Peter Kristian Hjaltason

Short presentation

Peter Hjaltason is a PhD fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen in cooperation with the Danish Institute for Human Rights. The subject of his project is the Danish municipal citizen advisors.

The supervisor is Professor, PhD Michael Gøtze and the co-supervisor is Senior Researcher, PhD Anette Faye Jacobsen at the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

CV

Professional experience: 

10/2017 – 09/2020: PhD fellow, University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Human Rights

03/2017 – 06/2017: Project assistant, University of Copenhagen  

05/2016 – 08/2017: Student assistant, Danish Institute for Human Rights

09/2015 – 12/2015: Research intern, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies 

07/2015 – 08/2015: Student assistant, Danish Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing

07/2014 – 08/2014: Summer associate, Danish Ministry of Justice

04/2014 – 08/2015: Research assistant, University of Copenhagen 

02/2014 – 06/2015: Student assistant, Danish Ministry of Justice 

10/2013 – 01/2014: Student assistant, Danish State Administration 

Education 

09/2015 – 08/2017: Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Copenhagen 

09/2015 – 01/2016: Erasmus exchange programme, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

09/2012 – 06/2015: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of Copenhagen

Primary fields of research

Human rights law, social welfare law, administrative law, municipality law

Teaching

Human rights law, administrative law, social welfare law, constitutional law