List of supervisers in law
Aloka Wanigasuriya, Assistant Professor, Department of Law buw@sam.sdu.dk
As a supervisor, I believe that the research project belongs to the student and therefore encourage them to take ownership for it. This means that the student decides how they wish to steer the project.
While I guide students as needed, I view my role as being that of a facilitator who can pitch in with specialized input. I encourage students to book regular supervision meetings to which they come prepared with questions about their research. These meetings can be held either online or in person.
My predominant area of expertise is international criminal law and procedure. I am happy to offer supervision in the broad areas of:
- International Criminal Law
- Public International Law
- International Human Rights
Ayo Næsborg-Andersen – Associate Professor, Department of Law – ayo@sam.sdu.dk
I am happy to offer supervision, particuarly in the following broad areas:
- Data protection law (including, but not limited to, the GDPR)
- European human rights
- International human rights
- Discrimination
- The right to privacy
- The right to family life
- and various other connected topics
If you have ideas within these areas feel free to contact me.
I am happy to offer supervision, particuarly in the following broad areas:
- Data protection law (including, but not limited to, the GDPR)
- European human rights
- International human rights
- Discrimination
- The right to privacy
- The right to family life
- and various other connected topics
If you have ideas within these areas feel free to contact me.
Bugge Thorbjørn Daniel Associate Professor, Department of Law – btd@sam.sdu.dk
As a supervisor, I hold the view that supervisees are responsible for their own work and work ethics and that the role of the supervisor is to qualify that process. It is the role of the supervisor to ensure that this cooperation takes place in a constructive manner. I expect meetings with supervisees to be mainly focused on specific questions about their work. That said supervision may also consist of more general discussions about methodology and approaches. I have no particular preferences in terms of approaches to legal issues: I will work with you to define your puzzle, help to identify the structural consequences hereof and develop an appropriate strategy to deal with your research questions.
I am happy to offer supervision in the broad areas of:
Legality of use of force
Issues relating to responsibility for breaches of international law
Legal aspects of the European Foreign and Security Policy
International human rights
Law of international organizations
As a supervisor, I hold the view that supervisees are responsible for their own work and work ethics and that the role of the supervisor is to qualify that process. It is the role of the supervisor to ensure that this cooperation takes place in a constructive manner. I expect meetings with supervisees to be mainly focused on specific questions about their work. That said supervision may also consist of more general discussions about methodology and approaches. I have no particular preferences in terms of approaches to legal issues: I will work with you to define your puzzle, help to identify the structural consequences hereof and develop an appropriate strategy to deal with your research questions.
I am happy to offer supervision in the broad areas of:
Legality of use of force
Issues relating to responsibility for breaches of international law
Legal aspects of the European Foreign and Security Policy
International human rights
Law of international organizations
Christian Frier – Assistant Professor, Department of Law – cfr@sam.sdu.dk
As a supervisor, I strive to facilitate a space for students to develop and perform. I expect supervisees to work with the subject in detail and to prepare well for our meetings. I prefer to receive material beforehand to evaluate the ability to communicate in writing. I also encourage supervisees to address their subject from an novel perspective, thus not to choose a topic which would merely ‘reproduce’ the findings of another thesis within an overly popular field.
As a lawyer by education, I am happy to offer supervision in these areas of law:
-Maritime Security, particularly piracy but also upcoming topics such as maritime cyber security
- The role of non-state actors in maritime issues, mostly private actors but also that of the IMO
- The regulation of fishery including IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) and extraction of non-living resources, such as deep seabed mining
- The Arctic region in general
As a supervisor, I strive to facilitate a space for students to develop and perform. I expect supervisees to work with the subject in detail and to prepare well for our meetings. I prefer to receive material beforehand to evaluate the ability to communicate in writing. I also encourage supervisees to address their subject from an novel perspective, thus not to choose a topic which would merely ‘reproduce’ the findings of another thesis within an overly popular field.
