Dr Iryna Bogdanova

Dr Iryna Bogdanova is an international law scholar. Currently, she holds a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg (UL), serving as the principal investigator of the EU-funded KLEPTOTRACE project (Working Package 4 “Assessment of EU Sanctions for Targeting Highly Corrupt Regimes and Entities”).

Before joining the UL, Dr Bogdanova was a postdoctoral researcher at the World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern. Over the course of past years, Iryna has steadily published contributions analysing various aspects of economic statecraft and summarizing the most recent developments in this field. Her book Unilateral Sanctions in International Law and the Enforcement of Human Rights (Brill 2022) explores the legality of unilateral economic sanctions that is, sanctions imposed by individual states without authorisation of the United Nations Security Council, under international law. Her research interests include collective and unilateral economic sanctions, their effectiveness and legality, international trade law and policy, regulation of international investments.

Iryna earned her PhD degree (Summa cum Laude) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Berne. Prior to this, she pursued legal studies in Ukraine, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Dr Bogdanova's previous working experiences are diverse and range from private sector employment to work in international organizations.

Iryna’s publications can be accessed here.