Dr. Theodora Valkanou

Biography

Theodora Valkanou is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Law, where she is currently involved in the project 'Of Islands and Ice: Climate Change Protection Indigenous Communities International Law Remote Island Territories' under the guidance of Miriam Cullen. She completed her PhD at the University of Copenhagen in 2023 with a focus on 'Grounding Law: International Law Study on Food Sovereignty.' Prior to her doctoral studies, Theodora was a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School and a visiting research fellow at the University of Sydney Law School. Her research interests cover a broad spectrum of public international law, emphasizing international economic law, international human rights law, and critical legal theory, particularly within the framework of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and law and political economy. Before joining the University of Copenhagen, Theodora served as a research associate to James Crawford AC at the International Court of Justice and worked in private legal practice in London. She also held a trainee position at the European Commission, contributing legal research on the European Union's free trade agreements.

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