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