According to the Selection Committee, his article was selected among a great number of outstanding papers for depth of research, sophistication of analysis, originality, quality of writing and potential impact on the field of international dispute resolution.

“What is most pleasant for me in this experience is that my article was nominated for the prize by two former students that I had at the Institute – Lisandra Novo and Tania Singla. I am grateful to them for their trust”, explained the Associate Professor of International Law and Co-director of the LL.M. in International Law. 

His article, “On the Judge Centredness of the International Legal Self”, which was published in the European Journal of International Law, seeks to “unpack and denaturalise the privileged status of international judges commonly seen as being charged with saying what counts as international law, and sensitize international lawyers to the epistemic and distributional consequences of a judge-centric perspective about their discipline”.