Nottingham International Law and Security Centre

NILSC hosting a Visiting Researcher from the University of Adelaide

NILSC is pleased to be hosting Tamsin Paige as a Visiting Researcher from the University of AdelaideTamsin willbe based in the School of Law from 21 July-15 August. 

A brief biography:

Tamsin is currently a PhD candidate with the Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, and a Research Associate with their Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics. Her PhD dissertation is a historical, sociological analysis of the approaches of the Permanent Five members to the concept of ‘threat to the peace’ in Art 39 of the UN Charter.

In relation to this work, she is a recipient of an Endeavour Scholarship from the Australian Government and will be a Visiting Scholar with Columbia Law School for the 2015-16 academic year. 

Prior to commencing her PhD, Tamsin received her LLB from the University of Technology, Sydney and her MPhil (Law) from the Australian National University. Her MPhil work was on the role and impact of the law in counter piracy operations through two case studies,European Colonial Expansion and Somalia from 2007 onwards.

Some of this work has been published or is forthcoming and a number of articles are still under review.Before engaging in academic study and work, Tamsin was a pȃtissiѐre at a number of Sydney’s most prestigious restaurants. 

Posted on Monday 27th July 2015

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