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Sophie Ryan is a Research Fellow and DPhil in Law Candidate at the University of Oxford, affiliated with Magdalen College and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. She specializes in public and private international law, focusing on cross-border human rights litigation involving state actors. Her doctoral research, supervised by Professor Andrew Dickinson, examines jurisdictional frameworks for addressing transnational human rights abuses.
Before Oxford, Sophie was a Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission and holds degrees from the University of Queensland (BA/LLB Hons I) and the University of Oxford (BCL Distinction). She has studied at institutions including the National University of Singapore, Max Planck Institute, and Rhodes Academy of Ocean Law and Policy.
- Educations:
- Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Laws (Hons I), University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction), University of Oxford
Her research interests span international human rights law, conflict of laws, and accountability mechanisms for atrocity crimes. Notable contributions include analyses of modern slavery cases, Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis, and submarine cables in armed conflict. Sophie has also taught Contract Law and Public International Law at Oxford.
Sophie has won major awards including the 2024 ANZSIL Student Paper Prize and Breakthrough Researcher Award, and the 2022 Rhodes Academy Writing Award. She leads the Conflict of Laws Discussion Group and coached Oxford’s Jessup Moot team to the UK National Championship in 2021–22.
She currently holds the Modern Law Review Scholarship and contributes to research projects at the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, focusing on universal jurisdiction and atrocity crime accountability.
