Claire Patterson
Thesis title: 'More, better, together and European’ : A legal analysis of the boundaries of European defence through the lens of solidarity
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Background
Claire Patterson is a PhD Candidate at the University of Edinburgh. She is a part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘Taming the Dark Energy of EU Law’ led by Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne. Claire’s research focuses on the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy and EU constitutional law.
She has previously worked as a Research Fellow (Wissenschaftliche Assistentin) at the Institute for International Law and Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Zurich.
Qualifications
LLM Double Degree, University of Zurich (Summa Cum Laude)
LLM Double Degree, KU Leuven (Cum Laude)
LLB University of Durham (First Class Honours)
Responsibilities & affiliations
1st Year Representative Postgraduate Research Board
Research summary
CSDP, EU Constitutional Law, Structural Principles of EU law.