Malcolm Jorgensen
Professional Positions
- Since 12/2021 | Senior Research Fellow, MPIL (Coordinator of the MPIL Agora since 07/2023; Co-coordinator of the MPIL International Law Colloquium since 03/2024)
- Since 09/2017 | Research Fellow, Berlin Potsdam Research Group (KFG) (Non-Resident Fellow since 03/2020)
- 2020-2021 | Research Associate, Institute of Sustainability Governance, Leuphana University Lüneburg
- 2016-2017 | Assistant Director, Legal Division (International Legal Branch; Sanctions, Treaties & Transnational Crime Branch), Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra
- 2010-2016 | PhD Candidate and Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
- 2009-2009 | Solicitor, Commercial Litigation
- 2008-2009 | Associate to the Honourable Justice P.D.T. Applegarth A.M. & the Honourable Acting Justice N. Skoien (Ret.), Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane
- 2015 | PhD in International Law and International Relations, Sydney Law School and United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney (funded by Australian Postgraduate Award)
- Thesis: American Foreign Policy Ideology & The Rule of International Law: Contesting Power through the International Criminal Court
- 2009 | Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Australian National University (ANU)
- 2007 | Bachelor of Laws with Honours, University of Queensland (UQ)
- 2006 | Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the field of International Relations, UQ
- 2004 | Bachelor of Arts with Majors in International Relations and Economics, UQ
Recent Publications
- American Foreign Policy Ideology and The International Rule of Law: Contesting Power through the International Criminal Court. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020, 300 p.
- 'The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: The Power of Rules Consistent with but Not Binding Under International Law'. In: Melbourne Journal of International Law 22(2), 221-258 (2021).
- 'Ideological Values and Norm Contestation in the ICC: The Afghanistan Investigation and American Opposition to Article 12(2)(a) Jurisdiction'. In: Tracing Value Change in the International Legal Order: Perspectives from Legal and Political Science, Heike Krieger, Andrea Liese (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2023, 191-210.
- 'The United States'. In: Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Global Security, Robin Geiß, Nils Melzer (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2021, 926-943.
- Book Review: Engelhart, Marc, Sunčana Roksandić Vidlička: Dealing with Terrorism: Empirical and Normative Challenges of Fighting the Islamic State, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2019. In: German Yearbook of International Law, 63(1), 847-850, 2022.