J.K. Ritter (Johanna)

Johanna Ritter is a PhD candidate at the International and European Law Department and the Research Centre for State and Law (SteR). Her PhD project deals with the operationalization of community interest norms in International Law. She is particularly interested in the interaction between different legal actors and the broader development of law and society.

Before working at Radboud University, Johanna worked as a lecturer in the International Law department at Maastricht University (UM). She obtained her LLM (cum laude) in UM's selective International Laws programme by focusing on Public International and EU Law in 2024. In her LLM thesis, she took a cognitive legal approach to adopt a narrative perspective on advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice.

During her studies, Johanna was a student assistant for the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights and an intern with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Johanna was also one of the organizers of UM's Critical Approaches to International Law discussion group and the Law in Stories Series.