Development Researchers’ Lunch: Engaging with international counter-piracy off the coast of Somalia
The next Development Researchers' lunch will be presented by Jessica Larsen, PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen and Danish Institute for International Studies. Join us for her presentation, networking and a sandwich.
Engaging with international counter-piracy off the coast of Somalia: An examination of law in practice.
Jessica will present her research project which examines the role of law in global security governance. Taking an empirical point of departure in international counter-piracy efforts off Somalia, the project explores how the legal framework governing counter-piracy takes on new meanings in actual law enforcement practices, where political dealings, policy considerations and practical circumstances are, arguably, as pertinent as bringing justice. This begs the question: who is governing what through counter-piracy law enforcement?
Registration: Please email jrh@science.ku.dk before 20th of April 2015.
The Development Researchers Lunch will take place on the 23rd of April from 11:30 – 13:00 at Studiestræde 6, 1455 København K. Meeting room: Kvæsturbygningens mødelokale (access from Studiestræde 6 – the door on the left-hand-side before the open yard/Studiegården).
About the PhD project:
This PhD project examines the role of law in global governance. It takes as its empirical point of departure the practices of counter-piracy (CP) law enforcement off Somalia. CP involves piracy policing by warships on the high seas, and prosecution and incarceration in regional states. In this context, international and domestic law intersects and requires diverse state and non-state CP actors to collaborate and coordinate actions. This has led to a proliferation of international and regional networks dealing with CP. The project investigates how the political and normative processes hereof relate to actual CP law enforcement to shed contextual light on the role of law in global governance.
The project seeks to clarify how law informs practice, and how the interpretation of law relates to certain political and normative positions. Viewing law as a social process, the aim is to produce new perspectives on law in practice that are of both scientific and policy relevance.
The project combines law, political theory and anthropology. Fieldwork is conducted primarily in two locations central to CP law enforcement, namely on board a naval vessel in the Indian Ocean and in the judiciary and penitentiary of the Seychelles.