Title: Strolling the Streets of International Geneva: A Study of Social and Regulatory Interactions of Cities with International Organisations
PhD Supervisor: Janne Nijman
Expected completion date: 2025
The thesis pursues two main lines of inquiry. First, it studies cities as entities with a will and capacity to engage with the UN system and the making of international law. Second, it traces and conceptualises how international law is utilised in and shaped by different governance processes which fall beyond the traditional disciplinary frames and language. The project connects the two lines of enquiry and offers a unique study of the many ways cities contribute to the process of making of international law and, in doing so, how the process of making of global norms is affected by the different modes of governance utilised by cities and the UN ecosystem in their engagements.
Jana Šikorská is a PhD candidate in the International Law Department at the Graduate Institute. She is enrolled in the PhD 'fast-track' program which combines the MA and PhD studies, and which is reserved for the most qualified candidates. Before coming to Geneva, Jana completed her LL.B. (Hons) at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom (2019). Currently, Jana works as a Teaching Assistant in the LL.M. in International Law Program at the Graduate Institute where she is mostly assisting with courses in the ‘International Environmental Law and Governance’ stream.
Research Experience
Research Intern - Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
Research Assistant to Professor Kubo Mačák