Dr Bosko Tripkovic

• PhD (European University Institute)
• LLM (European University Institute)
• MJur (University of Oxford)
• MPhil (University of Novi Sad)
• LLB (University of Novi Sad)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (Birmingham)

Dr Tripkovic holds PhD and LLM degrees from the European University Institute, MJur degree from the University of Oxford, and MPhil and LLB degrees from the University of Novi Sad. He has previously worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the European University Institute and as a lecturer at the University of Novi Sad, and he has held visiting positions at New York University and the University of Glasgow. Dr Tripkovic is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Current teaching

• Introduction to Legal Research (module leader, LLM)
• Legal Theory (LLB)

Past teaching

• Comparative Public Law (module leader, LLB)
• Advanced Constitutional Law (module leader, LLB)
• Advanced EU Law (LLB)
• Legal Foundations of the European Union (LLB)
• Jurisprudence (LLB)

Dr Tripkovic’s areas of supervision include:
• Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy
• Constitutional law
• European Union law
• Human rights law

Dr Tripkovic particularly welcomes proposals for postgraduate research with a strong theoretical and/or comparative component. Potential students are invited to get in touch via e-mail to discuss their preliminary research proposals.

Current PhD students
• Marc Johnson, Metaphysics of Parliamentary Sovereignty
• Duaa Hassan, Restrictions of Freedom of Political Expression on Campus
• Khalid Khedri, Sovereignty, Colonialism, and the Construction of International law
• Kate Webster, Constitutional Protection of Property
• Matthew Wall, Can a Kelsenian Concept of Law be Defended in the 21st Century?

Past PhD students
• Albert Nell, Philosophical Justifications in International Criminal Law Jurisprudence
• Adam Metzger, Universalism, Relativism, and the Human Right to Development
• Constantina Lazaridou, Fundamental Rights and the Internal Market

Find out more - our PhD Law  page has information about doctoral research at the University of Birmingham.

Dr Tripkovic’s research focuses on the philosophical and moral foundations of constitutional law, EU law, and human rights law. His book ‘The Metaethics of Constitutional Adjudication’, which explores the metaethical foundations of value-based arguments in constitutional adjudication, is available on Oxford Scholarship Online and Oxford University Press websites. Dr Tripkovic has most recently published on the philosophical aspects of the use of foreign law in constitutional reasoning, and on the idea of pluralism in EU law. His latest publications are available on SSRN and Academia. In his current research, Dr Tripkovic explores the metaphysical and normative grounds of human rights law and adjudication.

For research updates, follow him on twitter: @BoskoTripkovic.