As a lawyer by education, I am happy to offer supervision in these areas of law:
-Maritime Security, particularly piracy but also upcoming topics such as maritime cyber security
- The role of non-state actors in maritime issues, mostly private actors but also that of the IMO
- The regulation of fishery including IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) and extraction of non-living resources, such as deep seabed mining
- The Arctic region in general
Martin Mennecke – Associate Professor, Department of Law – marme@sam.sdu.dk
I am happy to offer supervision in the field of international law and particularly in regard to the following areas and topics:
the Arctic and international law
Israel, Palestine and international law
the African Union and international law
non-state actors and international law (multinational companies etc.)
International Criminal Court (and Security Council, and the US, and Africa, and Palestine etc.)
crime of aggression and the ICC
transitional justice (peace v. justice, international v. national, country cases etc.)
Commissions of Inquiry and international criminal law
dispute settlement and international law (International Court of Justice etc.)
humanitarian intervention
responsibility to protect (R2P) and atrocity prevention
use of force (cyber, self defence, non state actors etc.)
United Nations (Security Council, right to veto, Human Rights Council etc.)
UN peacekeeping (intervention brigade, protection of civilians etc.)
Feel free to contact me if you want to bounce ideas and see whether we could work together.
I am happy to offer supervision in the field of international law and particularly in regard to the following areas and topics:
the Arctic and international law
Israel, Palestine and international law
the African Union and international law
non-state actors and international law (multinational companies etc.)
International Criminal Court (and Security Council, and the US, and Africa, and Palestine etc.)
crime of aggression and the ICC
transitional justice (peace v. justice, international v. national, country cases etc.)
Commissions of Inquiry and international criminal law
dispute settlement and international law (International Court of Justice etc.)
humanitarian intervention
responsibility to protect (R2P) and atrocity prevention
use of force (cyber, self defence, non state actors etc.)
United Nations (Security Council, right to veto, Human Rights Council etc.)
UN peacekeeping (intervention brigade, protection of civilians etc.)
Feel free to contact me if you want to bounce ideas and see whether we could work together.
Sten Schaumburg-Müller- Professor, Department of Law - stsm@sam.sdu.dk
I offer supervision from legal, legal philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives.
My areas of interests are i.a.:
Human rights, including universalism/relativism (and global and regional covenants), human rights in international relations; specific human rights such as freedom of speech, discrimination, vote systems, freedom of religion, and protection of property.
Legal pluralism
Freedom of information, privacy, and data protection
Concepts in international law
History of International law, especially the background of European
As a point of departure, I expect the initiatives to come from you, and I am open and flexible to discuss ad advise any time during the process where it is most needed.
I offer supervision from legal, legal philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives.
My areas of interests are i.a.:
Human rights, including universalism/relativism (and global and regional covenants), human rights in international relations; specific human rights such as freedom of speech, discrimination, vote systems, freedom of religion, and protection of property.
Legal pluralism
Freedom of information, privacy, and data protection
Concepts in international law
History of International law, especially the background of European
As a point of departure, I expect the initiatives to come from you, and I am open and flexible to discuss ad advise any time during the process where it is most needed.
Ulrike Fleth-Barten – Associate Professor, Department of Law - ulb@sam.sdu.dk
The most important thing in the supervision context is for me that both student and supervisor take the project seriously. This means foremost keeping to deadlines and allocating the time necessary to work constructively. It also means we use the work plan actively as a tool to set up the framework and match our expectations. Meetings only take place when specific issues are offered by the student before. The project remains the student’s responsibility.
I am happy to offer supervision on the following topics:
International human rights
Regional human rights protection
Challenges of (and in) the UN regime, especially the human rights regime
Self-determination issues
Protection of minorities
Minority rights
Issues of fairness and legitimacy in international law
The most important thing in the supervision context is for me that both student and supervisor take the project seriously. This means foremost keeping to deadlines and allocating the time necessary to work constructively. It also means we use the work plan actively as a tool to set up the framework and match our expectations. Meetings only take place when specific issues are offered by the student before. The project remains the student’s responsibility.
