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Megan Donaldson is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Laws, University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on public international law, international history, and the intersections of legal theory with historical methodologies. She examines foundational issues in statehood, treaties, and diplomatic relations, alongside contemporary topics like international institutional transparency and public law in global governance.
- Education: LLM (Legal Theory) from NYU School of Law (2010), J.S.D (PhD-equivalent) from NYU School of Law (2016)
Her research interests include methodological interactions between law and history, imperial governance, and the legal dimensions of peace agreements. Recent work explores Ethiopia’s League of Nations membership, post-WWII war crimes prosecutions, and biographical approaches to legal innovation.
Publications highlight themes of historical legal analysis, institutional transparency, and the evolution of international legal frameworks. Her 2017 article on secret treaties won the Francis Deák Prize, and in 2024 she held a Fernand Braudel Senior Research Fellowship at the European University Institute.
- Awards: Francis Deák Prize (2017), Fernand Braudel Senior Research Fellowship (2024)
Prior to UCL, she taught at the University of Utah and held fellowships at King’s College Cambridge and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. She has also practiced corporate litigation and served as an Associate to Justice Hayne of Australia’s High Court.
