Dr. Pavel specialises in political philosophy and the history of political thought. She received her Ph.D. from Brown University and served as a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Virginia and and the University of Arizona. While at King’s, she has directed the Philosophy Politics, and Economics programme, contributing to its re-design.   Dr Pavel’s first book, entitled Divided Sovereignty, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. Her latest, Law Beyond the State, was published at the end of last year and focuses on the reasons we have to develop international law and the appropriate scope of its authority over sovereign states. It examines under what conditions international law is compatible with the sovereignty claims of constitutional democracies and lays out tentatives guidelines for what she calls “Global Constitutionalism”.  

Re-configuring our systems of international governance and accountability is a crucial part of what William E. Rees has labeled bio-cultural adaptation. That is why this conversation with Dr. Pavel, and her book - law beyond the state - it so relevant to the moment at hand.

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