I am happy to offer supervision on the following topics:
International human rights
Regional human rights protection
Challenges of (and in) the UN regime, especially the human rights regime
Self-determination issues
Protection of minorities
Minority rights
Issues of fairness and legitimacy in international law
List of supervisers in Political Science
André Ken Jakobsson – Assistant Professor – Department of Political Science and Public Management – ajak@sam.sdu.dk
I will be happy to offer supervision in the following areas:
Grey zone conflict between war and peace
Hybrid threats and warfare
Cyber security
New technologies
Great power competition (US, Russia and China)
Realism theories
European security
Strategic autonomy
Security issues of critical infrastructure
Anne Ingemann Johansen, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management aij@sam.sdu.dk
Writing a master’s thesis provides you with a unique opportunity to delve into a topic or theme that you are passionate about, and in many cases, it can also come to shape your early career path. As a supervisor, I will help you brainstorm about what could be an interesting angle to the topic you are passionate about, guide you in delimiting the research question, and help you make informed choices throughout the project. I will push you to perform your best, and cheer on you on the way.
My main research interests are:
- European Union
- External Border Control
- Frontex
- EU Migration Policy
- EU Asylum Policy
- EU Security and Defense Policy
- National Security Policymaking
- Interplay between politicians, civil servants, and academics in national security
Chiara de Franco (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management) cdf@sam.sdu.dk
As a supervisor I will help you stoke your curiosity and translate it into an academically sound project. I will support you in the not-so-easy task of developing your research and writing skills and I will guide you in the hard task of identifying the puzzle of your research and the key research question. I will never impose my ideas or preferences. Instead, I will seek to empower you so that you can shape your own project with confidence and independence. I take giving feedback seriously, which means that I will read (once) everything your write and provide oral or written comments. This also means that I expect you to be fully committed to the process, stick to deadlines, and take the initiative of sharing drafts, asking questions and request meetings: I will not chase you. In other words, while I will be there to help as much as I can I expect you to take responsibility for your own work.
I am currently the leader of an international research project on how the EU, the AU and the UN practice protection of civilians in Mali, CAR, and Somalia (www.protexproject.eu). As part of the project, I seek to supervise dissertations on the following broad topics:
The human protection regime
Inter-organisational relations (particularly AU-EU and UN-EU relations)
International Practice Theory
Practices of human protection - both armed and unarmed
Protection of Civilians (POC)
Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Human Rights
Mass Atrocities Prevention
Human Security
EU integrated approach to security
Common Security and Defence (CSDP) - both civilian and military missions
African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
UN Peacekeeping
Liberal Peacebuilding
Gender in protection practices
I would also be happy to offer supervision on other areas that I am also researching now or have researched previously:
Conflict Early Warning
Conflict Prevention
Strategic Foresight Analysis
Religion in IR - particularly Papal diplomacy
Language in IR - particularly narratives in international practices
(Old and New) Media’s role in warfare
As a supervisor I will help you stoke your curiosity and translate it into an academically sound project. I will support you in the not-so-easy task of developing your research and writing skills and I will guide you in the hard task of identifying the puzzle of your research and the key research question. I will never impose my ideas or preferences. Instead, I will seek to empower you so that you can shape your own project with confidence and independence. I take giving feedback seriously, which means that I will read (once) everything your write and provide oral or written comments. This also means that I expect you to be fully committed to the process, stick to deadlines, and take the initiative of sharing drafts, asking questions and request meetings: I will not chase you. In other words, while I will be there to help as much as I can I expect you to take responsibility for your own work.
I am currently the leader of an international research project on how the EU, the AU and the UN practice protection of civilians in Mali, CAR, and Somalia (www.protexproject.eu). As part of the project, I seek to supervise dissertations on the following broad topics:
The human protection regime
Inter-organisational relations (particularly AU-EU and UN-EU relations)
International Practice Theory
Practices of human protection - both armed and unarmed
Protection of Civilians (POC)
Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Human Rights
Mass Atrocities Prevention
Human Security
EU integrated approach to security
Common Security and Defence (CSDP) - both civilian and military missions
African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
UN Peacekeeping
Liberal Peacebuilding
Gender in protection practices
I would also be happy to offer supervision on other areas that I am also researching now or have researched previously:
Conflict Early Warning
Conflict Prevention
Strategic Foresight Analysis
Religion in IR - particularly Papal diplomacy
Language in IR - particularly narratives in international practices
(Old and New) Media’s role in warfare
Hendrik Huelss – Assistant Professor – Department of Political Science and Public Administration
As a supervisor, I am keen on supporting students in developing their research skills, knowledge, and independence in the process of writing a thesis. I am always happy to discuss ideas, give feedback and advice during the different stages of writing a thesis but it is vital for the thesis' success that students develop their projects as independent as possible. Ideally, supervision meetings will take place more often in the initial phase while there will be less need for advice later in the process. Overall, my role as a supervisor is to provide guidance, advice, and feedback and to point to different options, while the direction of the thesis is decided by students. My research approach is post-positivist, qualitative, interpretivist. I am therefore interested in understanding rather than explaining and in processes rather than causality.
