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Professor Katja Ziegler holds the Sir Robert Jennings Chair of International Law at the University of Leicester and serves as Co-Director of the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI). She is a qualified Rechtsanwältin (Barrister-Solicitor) and Member of the Bar of Düsseldorf, Germany. Previously, she was a Lecturer and Reader in European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford (2002-2012), Fellow of St Hilda’s College, and practiced law at Hengeler Mueller in Brussels. Her academic journey includes roles at the University of Bielefeld (1995-2001). She also holds a Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford’s Institute of European and Comparative Law.
Her research focuses on international law, EU law, human rights, constitutional law, and Brexit legal implications. Key themes include post-Brexit legal frameworks, EU legal autonomy, parliamentary war powers, and systemic harmonization between EU law and international law. She has authored influential works on the UK’s constitutional structure, military deployment authority, and human rights remedies in immunity cases.
Professor Ziegler’s publications reflect her expertise in comparative legal systems, with analyses of EU-UK relations post-Brexit, the interaction between EU and international law, and the evolving role of general principles in European legal orders. Her work bridges theoretical legal analysis with practical implications for governance and rights protection.
Her career combines academic leadership, legal practice, and policy engagement. She has advised on matters related to European integration, human rights, and constitutional challenges arising from geopolitical shifts. Her contributions to legal education include supervising doctoral researchers and teaching advanced courses in European and international law at both Leicester and Oxford.
