Veronica Corcodel

Veronica Corcodel is an Assistant Professor in European and International Law at the NOVA School of Law (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa), directing the NOVA Refugee and Migration Clinic. She holds a PhD from Sciences Po Law School (2015), with a thesis on Modern Law and Otherness. Her expertise spans migration governance, EU asylum law, critical legal theory, and socio-legal studies. She has taught at Dublin City University and held a Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute.

Education: Doctorate in Law from Sciences Po (2015), focused on comparative legal thought and inclusion/exclusion dynamics. Previous fellowships include the French National Foundation of Political Sciences (2010) and the Harvard IGLP (2022).

Research Interests: Modern migration governance, decolonial approaches to EU law, Cold War legal history, and intersections between law and colonial history. Recent work examines the EU’s migration policies through a decolonial lens and explores climate-induced displacement frameworks.

Awards:

• Cum Laude PhD (2015)
• EUI Max Weber Fellowship (2018)
• FCT Exploratory Research Project (2024)
• Harvard IGLP Workshop Grant (2022)

Advising & Grants: Leads the NOVA Refugee Clinic and manages an FCT-funded project on Cold War international law. Supervises research on migration law, human rights, and colonial legacies. Active in examining AI in border management and biometric data privacy.

Labs/Teams: Directs the NOVA Refugee Clinic, a legal practice and research hub addressing migration and asylum challenges.