Sondre Torp Helmersen
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Research interests
My research focuses on international law, especially the sources of international law, the prohibition of the use of force, the law of the sea, and the relationship between international law and national law.
I won the UiT Young Researcher Award for 2025.
Teaching
I teach these subjects at UiT:
- International law
- Constitutional law
- Environmental law
- Writing courses
- The internship scheme
- The PhD programme
I also do supervisions and examinations for the University of Bergen and the University of Oslo.
Member of research group / centre
CV
Employment history:
2022-: Professor, UiT
2019-2022: Associate Professor, UiT
2018-2019: Associate Professor, University of Inland Norway
2014-2017: Research Fellow, University of Oslo
2012-2013: Lawyer, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010-2011: Research Assistant, University of Oslo
Administrative positions:
2023-2025: Director of the research group Human Rights and International Law, Faculty of Law, UiT
2020-2021: Vice-dean for research, Faculty of Law, UiT
2020: Director of studies for the second year of the masters degree, Faculty of Law, UiT
2019-2020: Director of the research group Constitutional law, Faculty of Law, UiT
2018-2019: Director of studies for Administrative law, University of Inland Norway
Education:
2018: PhD, University of Oslo
2014: LLM, University of Cambridge
2011: Master of Laws, University of Oslo
Courses:
2022-2023: Ph.D. supervision, UiT
2020-2021: Bar exam (Norway)
2019: University pedagogy, University of Inland Norway
2015: Public Internaitonal Law, Hague Academy of International Law