Monika Plozza

Dr. Monika Plozza is a Senior Academic Assistant and Lecturer at the University of Lucerne’s Faculty of Law, specializing in Public International Law, Migration Law, and International Human Rights Law. She concurrently serves as an advisor on the human right to science for the Geneva Science Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), an independent foundation supported by Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

Her academic journey includes a doctoral program at the University of Lucerne (completed 2024 with highest distinction), supported by research stays at the Universities of Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Oxford through the Mobility Grant for Doctoral Students. She was selected as a Schindler Junior Scholar (2021/2022) at the University of Zurich’s Institute for International and Comparative Constitutional Law.

Her research focuses on justiciability of the human right to science, migration law, and science policy frameworks. She actively participates in academic governance through roles in the Swiss Network of young Migration Scholars (SNyMS), the Association for Scientific Staff Members (MOL), and the University of Lucerne’s Senate and Working Group for Diversity.

Her most impactful work includes her award-winning doctoral thesis «The Human Right to Science – Down to the Core», which examines legal mechanisms to enforce scientific rights internationally. She regularly contributes to debates on AI ethics, open science, and environmental law intersections.