Kristin Hausler develops the research and events programme in public international law. She first joined the Institute in 2007 to assist on a study relating to international courts and tribunals. Subsequently, she worked on several international and comparative law projects for entities such as the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Kristin led studies or organised workshops in the areas of human rights protection, access to justice, pre-trial detention, climate change and security, as well as children's rights. Her experience includes working directly with a varied range of states from all around the world. She has also written numerous articles and case notes on major court rulings within the fields of public international law and human rights for the Institute's Bulletin of International Legal Developments.

Kristin has a background in the cultural sector and holds a licence en droit (Bachelor and Master of Law) from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), where she wrote her mémoire in public international law on the use of force in the international arena. She also holds an LL.M. from the University of British Columbia (Canada), where she completed a thesis on the alternative resolution of international cultural property disputes. She is a member of the Cultural Heritage Committee of the International Law Association. Before joining the Institute, Kristin worked for several years in Vancouver on the Journey Home, a repatriation project involving Indigenous communities.