights law for the conduct of extraterritorial information and influence operations by states
8. Taylor Woodcock
   (Un)Lawful delegation of military conduct to artificial intelligence enabled technologies and a framework for compliance with international law