PhD Thesis
Title: Strolling the Streets of International Geneva: A Study of Social and Regulatory Interactions of Cities with International Organisations
PhD Supervisor: Janne Nijman
Expected completion date: 2025
The thesis pursues two main lines of inquiry. First, it studies cities as entities with a will and capacity to engage with the UN system and the making of international law. Second, it traces and conceptualises how international law is utilised in and shaped by different governance processes which fall beyond the traditional disciplinary frames and language. The project connects the two lines of enquiry and offers a unique study of the many ways cities contribute to the process of making of international law and, in doing so, how the process of making of global norms is affected by the different modes of governance utilised by cities and the UN ecosystem in their engagements.
Profile
Jana Šikorská is a PhD candidate in the International Law Department at the Graduate Institute. She is enrolled in the PhD 'fast-track' program which combines the MA and PhD studies, and which is reserved for the most qualified candidates. Before coming to Geneva, Jana completed her LL.B. (Hons) at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom (2019). Currently, Jana works as a Teaching Assistant in the LL.M. in International Law Program at the Graduate Institute where she is mostly assisting with courses in the ‘International Environmental Law and Governance’ stream.
Academic Work experience
Research Experience
Research Intern - Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
Research Assistant to Professor Kubo Mačák
Relevant Publications and Works
- "Could cities stand up to illiberalism?", V4 Human Rights Review (Spring 2020)
- "Istanbul Convention: a wolf in sheep’s clothing or yet another witch-hunt?", V4 Human Rights Review (Summer 2020)
- "Embarking on the “Polish way”? Amendments to abortion laws in Slovakia", V4 Human Rights Review (Autumn 2020)
- Jana Šikorská and Tomáš Morochovič (co-authors), "Matovič nie je medzinárodný zločinec, podanie na súd v Haagu neuspeje", Denník N (Op-Ed)
- Jana Šikorská and Tomáš Morochovič (co-authors),”Putina chcú za vojnové zločiny dostať pred súd – kto sa podujme chytiť ho?“, Denník N (Op-Ed)