Zimmermann, Wim

Dr. Wim Zimmermann is a postdoctoral researcher in Public International Law at the University of Salzburg. He obtained his PhD from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Prof. Janne Nijman and Prof. Ingo Venzke with a dissertation titled ‘Beyond Indeterminacy: On Reputation and Interpretation in International Law’. A book proposal based on the PhD thesis is currently under review with Cambridge University Press. Wim holds three bachelor’s degrees (in sociology, human geography, and law, with extra courses in philosophy) and an LLM in public international law (cum laude, top 5%) from the University of Amsterdam. His research approaches international law from an interdisciplinary perspective, making use of insights from the fields of sociology, international relations, legal philosophy, (social) psychology and history.

Area(s) of expertise: Sociology of international law, International legal theory, critical legal theory, general public international law