A L E Y D I S N I S S E N
Hello. My name is Aleydis. I am a senior research fellow at the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and an assistant professor at the University of Antwerp. I am also a guest lecturer at Leiden University and a Flemish Human Rights Institute's Board of Directors member.
Cambridge University Press published my book "The European Union, Emerging Global Business and Human Rights". This book operates between complex legal orders. Apart from international and European law perspectives, the book integrates (field) studies covering global value chains: floriculture in Kenya and the Netherlands and electronics in South Korea and France. The European Journal of International Law (OUP), Chicago Journal of International Law, Journal of Human Rights Practice (OUP), European Journal of Risk Regulation (CUP), Medical Law Review (OUP), Industrial Law Journal (OUP) and Business and Human Rights Journal (CUP) are some of the journals that published my work.
My work has been cited by the International Labour Organisation and recommended by the Council of the EU. It has been featured in The Independent, The Diplomat and The Huffington Post.
I obtained my master's degree at KULeuven (minor: public law, major European and international law) and my PhD degree at Cardiff University. I also studied international research journalism and marketing management. I completed visiting research stays at the University of Oxford's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Bonn University's Centre for European Integration and Seoul National University's EU Centre.
Angela Graham
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FIRST PRIZES
2023 — Marco Biagi Award, International Association of Labour Law Journals
2021 — Andrés Bello (J.B. Scott) Prize, Institut de Droit International (Geneva)
2021 — René Cassin Thesis Prize, Fondation René Cassin Institut International des Droits de l'Homme (Strasbourg)
2020 — Best (Post-)doctoral Thesis Prize, European Public Law Organisation (Athens)
2020 — First Prize Great Quote Contest, Law School Art Commission, Leiden University
2019 — First Prize Wall Label Competition, New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge
GRANTS
2024 — 1-year Research Incentive (Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles) (Brussels)
2020 — 3-year Chargée de Recherches Grant, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) (Brussels)
2020 — 3-year Research Grant, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (Brussels)
2016 — Full PhD scholarship, Cardiff University