Dr. Birte Böök

Biography

Birte Böök is an Assistant Professor of International and European Law at Utrecht University, where she joined in February 2020. Her research focuses on public international law and European law, with particular attention to international legal theory, fundamental rights, and gender equality. She is part of the coordination team for the gender stream within the European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination and also serves on the management team of the Gender Diversity Hub. Prior to her academic position, Dr. Böök worked as a legal analyst at a legal policy consultancy in Brussels, specializing in fundamental rights and justice, and participated in multiple research projects funded by the European Union. She holds an LLM in Comparative, European, and International Laws from the European University Institute (2015) and an LLM in International and European Law from the University of Amsterdam (2012, cum laude), where she was awarded for having the highest grade point average for her master's thesis. In November 2018, she obtained her PhD in Public International Law from the European University Institute, with a thesis entitled "International Norm Conflicts: A Lens on Alexy’s Principles Theory." She has also acted as Managing Editor for the European Journal of Legal Studies.

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