The following broad topics are particularly within my supervision area:
• Autonomous weapons systems
• European Union, especially the EU as an international actor
• Foucault and IR (governmentality, biopolitics)
• International Relations theory (constructivism, poststructuralism, Critical Theory)
• Norms in international relations
• Technology and politics
As a supervisor, I am keen on supporting students in developing their research skills, knowledge, and independence in the process of writing a thesis. I am always happy to discuss ideas, give feedback and advice during the different stages of writing a thesis but it is vital for the thesis' success that students develop their projects as independent as possible. Ideally, supervision meetings will take place more often in the initial phase while there will be less need for advice later in the process. Overall, my role as a supervisor is to provide guidance, advice, and feedback and to point to different options, while the direction of the thesis is decided by students. My research approach is post-positivist, qualitative, interpretivist. I am therefore interested in understanding rather than explaining and in processes rather than causality.
The following broad topics are particularly within my supervision area:
• Autonomous weapons systems
• European Union, especially the EU as an international actor
• Foucault and IR (governmentality, biopolitics)
• International Relations theory (constructivism, poststructuralism, Critical Theory)
• Norms in international relations
• Technology and politics
Ingvild Bode – Associate Professor – Department of Political Science and Public Administration
As a supervisor, I see my task as providing you with constructive guidance throughout all stages of the research and writing process of your MA thesis. Guidance means that I offer suggestions around individual aspects of your research (e.g. finding and narrowing down your research question, theoretical framework, methodology), as well as around planning your project (e.g. design, timeline). This will happen through regular meetings (which we arrange based on your own initiative) where we discuss specific questions as well as written material. The goal is to successfully steer you through what is probably your first independent research project – and, in particular, for you to remain motivated by finding an answer to your research question throughout. As this is your research project, I expect you to make your own research choices and decisions. In terms of theory, I work from a critical constructivist perspective and use interpretive (post-positivist) methods.
I am happy to offer supervision on the following areas and topics:
• International norms and norm research
• Artificial Intelligence and warfare
• The work of the United Nations (in particular questions of international peace and security and humanitarianism)
• Decision-making at the UN Security Council
• United Nations peacekeeping (e.g. protection of civilians, use of force)
• Individual agency in international relations
• International Relations theory (in particular constructivism, practice theories, feminist IR)
• US foreign policy (in particular use of force policy)
As a supervisor, I see my task as providing you with constructive guidance throughout all stages of the research and writing process of your MA thesis. Guidance means that I offer suggestions around individual aspects of your research (e.g. finding and narrowing down your research question, theoretical framework, methodology), as well as around planning your project (e.g. design, timeline). This will happen through regular meetings (which we arrange based on your own initiative) where we discuss specific questions as well as written material. The goal is to successfully steer you through what is probably your first independent research project – and, in particular, for you to remain motivated by finding an answer to your research question throughout. As this is your research project, I expect you to make your own research choices and decisions. In terms of theory, I work from a critical constructivist perspective and use interpretive (post-positivist) methods.
