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Centre for Global Constitutionalism

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Global Constitutionalism is an interdisciplinary field of study that draws on insights from politics, law, international relations, political theory, and philosophy to study the basic laws and norms of the international system.

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About

The University of Southampton is now the host institution for Global Constitutionalism (GlobCon), an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global and transnational aspects of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. At GlobCon we talk about the global constitutional triad of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law as the basic principles of international politics. 

The journal is published by the Cambridge University Press with the institutional support of Southampton Law School, the School of Economic, Social, and Political Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. 

Following its transition from the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, the journal has been based at Southampton since January 2020. In concert with hosting the journal, the editors have established a Centre for Global Constitutionalism at the University of Southampton, creating further prospects for internal and external collaboration. 

The journal’s tenure at Southampton provides an opportunity for all scholars at the University to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on topics related to global constitutionalism. 

The editors of the journal are Jonathan Havercroft (University of Southampton), Jacob Eisler (University of Southampton), Antje Wiener (University of Hamburg, Germany and University of Cambridge), Jo Shaw (University of Edinburgh) and Susan Kang (City University of New York, USA). Mabel Newton (University of Southampton) is Managing Editor. 

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People

Doctor Alun Gibbs

Senior Lecturer

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Email: a.gibbs@soton.ac.uk

Address: B4, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Chris Armstrong

Professor of Political Theory

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: c.armstrong@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor David Owen

Professor in Politics

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Email: dowen@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Emily Reid

Professor of Intl Economic Law & Sus Dev

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Email: e.s.reid@soton.ac.uk

Address: B4, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Haris Psarras LLB, LLM (NKUA), MJur (Oxon), PhD (Edin)

Associate Professor

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Email: c.psarras@soton.ac.uk

Address: B4, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Ingi Iusmen

Associate Professor

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Email: i.iusmen@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Jacob Eisler

Associate Professor in Public Law

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Email: j.eisler@soton.ac.uk

Address: B4, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Jonathan Havercroft

Professor

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Email: j.havercroft@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Miss Mabel Newton

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Doctor Michael Da Silva

Lecturer in Law

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Email: m.da-silva@soton.ac.uk

Address: B4, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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My research examines the historical transformation of international norms, cosmopolitan democracy, and contentious political movements
Professor Jonathan Havercroft
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What are ‘rights’? Who should make which policy decisions when? Analyzing such questions benefits from treating their philosophical and institutional components together in interdisciplinary settings
Doctor Michael Da Silva
Lecturer in Law
My interdisciplinary research explores how political phenomena impact human rights: how does radical right populism shape and change refugee rights in the UK and US?
Miss Mabel Newton

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