Biography

Miha Marčenko is an international law scholar who holds a PhD in Public International Law from the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation, entitled ‘The Role of the City as a Discursive Practice in International Law and Governance’ explores the rise of the city as a discursive frame for (counter)hegemonic struggles in international law- and policy-making. Beyond the connection between cities and international law, he is interested in the socio-legal examination of international institutional practices in the fields of human rights and sustainable development. During his PhD, Miha was a member of the Asser Institute for International and European Law in The Hague, Netherlands. In addition to academic work, he also worked with international law as a researcher at an NGO called the Syrian Legal Development Programme and as an intern at the UN Codification Division and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

As a second year Max Weber Fellow, Miha will continue his research into how the local is shaped as a distinct type of agency and a scale of governance in international legal discourse. In particular, he is interested in the legal and political significance of the narratives of localisation and local representation within the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda and international human rights law.

During his first year of the Fellowship, Miha obtained a teaching certificate. Additionally, he presented his work as a guest lecturer in international law courses

Research projects, clusters and working groups

• Transnational Democracy in the 21st century

Mentor

• Arnulf Becker Lorca

Mentor

• Urska Sadl