About the Blog
Völkerrechtsblog is an academic blog on all matters of international public law and international legal thought. We welcome contributions from all around the globe on these topics.
Völkerrechtsblog was established in 2014 with the idea to use the possibilities and spaces of the internet to foster scholarly discussion and exchange about international law. In our view, these discussions should not stop at national borders: We strongly believe that the academic discourse has to include voices from all world regions. One of the core aims of Völkerrechtsblog is therefore to contribute to opening up and diversifying the discourse in international legal scholarship. We consider Open Access to be an important step in this direction, and hence all content on Völkerrechtsblog is Open Access (see also our Open Access Statement).
At Völkerrechtsblog, we offer opportunities for scholarly discussion and exchange in different shapes and forms; ranging from Blogposts to Podcasts, to Interviews and to topical and review Symposia. As an academic blog we are commited to adhering to the “Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct”.
We also publish “Open Letters and Statements” by academic insitutions, groups and individual scholars, if we think they draw attention to or initiate important debates, in particular about academic freedom and integrity. With publishing “Open Letters and Statements” we aim to generate visibility for those debates and create an opportunity for exchange. Accordingly, we welcome contributions that seek to engage (also critically) with the arguments put forward in the “Open Letters and Statements” we publish on the Blog. The “Open Letters and Statements” do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editorial Team, our Cooperation Partners or the institutions that provide funding to the Blog.
Völkerrechtsblog was originally founded within the framework of the Working Group of Young International Law Scholars (Arbeitskreis junger Völkerrechtswissenschaftler*innen, AjV). It has since developed its own structure, as has the AjV. Until today, Völkerrechtsblog and the AjV cooperate regularly, especially in the context of conferences organized under the AjV’s umbrella.
The AjV is an informal network of doctoral students, postdocs and scholars preparing for tenure in the field of law, political science and international relations, who share an interest in questions of international law. The AjV links German-language legal scholarship in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and beyond. The AjV has a facebook-page as well as a closed facebook-group for its network’s members.
You can furthermore reach the AjV via info@ajv-mail.org.