William Hamilton Byrne
International law, international legal theory, human mobility.
Assistant Professor at MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law.
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- Excited to share a new publication by our PhD fellow Leonora Staerfeldt in the special issue of @recieljournal.bsky.social! It reveals how international law’s temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries – often disguised as legitimate reuse. Link below ⬇️
- Out now in the Int Journal of Law in Context: @tgammeltoft.bsky.social and I seek to redefine the mobility paradigm in international law in a great special issue on the 'global' edited by Nik Rajkovic: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by William Hamilton Byrne🎉 Our own @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 John Jackson Prize! Huge congratulations! 🏆 His prizewinning article explores how legal academics shape international investment law through citation analysis and interviews with top arbitrators. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/jiel...

- Reposted by William Hamilton ByrneInterested in maritime law and (im)mobility? check out the call for papers for our next international workshop 👇
- Jessica Larsen and I are organizing a workshop in beautiful Copenhagen this coming Fall, come join us! Special issue call for papers: Straits, Canals and Choke Points, September 15-16, 2025 mobilitylaw.ku.dk/news/2025/ca... Thanks @mobileucph.bsky.social for hosting this project
- always great @gadinsky.bsky.social
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- Reposted by William Hamilton ByrneAt MOBILE we are now advertising for a new postdoc position in Nordic asylum law and credibility. The position is part of a new 5-year interdisciplinary project on Explainable AI and Credibility in Asylum Law. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... Application deadline April 23, 2025
- Reposted by William Hamilton ByrneThe article conceptualises the relational and material co-composition of law / infrastructure. It stems from a fantastic project by Nora Stappert, @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social, @tgammeltoft.bsky.social on legal infrastructures. The special issue contains only gems👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by William Hamilton Byrne🔥Full volume out now: 'What role for law in refugee studies? Towards a transdisciplinary agenda' - our special issue in J Refugee Studies (w/ the amazing @danghez.bsky.social and Helene Lambert) academic-oup-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/jrs/issue/37/4 @mobileucph.bsky.social
- Very proud to announce that our conceptual elaboration of legal infrastructures is out now! Thanks to German Law Journal for very gracious hosting and all of our fantastic contributors to the special issue, too many to list here! @tgammeltoft.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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