Job description

Dr Alexander Lott works as a researcher at the Norwegian Center for the Law of the Sea at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway. Alexander has also taught various courses in administrative law, the law of the sea, and academic writing and research skills at the University of Tartu, Estonia at bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, including in the international master's program. He is the author of the books "Hybrid Threats and the Law of the Sea" (Brill, 2022) and "The Estonian Straits: Exceptions to the Strait Regime of Innocent or Transit Passage" (Brill, 2018) as well as the editor and co-author of the anthology "Maritime Security Law in Hybrid Warfare" (Brill, 2024).

Alexander has published widely on the law of the sea, human rights, international security law, administrative law, and environmental law. He has been awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship (April 2022–March 2024) by the European Commission and the Estonian President's Young Scientist Award (2022). His previous work experience includes five years as a legal adviser at the constitutional review and administrative law chambers at the Estonian Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice. He has been invited to serve as an expert in two projects for codifying the Estonian laws on the law of the sea and national defence.