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William Hamilton Byrne

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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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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 27

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...

German Law Journal: Volume 25 - Legal Infrastructures | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - German Law Journal - Volume 25 - Legal Infrastructures

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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft.bsky.social · Aug 12

This:👇👇

MOBILE - Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law @mobileucph.bsky.social · Aug 12

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 ⬇️

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Jun 19

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...

Redefining the mobility paradigm in international law | International Journal of Law in Context | Cambridge Core

Redefining the mobility paradigm in international law

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MOBILE - Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law @mobileucph.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎉 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...

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · May 5

George Orwell would not support

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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft.bsky.social · Apr 23

Interested in maritime law and (im)mobility? check out the call for papers for our next international workshop 👇

Itamar Mann @itamann.bsky.social · Mar 12

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

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Apr 12

always great @gadinsky.bsky.social

Holger Niemann @holgerniemann.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thrilled to announce that @gadinsky.bsky.social and I have an article out that deals with all your questions about normativity, practices, ordering, and global protest (though it may not answer them all). We hope you'll find it interesting, so let us know what you think! 👇

Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚨New First View Article🚨

"‘Normativity in practice: Ordering through enactment, learning, and contestation in global protests " by Frank Gadinger and Holger Niemann is now available #OpenAccess!

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Fleur Johns @fleurjohns.bsky.social · Apr 10

In this OA article in the Leiden Journal of Int’l Law, I argue that the distinctive logic of consular internationalism can aid analysis of entanglements of imperial & commercial power & grappling with unofficial actors’ role in shaping international law www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On consular internationalism | Leiden Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

On consular internationalism

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thanks for the link! There is an open access version here: osf.io/preprints/so... :)

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Mar 18

great news peeps well done!

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MOBILE - Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law @mobileucph.bsky.social · Mar 14

At 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

Postdoctoral position in Credibility and Asylum Law, University of Copenhagen

The Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, is seeking applications for a Postdoc position in credibility and Nordic asylum law. The position is part of the N

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Dimitri Van Den Meerssche @dimitrivdm.bsky.social · Mar 6

The 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👇
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Latest issue | German Law Journal | Cambridge Core

German Law Journal

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Mar 3

This is great!!

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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft.bsky.social · Feb 24

🔥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

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 27

German Law Journal: Volume 25 - Legal Infrastructures | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - German Law Journal - Volume 25 - Legal Infrastructures

www.cambridge.org

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Feb 19

In this new essay, @jkatzcogan.bsky.social and I argue that, as the intl order changes, the intl legal system, as we have come to know it, will also change—probably quite dramatically. 2/

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The End of the U.S.-Backed International Order and the Future of International Law | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

The End of the U.S.-Backed International Order and the Future of International Law

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William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 8

its a celebration, not a test ;-)

William Hamilton Byrne @whamiltonbyrne.bsky.social · Jan 27

new year, new me.