Sophie Strecker

Dr Sophie Strecker serves as Principal Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Postgraduate Portfolio at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, where she supports the Head of Department with Academic LLM programmes and the PGDL while co-leading the LLB Public International Law and LLM International Dispute Resolution modules.

Her educational foundation includes a PhD in Comparative, Public and EU Private International Law.

Her research spans critical legal domains with particular emphasis on:

• Private International Law
• Conflict of Laws
• Public International Law
• EU Law
• Comparative Law
• Informal Arbitration mechanisms in Middle Eastern contexts (wasta/sulh)

Dr Strecker has contributed scholarly book chapters to Oxford University Press's EU Law Complete Series, with recent work pioneering research on informal arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution framework focused on Middle Eastern practices. Her academic output demonstrates consistent specialization in international legal frameworks and cross-cultural dispute resolution methodologies.

She maintains active teaching responsibilities across undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes while advancing innovative research in underexplored areas of international legal practice.