Samantha Besson - External lectures

Germany

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg

OnOctober 16, 2025, a lecture (2h) on: Dangerous Science, Anticipation and the Human Right to Science.

Walther Schücking Institute for International Law, University of Kiel

November 20,2025, a lecture (2h) on: The International Law of Regions.

Faculty of Law, Humboldt University, Berlin

June 4, 2026, a lecture (1h) on: Decolonizing International Law-Making through the Multiple International Representation System.

France

Strasbourg University

On September 26, 2024, a lecture (1h), on: Equity in international law.

Netherlands

University of Leiden

On December 4, 2024, a lecture (1h), on: In What Sense are International Organizations "Public"?

TMC Asser Institute, The Hague

December 6, 2024, a lecture (2h), on: Equity as a General Principle in EU External Relations Law.

Sweden

Uppsala University*

On December 12, 15 and 19, 2023, three lectures (3h) on :

• What can International Law do against Privatization?
• Democratic Representation in, through and by International Organizations;
• The Human Right to Participate in Science and the Legal and Institutional Structure of Science.

*Within the framework of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

United States

Columbia University Law School, New York

April 17, 2024, lecture on: "The Human Right to Participate in Science and the Institutional Guarantee of Science", Law & Philosophy Seminar.

United Kingdom

King's College, London
Center for Transnational Legal Studies

On April 20, 2023, a conference on: Democratic Representation by and in International Organizations.

Switzerland

University of Lausanne*

On May 9 and 16, 2023, two conferences on:

• International democratic representation ( general conference);
• The public/private distinction in international law (specialized lecture followed by a seminar).

*Within the framework of an agreement signed with the Collège de France

Japan

University of Tokyo*
Tokyo College

On May 25, 2023, a conference on: International democratic representation.

*Within the framework of an agreement signed with Collège de France

India

Initially scheduled from January 5 to 15, 2022, the three conferences on : Human Rights have been postponed to January 2023.

Germany

Freie Universität & Humboldt Universität, Berlin/Potsdam Universität

May 9 to May 16, 2022, two lectures on :

• Public and Private International Law: Genealogy of an Artificial Opposition and Risks of the New Confluence ;
• The Public/Private Relation and International Law.

Max Planck Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg

On May 18, 2022, a lecture on : Public and Private International Law: Genealogy of an Artificial Opposition and Risks of the New Confluence.

Norway

Center for Advanced Study (CAS), Oslo

As part of the GOODPOL project (What is a Good Policy? Political Morality, Feasibility and Democracy), two conferences on :

• May 27, 2021 : Disagreement, Consent and Consensus about International Human Rights Law. A Democratic Argument (GOODPOL Disagreement, Good Policy and Human Rights Workshop) ;
• June^1, 2021: A Good Government Standard for International Organizations (GOODPOL Closing Conference).

Netherlands

The Hague Academy of International Law

From January 13 to 17, 2020, a special lecture on: Due diligence in international law.