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Asteropi Chatzinikola
LLB (Hons), BA (Classics and Philology)
Research student
Overview
Asteropi joined the Cardiff School of Law and Politics in September 2021. Her PhD research focuses on child participation and health in the context of climate change litigation. Asteropi's doctoral work develops at the intersection of law, philosophy, and ethics, combining doctrinal and empirical methodologies. As part of her doctoral work, she explores innovative ways of visualising qualitative data, with the view to providing accessible and diverse research findings to a wide audience, including children.
Publication
2022
- Harrington, J. and Chatzinikola, A. 2022. State human rights obligations regarding the distribution of scarce health resources. Project Report. [Online]. Open Society Justice Initiative. Available at: https://www.justiceinitiative.org/uploads/81147322-4409-4d89-be0f-c7cc5fa8f85c/state-human-rights-obligations-regarding-distribution-of-scarce-health-resources-20231031.pdf
Monographs
- Harrington, J. and Chatzinikola, A. 2022. State human rights obligations regarding the distribution of scarce health resources. Project Report. [Online]. Open Society Justice Initiative. Available at: https://www.justiceinitiative.org/uploads/81147322-4409-4d89-be0f-c7cc5fa8f85c/state-human-rights-obligations-regarding-distribution-of-scarce-health-resources-20231031.pdf
Research
Asteropi's work combines legal doctrinal analysis, political philosophy, and rhetorical criticism. She holds an LLB (Hons; first-class) from Queen Mary University of London and a BA in Classics and Philology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. During her law studies, she was awarded the Senior Status Scholarship, the QM Research Bursary, and two prizes of outstanding academic achievement (Oxford University Press Prize for Equity and Trusts, UK Human Rights Law Prize) for the highest performance at the School of Law in her year. She has been conducting comparative research for international organisations, researchers, and practising lawyers on disciplines of broader interest, including vaccine distribution and health equity, immigration, family, maritime, international trade, and insurance, for submissions to top-tier law journals. She is a rapporteur for the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, organising webinars, panel discussions, and contributing to children's rights and climate-related scholarship.
Thesis
Climate Change and Child Health: Participation, Rhetoric and Human Rights
Funding sources
Asteropi's doctoral work is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership.
Teaching
Asteropi is currently a postgraduate teaching assistant at the UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction, leading the seminars for the International Migration Law module.