Visiting Fellowships at the Institute

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law welcomes applications from Visiting Research Fellows to conduct their own research whilst based in London. The objectives of the Visiting Research Fellowship are to provide scholars with an opportunity to have a base in London to carry out independent research work, which need not be directly connected with the Institute's ongoing research programme, whilst benefiting from working in proximity with the Institute's permanent research staff.

Visiting Research Fellows are provided for the duration of their stay with a work station, computer and BIICL email address. In return, a small 'bench fee' of £100 a month is charged to cover administration costs. The Visiting Research Fellow will be expected to present a seminar, if requested, and to engage appropriately with Institute events. The Visiting Research Fellow will be expected to take out Institute membership.

To apply for a Visiting Research Fellowship, in the first instance please email the following information to the General Manager, Geoffrey Sautner, at g.sautner@biicl.org:

  • A brief biographical note;
  • A brief summary of the research you intend to carry out whilst at BIICL;
  • A short reference from an academic institution, professional body or similar; and
  • The proposed length of stay.

Current Visiting Fellows of the Institute are as follows:

  • Wisam Abboud, Independent Legal and Policy Advisor
  • Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, India and currently Nippon Fellow at International Tribunal for Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Germany
  • Tim Cowen, Barrister, Visiting Professor City of London School of Law; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, European Business School, London
  • Andrew Dickinson, Solicitor Advocate and Consultant, Clifford Chance LLP, England
  • Noelle Higgins, Lecturer in International Law, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland.
  • Professor Margot Horspool, Visiting Fellow in European Law, London
  • Dr. Armin J. Kammel, LL.M. (London), Head of Legal and International Affairs of the Austrian Association of Investment Fund Management Companies; CLPE Research Fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada; Faculty Member at the Department for European Integration, Danube University, Krems, Austria
  • Han-Soo Kim, Senior Prosecutor, the Republic of Korea
  • Noreen O'Meara, Barrister; Lecturer in Law, University of Surrey
  • Dr Naoki Ohkubo, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University, Japan
  • Dr Matthew Parish, Solicitor Advocate and Attorney-at-Law, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Geneva; Visiting Expert, the Graduate Institute, Geneva; Barrister; Lord Eastham and Jean-Pierre Warner Scholarships, Lincoln's Inn; formerly Head of the legal Department at the Office of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brcko District, and chief legal advisor to the International Supervisor; and formerly legal counsel at the World Bank
  • Martin Poulsen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Denmark
  • Professor Franco Silvano Toni di Cigoli, University of Padua
  • DaeSoo Son, Legislative Officer, Ministry of Government Legislation, Republic of Korea
  • Professor Jane Stapleton, Ernest E Smith Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law; Statutory Visiting Professor and Member of the Law Faculty of Oxford University; Professor, John Fleming Centre for Advancement of Legal Research, The Australian National University College of Law
  • Jane Welch, formerly Director of the Institute's European Financial and Corporate Law Centre
  • Dr Barbara Krupa Woodward, Pennsylvania lawyer, active member of International Law Association Committee on Non-State actors, PhD (Lon) public international law, LLM (ND) magna cum laude, international law, JD (Temple) cum laude, BA (PSU)

Honorary Fellowships at BIICL

The Institute appoints a select number of Honorary Fellows each year on the basis of their outstanding and ongoing contributions to its work.

Honorary Fellows are invited by the Director to join the Institute and appointed annually. Honorary Fellows are provided with Institute email, office and computer facilities where necessary and will be eligible to apply to the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies for library access. All Honorary Fellows are invited to join the Institute at the academic rate and will be eligible to attend Institute events at that rate.

The Institute has currently three Honorary Fellows:

  • Professor Don Greig of the Australian National University
  • Professor Mads Andenas Director, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR); Professor, Universities of Leicester and Oslo
  • Professor Alan Boyle of the University of Edinburgh