I am currently an Assistant Professor of Law and Cogniton at the Centre for European, Comparative, and Constitutional Legal Studies (CECS) at the University of Copenhagen faculty of law.

I specialize in rules and cognition. I seek to answer, broadly, how agents (human, AI or otherwise) behave under the force of rules, standards and principles. This includes the methodologies such as:

  • using cognitive linguistic analysis for legal texts;

  • modelling and experimenting with changes in linguistic framing to affect judicial interpretation,

  • conceptualising trust in AI systems, cooperative intelligence decision making models, among others.

Externally funded projects have covered the design and implications of hybrid legal intelligence systems for administrative law, European Human Rights Law, and society at large.

My work and interests span a broad range of fields that cover the phenomenon of meaning making, technology, and human behaviour. Which makes sense, as I have bounced around faculties, countries, and aisles at the bookstore trying to make sense of it all. But I have found a lovely adopted country in Denmark, so hopefully the country will stay the same. I have been lucky enough to have my work invited for inclusion on advisory committees on AI for NGOs presented to the European Parliament, international projects on cognitive legal theory and legal linguistics, interdisciplinary conferences in cognitive science, and workshops for PhD schools, among others.

Further interests include: empirical legal studies, digitalization and culture, conceptual ontogenisis, and feminist legal studies.

I also have two cats.


Research History

Assistant Professor

2022 -

CECS - Centre for European, Comparative, and Constitutional Legal Studies/iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts

Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Carlsberg Postdoctoral

Research Fellow

2018 - 2022

iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts

Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Postdoctoral Research

Fellow

2018 - 2019

iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts

Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Ph.D. in Law

2018

University of Kent - Brussels School of International Studies

Dissertation: On the Use of Cognitive Linguistics to Explore Legal Concepts: Judicial Interpretation of Privacy Law in the European Union

LL.M. in International Law

and International Relations

2012

University of Kent - Brussels School of International Studies

Thesis: Juris Ontogenesis: Assessing the Role of Subjectivity and Narrative in International Law

B.A. in Cultural Studies

2010

University of Sydney - School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry

Honours thesis: City-Space- Community, Public Art, and Principles of Inclusion