Dr. Péter Szigeti

Associate Professor

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Biography

Péter Szigeti received his SJD from Harvard Law School in 2015 and began teaching at the Faculty of Law of the University of Alberta in September 2018. He has held postdoctoral positions at New York University, McGill University, and the European University Institute. He obtained his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2008, and a Master 2 recherche from Université Paris in 2006. He also completed his bachelor's degree in Hungarian law at ELTE University, Budapest, in 2005. In 2023, he was an invited visiting professor at the Institute of Legal Constitutional History at the University of Vienna, Austria, and will participate in the Louvain Global College of Law program at UCLouvain, Belgium, in March 2024. Currently, he is on leave from the University of Alberta and is working as a Collegium Fellow at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Turku, Finland, from 2024 to 2027. Professor Szigeti teaches courses on property law, immigration law, and jurisprudence. His diverse research interests include geographical information law, interactions between property law and environmental protection, jurisdiction, sovereignty, territoriality in international law, comparative immigration law, citizenship/nationality law, statelessness, migration law history, and international legal history.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2018-09-01 — Present

University of Alberta • Edmonton, AB, Canada

Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, teaching various law courses and supervising research.

Courses

LAW440 Property Law LAW588B Citizenship, Immigration Refugee Law LAW486 Jurisprudence: Methods Interpretation LAW599 Digital Law LAW589 Moot Court Coaching LAW526 Independent Research Paper

Requirements for University of Alberta

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:21
Reading
Required:21
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:21
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Management
Application Checklist
  • Three letters of reference
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal Statement
  • Official Transcripts (upon admission)
Specialization Notes

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management