prof. dr. A.J. Zwitter

Academic History and Education

• July 2017 onwards: Dean, University College Fryslân, Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen
• December 2016 onwards: Senior Fellow, Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS), Politics and International Relation Department, Canterbury Christ Church University
• October 2016 – April 2017: Guest Professor at OSIPP (Osaka School of International
  Public Policy) at Osaka University, Japan
• Sept. 2014: Research Sabbatical as Senior Researcher with and financed by the Austrian Institute for International Politics - oiip 
• March 2014: Honorary appointment Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Research in Security Innovation (CASI), Liverpool Hope University
• May 2012: Professor of International Relations, Endowed Chair of the Netherlands Society for International Affairs;
• March 2006 to August 2008: Doctor iuris , PhD in Law, cum laude. Research focus: International Law and Legal Sociology (area of research: human security, just war, terrorism), with distinction (cum laude);
• October 2001 to March 2006: Magister iuris , Master’s Degree in Law, Focus: International Law, International Relations, Legal Philosophy, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria;
• 2001-2003 : Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria;

Professional History

• April 2017 onwards: Responsible Scholar for the establishment of the Data Research Center, Campus Friesland, University of Groningen - http://www.rug.nl/cf/onderzoek/data-research-centre 
• March 2014: Honorary appointment Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Research in Security Innovation (CASI), Liverpool Hope University
• September 2013: Head of the Political Sciences, Department of Legal Theory, University of Groningen
• April 2013 onwards: Director of the European Centre for Applied Research and registered Consultant
• May 2012 onwards: Professor for International Relations, Department of Legal Theory (Fac. of Law), endowed chair of the NGIZ (Nederlands Genootschap voor Internationale Zaken)
• August 2011: Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York, United States of America.
• July-August 2010: Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, New York, United States of America.
• July-August 2009: Visiting Scholar at Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• September 2008 onwards : Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and International Organization, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen;
• April to September 2008 : Researcher at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
• October to December 2006 : Internship, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Austrian Embassy to Slovenia;
• July 2006 – March 2007 : Chairman of the Presidium, VOX IURIS (registered non-profit association) ;
• July to November 2006 : Researcher and Assistant to the Training Section, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, NGO ;
• April to July 2006 : Internship at the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, NGO;
• March to July 2006 : Lecturer on Criminal Law and General Legal Aspects for Private Investigators, Pro§Law International (registered association) ;

Membership and Responsibilities

• Co-Founder and Member, International Network Observatory for Big Data and Global Strategy
• Deputy-Editor-in-Chief, Journal for International Humanitarian Action (JIHA), Springer
• Editor-in-Chief, Politics and Governance, Librello Publishing House 
• Co-Chair of the section Research in Ethics and Globalization (REG) of the inter-faculty institute ‘Globalization Studies Groningen’ (GSG) of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands
• Advisory Committee - The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE) 
• Scientific Committee - Humanitarian Encyclopedia 
• Member and former secretary to the board of the ‘Verein zur Förderung der Forschung und Lehre zum Friedenssicherungsrecht und zum Humanitären Völkerrecht e.V.’ (Association for supporting research and teaching in international law of peace and international humanitarian law), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
• Member and former chairman of the registered non-profit research and teaching association for lawyers, Vox Iuris, Austria
• Member of the International Studies Association (ISA)
• Member of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA)
• Chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Programme of International and European Law, University of Groningen
• Member of the Board of Examiners of the Programme of Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA), University of Groningen
• Coordinator of the second semester programme of the Master’s of Humanitarian Action (NOHA), University of Groningen