Professor Marco Roscini named as Director of Research at The Hague Academy’s Centre of Studies and Research 2025

Professor Roscini was selected by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy, the most prestigious institution in the field of International Law across the globe. The Academy carries out diverse activities including a Centre for Studies and Research – the topic of which changes each year.

Next year’s topic, chosen by the Curatorium, is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and International Law. The Centre aims to analyse challenges and opportunities that come from AI through the lenses of international law in a holistic manner by focusing on three different aspects: AI’s impact on the sources and institutions of the international legal order, AI’s impact on special regimes of international law and AI’s role in addressing specific contemporary problems. 

Under the guidance of Professor Roscini and his fellow Director of Research Professor Marion Ho-Dac from the University of Artois, around 24 researchers will be selected to write papers on different legal aspects of AI including AI and international human rights law, AI and the international law of armed conflict and AI and international environmental law. The project will lead to the publication of an edited book. 

About the appointment Professor Roscini said: “Being invited to act as Director of Research for the English section of The Hague Academy’s Centre of Studies and Research 2025 is a huge honour, as the Academy is the most prestigious international law institution in the world. I am very grateful to the Curatorium for the invitation. I am particularly inspired by the choice of the 2025 theme, as artificial intelligence now permeates most aspects of our life but at the same time raises serious concerns. I look forward to working with the Director for the French section and with the researchers who will be selected later this year on this challenging topic and on how international law can play a role in addressing it.”

Professor Roscini’s work with the Centre for Studies and Research 2025 will contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and 17: Partnerships for Goals. Since 2019, the University of Westminster has used the SDGs holistically to frame strategic decisions to help students and colleagues fulfil their potential and contribute to a more sustainable, equitable and healthier society.  

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