Anam Soomro
Cohort 2016
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Global Governance Department
PhD Candidate
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Topic of PhD thesis
A Critical Inquiry into Freedom of Movement: Race, Colonialism and the Making of International Law.
Curriculum Vitae
2010 – 2011
University of Edinburgh, LLM International Law
2006 – 2010
University of Edinburgh, LLB Law and History
Scientific Activities and Internships
2014 – 2016
Junior Associate, Abrar Hasan & Co, Karachi, Pakistan
2013
Social Policy Intern, Citizens Advice Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Stipends and Awards
Since 09/2016
Fritz Thyssen Foundation, PhD Scholarship
Research Interests
Critical Approaches to International Law
TWAIL (Third World Approaches to International Law)
Migration and Mobility
Human Rights
Land and Environment
Interdisciplinary research methods
Soomro, A (2015) "Climate Change, Migration and Environmental Justice" in Tandon, U (ed) Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance, Eastern Book Company, Delhi
Soomro, A & Rajani, S (2015) "Karachi: A Geography of Exclusion 1947-1968" in Rajani, S & Malkani, Z (eds) Exhausted Geographies, Self published, Karachi
