Jens Hillebrand Pohl
Postdoctoral Fellow- Geoeconomics
- geo-legal power
- lawfare
- legal geography
- geojurisprudence
- the concept of power
Jens Hillebrand Pohl is a multidisciplinary legal scholar and political scientist with over 14 years of experience in academia and practice. He is an adjunct professor at Maastricht University and the United Nations University, where he teaches and researches the intersection of law and geoeconomics, legal geography, the (geo)politicization of the legal order, and the (mis)use of the legal system as an instrument of geostrategic power. He is also a doctoral research scientist at Tampere University, where he analyzes lawfare and geo-legal power from a political science perspective.
Jens holds a PhD in Law from Maastricht University, an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a MSc in Economics and Business from Stockholm School of Economics, and is pursuing a PhD in political science at Tampere University. He is the founding series editor of Springer Studies in Law & Geoeconomics, an advisory editor of the Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions, and a former article editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He has published extensively on international economic law, investment screening, and lawfare, and has held visiting appointments at prestigious institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, T.M.C. Asser Institute, and the World Trade Institute. He is also an experienced attorney, having practiced before U.S. federal and state courts in New York and for EU institutions. He is passionate about advancing the understanding and practice of law and geoeconomics as a field of inquiry and action.
Publications
Degrees
PhD in Law, Maastricht University, 2024
LLM, Harvard Law School, 2007
MSc in Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics, 2000
Juris Kandidat (Bachelor and Master of Laws), Stockholm University, 2000
Language skills
English, Swedish (working languages); German, French, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese (receptive skills)
Positions of trust
Secretary General, Geoeconomics Society, 2023–
Executive Editor and Secretary to the Editorial Board, Law & Geoeconomics Journal, 2023–
Series Editor, Springer Studies in Law & Geoeconomics, 2023–
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions, 2020–
Co-founder and Scientific Advisor (formerly Co-Director), CELIS Institute, 2020–
Work experience
Adjunct Professor (Docent), Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, and United Nations University-MERIT, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, 2016–
Course Director, Academy of European Law, 2019‑2022
Visiting Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, 2018‑2019
Visiting Research Fellow, T.M.C. Asser Institute, 2018
Visiting Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, 2016‑2017
Legal Counsel, European Investment Bank, 2013‑2016
PhD Candidate, Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, 2013‑
Legal and Compliance Officer, European Stability Mechanism, 2011‑2013
Associate Attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 2007‑2011
Research Assistant, Harvard Law School, 2006‑2007
Judicial Clerk, Stockholm High Court, 2005‑2006
Articled Clerk (Trainee Solicitor), 2000‑2005
Education
PhD candidate in political science, Tampere University
(Dissertation: “Geo-Legal Power: The Rise and Structure of Lawfare”)
PhD candidate in international law, Maastricht University
(Dissertation: “Arbitration of Disputes Related to National Security Screening of Foreign Investments”)
QLTT, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 2008
LLM, Harvard Law School, 2007
MSc in Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics, 2000
Juris Kandidat (Bachelor and Master of Laws), Stockholm University, 2000