David Scott
Postdoctoral Research Associate International Law & Governance, Graduate Teaching Assistant
David Scott is a Postdoctoral Researcher in International Law & Governance, working between the Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security and the Scottish Council on Global Affairs. He completed his PhD on the turn to time in contemporary international legal thought at the Manchester International Law Centre, University of Manchester, and holds an LLB (Hons.) from the University of Glasgow and a Master’s in International Comparative Law (Public International Law specialization) from the University of Helsinki.
David has previously held research positions at the University of Zurich, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and the iCourts Institute at the University of Copenhagen, and has published on European human rights law, the history of contemporary critiques of human rights, and the use of moot court competitions for teaching critical approaches to international law.
David is keen to maintain links between his academic research and the third sector, having worked as a Policy Officer for Citizens Advice Scotland from 2020 to 2022, where he led the organisation’s campaigns on Universal Credit. His postdoctoral research will focus on the potential impact of the proposed Scottish Human Rights Bill and its domestication of international human rights law for changing the social security system.
Articles
- Scott, D. M. and Soirila, U. (2021) The politics of the moot court. European Journal of International Law, 32(3), pp. 1079-1106. (doi: 10.1093/ejil/chab068)
Book Sections
- Scott, D. M. (2021) Human rights. In: d’Aspremont, J. and Haskell, J. (eds.) Tipping Points in International Law: Commitment and Critique. Series: ASIL studies in international legal theory. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, pp. 172-195. ISBN 9781108845106 (doi: 10.1017/9781108954549.010)
- Scott, D. M. (2019) Research Handbook on the Politics of International Law edited by Wayne Sandholtz and Christopher A Whytock. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-78347-397-7. In: Tiittala, T. (ed.) Finnish Yearbook of International Law. Volume 25, 2015. Bloomsbury Publishing: London, pp. 227-240. ISBN 9781509927159 (doi: 10.5040/9781509927180.0012)
- Scott, D. (2018) Burmych and ors v Ukraine, Judgement (striking out), 12th October 2017. In: Oxford International Organization (OXIO). Oxford University Press.
