An Hertogen

Her PhD research addressed the important question of how international law can safeguard state sovereignty in increasing interdependence, and this question continues to inform her research to this day. She is particularly interested in questions on how states can regulate economic activity to ensure that other societal goals, such as the protection of the environment or of consumers, are met at a time when economic actors are increasingly transnational. As such, her research covers both international economic law and public international law on the exercise of sovereignty and jurisdiction. A particular aspect of her international law research is on the concept of good neighbourliness, and she has also been fascinated for many years by the 1927 S.S. Lotus case of the Permanent Court of International Justice. In 2021, she published a co-edited volume, with Associate Professor Anna Hood, on International Law in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Since July 2023, she has been a Member of the Council of the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) and ANZSIL’s New Zealand Vice-President. Within the Faculty of Law, she serves as the Assistant Dean (Academic).