Dr. Margot Salomon

Biography

Margot Salomon is an Associate Professor at the Law School of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on the distributional effects of international law using insights from various disciplines, including political economy and critical development studies. She has explored radical articulations of peasant rights, adjudication of socio-economic rights concerning indigenous land rights and capital accumulation, and the examination of sovereign debt through a radical perspective. Salomon's notable works include 'The Misery of International Law,' which won the European Society of International Law Book Prize. She is also an editorial board member of LSE Press and leads an interdisciplinary laboratory for advanced research in the global economy at LSE. Salomon holds a PhD in International Law from LSE, an LLM in International Human Rights Law from University College London, and a Master's in Comparative European Social Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests encompass poverty and inequality in international law, militarism, rights to natural resources, environmental justice, and the role of international financial institutions.

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