Elif Askin

Dr. Elif Askin serves as a Senior Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich's Faculty of Law, where she holds office at RAI E 005 and contributes significantly to the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Equality of Opportunity. Her academic profile combines teaching responsibilities in public law with cutting-edge research on equality frameworks and human rights.

Her research interests span multiple interconnected domains including Equality Law, Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, and Public Law, with specialized focus on Government Information Actions and the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights. Her work critically examines how legal systems operationalize equality concepts across national and transnational contexts, particularly addressing tensions between formal and substantive equality.

Dr. Askin has contributed to significant scholarly outputs including the 2022 publication 'Contested Equality: International and Comparative Legal Perspectives' and research on the extraterritorial application of the UN Social Covenant. Her recent work analyzes contemporary challenges in government information actions, exploring the boundaries between public information obligations and impermissible behavioral influence in democratic societies.

As an active educator, she teaches Exercises in Public Law I for the Spring 2025 semester and has organized the upcoming Fall 2025 seminar 'Pandemic, Organ Donation, Fast Food: Current Issues in Government Information Action.' Her teaching extends beyond Zurich, having previously lectured on Business and Human Rights at Saarland University's Europa-Institut.

Dr. Askin participates in the 'Human Rights Circle,' a forum for discussing current human rights issues among researchers, and has presented at significant events including the 2021 Human Rights Week at the Geneva Academy. Her collaborative research within the URPP Equality of Opportunity program addresses critical questions at the intersection of law, theory, and practical implementation of equality norms.