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DrAravind Ganesh

Assistant Professor in Law (Law)

School of Law, Politics and Sociology

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  • Assistant Professor in Law (Law)
    School of Law, Politics and Sociology
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BIO

I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Law, University of Sussex. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in Law at Oxford Brookes University, and a Re:constitition fellow for the year 2020/21. 

My book, 'Rightful Relations with Distant Strangers: Kant, the EU, and the Wider World', (see below) was published in March 2021 by Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing. My monograph is based on my PhD thesis, which was awarded the 2020 René Cassin Thesis Prize (English section). Alongside Ester Herlin-Karnell and Gerard Conway, I co-authored 'European Union Law in Context', released in September 2021 also by Hart/Bloomsbury Publishing.

My research explores the implications of Kant's philosophy of right for issues of contemporary relevance in various areas of both private and public law. My current interests revolve around Kant, Grotius, environmental law, and the regulation of 'public goods'. Please get in touch if you're also interested in these subjects.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, Maastricht, Netherlands1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
  • Re:constitution Fellow
    Forum Transregionale Studien & Democracy Reporting International, Germany1 Oct 2020 - 1 Jun 2021
  • Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow (Law)
    Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom15 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2021
  • Research Fellow
    Max Planck Institute Luxemburg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxembourg, Luxembourg1 Jun 2015 - 14 May 2019
  • Visiting Fellow
    Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv, Israel1 Oct 2014 - 31 May 2015

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium1 Sep 2009 - 31 Dec 2010
  • Associate
    Sidley Austin, New York, United States26 Jan 2011 - 25 Jan 2013

DEGREES

  • PhD (cum laude)
    VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands2019
  • BCL
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2010
  • JD
    Columbia University, New York, United States2008
  • LLB
    King's College London, London, United Kingdom2008

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Attorney
    New York2011

LANGUAGES

  • German
    Can read, speak and understand
  • Tamil
    Can read, write, speak and understand