Martin Steinfeld

Dr. Martin Steinfeld is a College Lecturer in Law and Charnley Fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, with additional roles as an Affiliated Lecturer in EU Law and a legal consultant for the British Academy and House of Lords Sexual Violence in Conflict Select Committee. He holds a BA (Political Science) from the University of Birmingham (highest first), an LLM (starred first) and PhD from Cambridge, and is a Lincoln’s Inn Scholar.

His research focuses on EU citizenship law, constitutionalism, and transnational legal frameworks, alongside the UK monarchy’s role in governance and the legal implications of the Royal Prerogative. He has also published on the intersection of ethnic cleansing and the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Steinfeld is affiliated with the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) and Centre for Public Law (CPL) at Cambridge, and teaches at King’s College London in Public and International Law. His expertise spans European integration, global governance, and security studies.