Thorbjørn Waal Lundsgaard

Thorbjørn Waal Lundsgaard

PhD fellow

Thorbjørn Lundsgaard is a PhD Candidate on the Human Rights Nudge project at the University of Copenhagen. His thesis is supervised by Dr Veronika Fikfak.

Thorbjørn's doctoral project considers Scandinavian countries` compliance with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

Thorbjørn has previously worked as a state legal officer in the Danish Social Appeals Board, the Danish Immigration Service, the Danish Refugee Appeals Board and also in the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague (Office of the Prosecutor Appeals Counsel in cases including The Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadžic).

His expertise and experience as a practitioner hence spans in international criminal law, refugee law, child protection law, socio-economic rights, international investment arbitration and human rights law. 

Thorbjørn holds three Master degrees: an LLM in International Law; an MSc in Development Management and an MPhil in Peace and Conflict Transformation.

  • Thorbjørn is currently undertaking a six month visiting researcher stay, at Edinburgh University (1. January - 30. June 2023).

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