Biography
Nicola Strain is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Public and International Law working on the interpretation and application of international law by international and national courts.
Nicola previously worked as a researcher in the Compliance Politics in International Investment Disputes (COPIID) project at PluriCourts. She completed her PhD at PluriCourts in 2022 on the topic of the jurisdiction of the WTO and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms as part of an interdisciplinary project on State Consent to International Jurisdiction. She also holds a Master of Law degree (LLM) from the University of Cambridge (2017 - 2018) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB, First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (BA, First Class Honours) from the University of Western Australia (2007 - 2012). Nicola has also been a visiting research fellow at the Graduate Institute, Geneva and Columbia University Law School. Nicola is also an experienced lawyer, having held legal positions in Australia.