Laura Lo Coco

Laura is currently a PhD student at The Dickson Poon School of Law. She holds the degrees of Laurea Triennale in Law (LIUC, Italy), Laurea Magistrale in Political Theory (University of Pavia, Italy), and Master of Science in Political Theory (London School of Economics).

Laura is the coordinator of KJuris, the centre for jurisprudence and legal theory at King's.

Awards

Institute of Humane Studies Fellowship ~ July 2013 until present.

Modern Law Review Scholarship ~ 2012 – 2014.

Laura's interests are in the field of political and legal philosophy. Her research at King's concerns the nature of territorial rights and their moral justification. In her work she develops a conventionalist theory of territorial rights constrained by a legitimacy threshold. In an article currently under review, the theoretical framework is applied to the case of secession. She works under the supervision of Prof. Leif Wenar.

Laura's other research interests include the nature of rights, multiculturalism, theories of freedom, and justice.

Selected academic presentations

Forthcoming

25 June 2016 | Georgetown University - “Resource Rights: Watercourses, Borders, and Territory” The Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics

20 August 2016 | George Mason University - “A Theory of Territorial Rights” IHS Summer Fellowship  

Past

5 June 2015 | University College Cork - “Resource Rights: Watercourses, Borders, and Territory” Workshop on Themes on Territory, Justice, and Rivers

1 April 2015 | Universita’ degli Studi di Pavia - “A Theory of Territorial Rights” Mercoledi’ Filosofici del Maino – Collegio Giasone del Maino di Pavia

4 March 2015 | King’s College London - “Rights to Watercourses and the Fluidity of Borders” DPE Research Workshop – Political Economy Departmen

19 September 2014 | King’s College London - “Territorial Rights and Political Isolation” Workshop: The Scope of Justice in post-Crisis Europe – Jean Monnet Center of Excellence

20 November 2013 | University of Oxford - “The Normativity of Conventions” Hayek Discussion Group – Oxford Hayek Society

6 September 2013 | University of Arizona – “A Territorial Theory of Secession” Research Workshop

21 August 2013 | London School of Economics - “Minorities and the Right to Secede” Summer Seminars – LSE Choice 2013

Teaching and Employment Interests Laura welcomes research and teaching opportunities in the areas of political philosophy, political theory, and jurisprudence.