Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa

Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at Queen Mary University of London. He holds affiliations with the School of Law and has held visiting positions at the University of Barcelona and the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt. Previously, he was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2021), a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI), and a Postdoctoral Fellow with CONICET at the University of Buenos Aires. He has taught at NYU Florence, Birkbeck College, and the University of Buenos Aires, specializing in jurisprudence, human rights, and critical legal pedagogies.

His research integrates critical legal theory, political ontology, postcolonial studies, legal history, and legal anthropology to explore themes like the colonial origins of international law, non-human rights (animal, nature, machine), and socio-economic justice. Current projects include *Cannibal Laws*, examining juridical forms of conquest and globalization, and *The Non-Human Turn in the Law*, analyzing legal frameworks for non-human entities. His work emphasizes ontological critiques of law, advocating for a cosmopolitical reimagining of human and non-human relationships.

Dr Alvarez-Nakagawa’s publications reflect a focus on transitional justice, environmental jurisprudence, and the intersection of law with philosophy and magic. Recent trends highlight interdisciplinary engagement with posthumanism and climate change, alongside historical analysis of legal colonialism. His articles often bridge legal theory and material practices, challenging anthropocentric assumptions in law.

• Scientific Awards:
• British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021)
• Walter Benjamin Award for Young Researchers (2020)
• Max Weber Fellowship (EUI)
• Chevening Scholarship (UK FCO)
• Max Planck Dialogue Scholarship

He advises postgraduate students on topics like jurisprudence, critical legal theory, and transformative lawyering. Grants include the British Academy-funded project on non-human rights. As a qualified Argentine lawyer, he has litigated human rights and criminal cases internationally. His leadership roles include co-directing the Forum on Decentering the Human, Queen Mary Centre for International Law (CeILa), and the PoDeS research group, fostering collaborative interdisciplinary scholarship.

Public engagements include keynote lectures in Germany, organizing international colloquia on non-human rights, and contributing to debates on law, inequality, and environmental sustainability. He actively bridges academic research with activism, particularly in penal abolitionism and socio-legal movements.