In her talk, Professor Fikfak will speak about her experience applying for funding for different projects, including small grants, larger grants, and ERC grants. She currently leads the ERC-funded project Human Rights Nudge, exploring state responses to European Court of Human Rights judgments. From 2025, she will lead an ERC Consolidator project on access to international human rights justice and a UCL Grand Challenges initiative on barriers to climate justice for children. Veronika will discuss how to think about research questions, objectives, and methodology, how to decide between different funders, how to shape ideas into fundable projects. She will describe the ERC application process and talk of her experience sitting on project review panels. She is happy to answer any questions from the audience.
If possible, please email your questions to us until Friday 10 January so that Professor Fikfak can develop the content of her ERC talk in line with the needs of our researchers and alumni.
Veronika Fikfak is a Professor of Human Rights and International Law at University College London, School of Public Policy, and co-Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights. She also serves as Secretary General of the European Society of International Law, managing editor of American Journal of International Law Unbound, and judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights. Her work has been funded by the ERC, UK’s ESRC Future Research Leaders Grant, the British Academy, Norway’s Research Council, Carlsberg Foundation, and the Humboldt Foundation.
Using quantitative and qualitative methods informed by psychology and behavioural economics, her research spans international law, human rights, and public law. Her current research focuses on reparations for human rights violations, compliance with international norms, interaction of domestic and international law, and system design. Her publications appear in leading journals, including the European Journal of International Law and the American Journal of International Law.
This event is organized with the assistance of Dr Ezgi Özlü, Max Planck Law alumna and member of the organising committee of the Minerva LAW Network.
