Sarah Nouwen
About/Bio
Sarah Nouwen is a Professor of International Law at the European University Institute in Florence (on leave from Cambridge University and Pembroke College) and an Editor in Chief of the European Journal of International Law.
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Four new editors appointed to EJIL:Talk!
EJIL is delighted to announce that Julian Arato, Wanshu Cong, Miles Jackson and Justina Uriburu have joined Nehal Bhuta, Devika Hovell and Marko Milanovic as editors of EJIL:Talk! Julian is professor of law at the University of Michigan; Wanshu a lecturer at the Law School of the Australian National University;…
Announcement: Call for Expressions of Interest for a new Co-Editor-in-Chief of EJIL
April 4, 2025
Sarah Nouwen
The European Journal of International Law welcomes expressions of interest in fulfilling the role of Co-Editor-in-Chief. The role involves, among others: Reading and deciding on all manuscripts (re)submitted to EJIL; Deciding on the contents of each issue; Contributing editorials; Leading a team of associate editors who communicate with authors and peer reviewers and the managing editor;…
EJIL: News!
February 27, 2025
Sarah Nouwen
Joseph Weiler Steps Down as Editor in Chief of the European Journal of International Law After 17 years, Joseph Weiler will step down as EJIL Editor in Chief after the publication of this issue (35(4)). As he wrote to the Board: My decision to retire is not prompted by fatigue or loss of…
Popular articles by Sarah Nouwen
On My Way In II: Countering Gender Stereotypes in Letters of Reference and Shifting Academic Valorization While We Are at It
July 13, 2021
Sarah Nouwen
It is that time of year again. After months (October-December) of producing one letter of reference after another, it is the season to collect those written by colleagues. I am seeking inspiration for my next season of writing: How does this colleague manage to make me think that the next Marie Curie/Albert Einstein is applying? What lengths do…
Response to the Letter to the Editors Regarding the Publication of a Symposium based on Papers Presented at an IDF Conference
We are grateful for this letter. It raises important and difficult issues. These are issues that must be identified, aired, discussed, specified and further discussed. This letter has spurred such a process. The symposium that the letter objects to focused on the question of the identification of custom in international humanitarian law. It consisted…
EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 10: Whatever happened to International Law & Democracy?
July 31, 2021
Sarah Nouwen
Whatever happened to International Law & Democracy? Accompanying the Symposium on that question in EJIL issue 32(1), this podcast contains a duel between anti-anti-international law & democracy scholar Akbar Rasulov and anti-international law & democracy scholar Brad Roth. The debate continues on this blog: read Akbar Rasulov’s rejoinder here…