معرفی
Professor Ioana Cismas is a leading international law scholar at the University of York, where she serves as Chair in International Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights (2022-2025). Her academic roles include Joint Programme Leadership of the LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice (2017-2022, 2025-present) and membership in university ethics committees.
Education:
- PhD in International Law (summa cum laude), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Ioana's research intersects public international law, human rights law, international humanitarian law, law and religion, and transitional justice. She focuses on legal accountability, state/non-state actor dynamics, and interdisciplinary approaches to conflict and disease. Her work includes the Beyond Compliance Consortium (2024-2027), which analyzes armed actor restraint, and the Noma Project (2019-2021) on neglected diseases.
Recent publications explore compliance mechanisms in armed conflict, disease framing in global health, and religious actors' influence on humanitarian law. Her scholarship combines doctrinal, socio-legal, and empirical methods to address real-world challenges.
Scientific Awards:
- 2018 Graduate Students’ Association ‘Making Postgrads Matter’ Award (York)
- 2016 RATE Award for Excellence in Teaching (Stirling)
- 2013 Credit Suisse Award for Transitional Justice Law Clinic
Ioana supervises PhD research in public international law, human rights, and compliance processes. She consults for UN agencies, NGOs, and the WHO, with expertise in noma disease and transitional justice.
