JOANNA ROZPEDOWSKI

Dr. Joanna Rozpedowski is a political scientist and international law scholar with an extensive international research portfolio and publication record. Alumna of American and British universities and recipient of prestigious academic awards. 

 

Joanna specializes in international criminal law, international human rights and humanitarian law. Her research interests focus on geopolitics, global security, U.S.-E.U. relations, climate and conflict migration, diplomacy, outer space law, and judicial accountability mechanisms for war crimes.

 

She was the recipient, among other notable fellowships and academic honors, of the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Award sponsored by the United States Department of State and undertook postgraduate Fulbright research studies at the University of Liverpool School of Law, where she earned an LL.M. (Distinction) in International Law and a Ph.D. from Durham University (UK), where she was supervised and mentored by the renowned British political scientist, Professor David Held.

She held research appointments and policy fellowships at the University of Oxford and George Mason University; worked for U.S. government agencies; taught undergraduate and graduate seminars at universities in the United States and Europe; presented her research at numerous international symposia, conferences, and colloquia in Oxford, Cambridge, London, Berlin, Florence, Vienna, and Brussels among others; and published monographs, white papers, book chapters, book reviews, and articles in academic journals and popular media outlets, such as The Independent (UK), The Conversation, RealClear Defense, Opinio Juris, and The National Interest.