Max Lesch, Researcher at PRIF, will take up a Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence from September 1, 2024. The renowned program in history and social sciences supports postdocs in an international environment in all aspects of their academic career with a wide range of (multi-)disciplinary activities.
During his stay at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Lesch will work on his book manuscript entitled “Norms and Deviance in World Politics: International Institutions and the Prohibition of Torture” and continue his research projects on legal struggles over the right to self-defence against non-state actors and the politics and practice of international fact-finding missions.
At PRIF, Max Lesch has specialized in international norm dynamics, the role of international law in world politics and international practice theories with a focus on contestation, norm enforcement and legal development in the areas of human rights and peace and security law.