News about Law

Call for applications: Scholarships for master students

MOBILE is now accepting project proposals from full time master students who would like to write their thesis in collaboration with the center and work with large datasets of asylum case files.

Asst Prof William Hamilton Byrne awarded prestigious John H. Jackson Prize

The award is considered the Journal of International Economic Law's highest distinction

Prof Gammeltoft-Hansen elected to Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Prof Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, head of the MOBILE Center, has been elected as a new member of the prestigious Videnskabernes Selskab (Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters). Each year, a small number of leading scholar…

Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro

Bernard is a LLM student from the North Sea Energy Law Program under the supervision of Beatriz Martinez Romera.

Emilie Victoria Nørgaard Elkjær

Emilie holds an LL.M. in Energy and Climate Law and is now pursuing a second master’s in climate and energy law at the University of Copenhagen.

Emilie Victoria Nørgaard Elkjær

Emilie specializes in climate and energy law, holding an LL.M. from the University of Groningen and currently studying at the University of Copenhagen.

Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro

Bernard is a LLM student from the North Sea Energy Law Program under the supervision of Beatriz Martinez Romera.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Nicole de Silva

23 - 27 June 2025

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Vitor Furtado de Melo

7 June - 7 July 2025

The Role of Culture in Sentencing and Penal Decision-Making – European Seminar at CIS, 2.-3. June 2025.

The Role of Culture in Sentencing and Penal Decision-Making – European Seminar at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (CIS), 2–3 June 2025. How can ‘culture’ be understood in relation to sentencing and…

New visitor at CeBIL - Mattias Karlsson Dinnetz

1 June - 31 August 2025

Dr. Kamara discusses Africa's efforts in combatting Antimicrobial Resistance

In this blog post, Ibrahim Kamara, a former Inter-CeBIL visiting fellow and now a medical doctor, public health specialist, and research scientist, argues why Africa must take the lead in combating antimicrobial…

Benedetta Virginia Freddi

Benedetta Virginia Freddi, a law Master’s student at the University of Trento, researches how EU case law influences national rules on environmental liability, focusing on the precautionary principle.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Francois-Xavier Millet

2-14 June 2025

New visitor at CeBIL - Sarah de Heer

19 May - 20 June 2025

Call for Abstracts: XVII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The XVII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy & Sustainability on 23 October 2025 invites students and early-career researchers to present their work and receive feedback.

Special issue call for papers: (Re-)constructing Credibility in Refugee Status Determination

MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law at the University of Copenhagen invites submissions for papers for a special issue on the role of credibility assessments in refugee status determination. Contributors…

New Visiting Reseacher at MOBILE - Tehseen Jäger 

Tehseen Jäger is visiting MOBILE from May 1st to June 30th 2025.

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen interviewed for Uniavisen on AI and Asylum Law

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen talks to Uniavisen about his new research project on explainable AI and bias in asylum law. The project uses unique Nordic data to develop tools that support fairer and more transparent…

New visitor at CeBIL - Latika Choudhary

1 - 21 June 2025

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Janna Wessels

Janna Wessels is visiting MOBILE from May 1st to June 30th 2025.

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Tehseen Jäger

Tehseen Jäger is visiting MOBILE from May 1st to June 30th 2025.

Call for applications: PhD Scholarship in Maritime Law and Human Mobility

MOBILE is looking for a talented PhD student

Marat Karatayev

Dr. Marat Karatayev is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow researching energy transitions, climate change, and sustainability, with a focus on policy, innovation, and the water-energy-food nexus.