I am happy to offer supervision on the following areas and topics:
• International norms and norm research
• Artificial Intelligence and warfare
• The work of the United Nations (in particular questions of international peace and security and humanitarianism)
• Decision-making at the UN Security Council
• United Nations peacekeeping (e.g. protection of civilians, use of force)
• Individual agency in international relations
• International Relations theory (in particular constructivism, practice theories, feminist IR)
• US foreign policy (in particular use of force policy)
Kira Vrist Rønn – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Writing a master’s thesis is a creative journey with ups and downs. As your supervisor, my main tasks are to help you: 1) delimit your topic; 2) identify an appropriate analytical framework, 3) and to make sure, if needed, that the different components of the thesis form a coherent whole. Naturally, I aim to encourage and support you during the writing process. I am happy to provide written comments on your work. In my view, it is valuable to see how the things you do and learn at university can bring value to different practices and, accordingly, I encourage that you analyze real-life cases and dilemmas in your thesis.
I have experience with supervising a variety of topics. However, my main interests are:
Intelligence services
Police services / policing
Surveillance
Ethical dilemmas connected to new security technologies
Expansion of intelligence logics into new domains
Olivier Schmitt, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science - schmitt@sam.sdu.dk
As a supervisor, I am interested in helping students develop their own original approach to the topic of their choice. The emphasis is on guiding: writing a thesis is an important step in a student’s life, and it has to be personal. I am thus agnostic regarding theoretical approaches, but I will be here to ensure that: the research question is sound; the literature review is thoroughly done; the theoretical model makes sense; the research design is appropriate; the empirical part connects with the theory in order to answer the research question.
It is important that you take ownership of your own thesis: you are the master of your own time and responsible for the amount of work you put into it. In other terms, I will be here when you need and request supervision, but I will not micromanage you. We will schedule meetings when you request them, and in order to discuss concrete problems: most of the time, I will request you to send me a written piece for discussion before each meeting.
I offer supervision in the following fields:
- Contemporary warfare
- Strategic theory and strategic studies
- Foreign policy analysis
- NATO, EU (including CFSP)
- Comparative defense policies
- Far-right movements in Europe
- International relations theories (in particular classical realism)
As a supervisor, I am interested in helping students develop their own original approach to the topic of their choice. The emphasis is on guiding: writing a thesis is an important step in a student’s life, and it has to be personal. I am thus agnostic regarding theoretical approaches, but I will be here to ensure that: the research question is sound; the literature review is thoroughly done; the theoretical model makes sense; the research design is appropriate; the empirical part connects with the theory in order to answer the research question.
It is important that you take ownership of your own thesis: you are the master of your own time and responsible for the amount of work you put into it. In other terms, I will be here when you need and request supervision, but I will not micromanage you. We will schedule meetings when you request them, and in order to discuss concrete problems: most of the time, I will request you to send me a written piece for discussion before each meeting.
I offer supervision in the following fields:
- Contemporary warfare
- Strategic theory and strategic studies
- Foreign policy analysis
- NATO, EU (including CFSP)
- Comparative defense policies
- Far-right movements in Europe
- International relations theories (in particular classical realism)
Vincent Keating – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management – keating@sam.sdu.dk
My goal as a supervisor is to empower my supervisees to conduct excellent research on subjects in which they have a personal interest. I act as a minor partner in the collaboration process, suggesting multiple avenues of potential research and literature, but ultimately ensure that the students drive the project forward. I do specialize in certain areas, but have successfully supervised master’s dissertations on a wide range of topics and frequently enjoy considering issues outside of my research specialties.
I am happy to offer supervision in the broad areas of:
Human Rights
Trust and Trust-Building
International Non-Governmental Organizations
International Legitimacy
Social Constructivism and International Norms
The English School of International Relations
International Security and Securitization Theory
US Foreign Policy
Security Communities
Nationalism and Identity
Feminism and Gender
My goal as a supervisor is to empower my supervisees to conduct excellent research on subjects in which they have a personal interest. I act as a minor partner in the collaboration process, suggesting multiple avenues of potential research and literature, but ultimately ensure that the students drive the project forward. I do specialize in certain areas, but have successfully supervised master’s dissertations on a wide range of topics and frequently enjoy considering issues outside of my research specialties.
I am happy to offer supervision in the broad areas of:
Human Rights
Trust and Trust-Building
International Non-Governmental Organizations
International Legitimacy
Social Constructivism and International Norms
The English School of International Relations
International Security and Securitization Theory
US Foreign Policy
Security Communities
Nationalism and Identity
Feminism and Gender