CARMEN E. PAVEL

I am a political philosopher with an interest in the intersection between politics and law. I joined King's College London in 2015. I am currently a Reader in the Department of Political Economy, and I have served as the first director of the new PPE program from 2015-2018. I held visiting positions at Tulane University, USA and the University of Oslo, Norway.

I study the internal and external manifestations of state sovereignty. My research covers the character and scope of international law and institutions and how they change states' relationship to each other and their citizens, constitutional theory and the rule of law, the ways in which states articulate and institutionalize individual rights, and ethics and public policy.

My latest book, Law Beyond the State: Dynamic Coordination, State Consent and Binding International Law (OUP 2021) is the winner of the Best Book Award  at the International Studies' Association International Law section.

I am one of the editors of the new Oxford University Press Philosophy, Politics and Economics book series.