Dr Martin Steinfeld
- College Associate Professor in Law, Director of Studies
- University Advocate
- Affiliated Lecturer
Contact
Location
- Room 9, Margaret Wileman, Hughes Hall
About
Martin is the College Associate Professor in Law at Hughes Hall as well as an Affiliated Lecturer in EU law at the Faculty of Law. Martin previously lectured in Public Law and Public International Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. In addition, he was also legal consultant for the British Academy and the House of Lords Sexual Violence in Conflict Select Committee. Prior to that Martin was also a lecturer in European Union Law at the Department of Politics and International Studies and a supervisor in EU and Public Law at the Faculty of Law, the University of Cambridge. He was also previously in practice as a barrister at the Chancery Bar and worked at both the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
His PhD thesis at the University of Cambridge, entitled “Social Constructivist approaches to the law on Free Movement of Persons within the European Union” was supervised by Professor Sir Alan Dashwood CBE KC KCMG and sponsored by the AHRC. His recent monograph - Fissures in EU Citizenship - based partly on his PhD was published by Cambridge University Press and was nominated for an International Studies Association award.
Martin also holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Birmingham (graduating with the highest first in the year), an LLM from the University of Cambridge (gaining a starred first and the highest mark in the year for a dissertation on EU Citizenship) and is a scholar of Lincoln’s Inn.
Education
2006 - 2009 University of Cambridge , PhD
2004 - 2005 University of Cambridge, LLM
2003 - 2004 The Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course, Very Competent
2002 - 2003 City University, Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Commendation
1999 - 2002 University of Birmingham, BA, First Class Honours
Scholarships and awards
2006 - 2009 Arts and Humanities Research Council doctoral award holder
2002 - 2004 Lord Brougham scholarship, Sir Thomas More Bursary and Hardwicke Award, Lincoln ’s Inn
2000 – 2002 HS Ferns Prize, The University of Birmingham School of Social Sciences Prize, Stanley Howard Hardy Memorial Prize, University of Birmingham
Employment/Work Experience
2005 - 2006 Pupillage at 13 Old Square Chambers, Lincoln 's Inn , London
2001 Political assistant in the European Parliament
2000 Research assistant in the House of Lords
2000 Researcher, The Times newspaper, London
1998 Researcher, NBC News, London
Professional Affiliations
Bar of England and Wales, Lincoln's Inn
Research
Dr Martin Steinfeld, as both a graduate in law and political science, has broad interests in a number of different interdisciplinary fields of research, including EU law, European Studies, Public Law, International Relations, Transnational Law, Global Governance, Security Studies and Political Theory. His research is particularly focussed on the legal construction of various Citizenship projects. In addition, Martin has a research interest in the evolution of the Royal Prerogative and monarchical power in the UK, as well as the interrelationship between the UK and its crown colonies and dependencies. He has also recently been published on the nature of ethnic cleansing in the context of the 1948 Genocide Convention.
EU law
European studies
Constitutional law
International Relations
Security studies
Political theory
Supervisor(s): Professor Alan Dashwood
Research centres: Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS); Centre for Public Law (CPL)