Education
- 2021 – 2022: Schindler Junior Scholars Programme, University of Zurich
- 2017 – 2022: PhD in public international law, University of Zurich
- 2023: Prize of the Swiss Society of International Law
- 2019: Competitive research funding through the UZH Candoc Grant
- 2019: Research stay, University College London (UCL), Faculty of Laws
- 2019: Research stay, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Institut de recherche en droit international et européen de la Sorbonne (IREDIES)
- 2015 – 2017: Master of Law, University of Zurich
- 2015 – 2016: Exchange semester, University of Hamburg
- 2012 – 2015: Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich
Professional experience
- 2023: Lecturer in public international law, University of Zurich
- Since 2019: Research and teaching assistant to Prof Dr Daniel Moeckli (Chair for Public Law with a focus on International and Comparative Law, University of Zurich)
- 2019: Internship at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva
- 2017 – 2018: Research and teaching assistant to Prof Dr Christine Kaufmann (Chair for Public Law, Public International Law and European Law, University of Zurich)
- 2016: Internship at a law firm in Zurich specialized in criminal law, migration law and human rights law
- 2016: Junior research and teaching assistant to Prof Dr Matthias Mahlmann (Chair for Philosophy and Theory of Law, Legal Sociology and International Public Law, University of Zurich)
Publications
- Nils Reimann, 'Foreign Electoral Interference: Normative Implications in Light of International Law, Human Rights, and Democratic Theory', sui generis 2023 (open access monograph). (Link)
- Nils Reimann, 'Foreign Electoral Interference: Normative Implications in Light of International Law, Human Rights, and Democratic Theory' (Summary), Swiss Review of International and European Law (SRIEL) 33/2 (2023) 335 ff. (Link)
- Daniel Moeckli / Nils Reimann, 'Independence Referendums in International Law', in: Jure Vidmar / Lea Raible / Sarah McGibbon (eds.), Research Handbook on Secession, Edward Elgar 2022, 92 ff. (Link) (SSRN Paper)
- Daniel Moeckli / Nils Reimann, 'Are sovereignty referendums but a tool to legitimize territorial claims of the powerful?', in: EJIL: Talk!, 1 December 2022. (Link)
- Christine Kaufmann / Nils Reimann, 'Entwicklungen im Staatsrecht / Le point sur le droit constitutionnel', SJZ / RSJ 114 (2018) 571 ff. (Link)
- Christine Kaufmann / Nils Reimann, 'Entwicklungen im Staatsrecht / Le point sur le droit constitutionnel', SJZ / RSJ 113 (2017) 599 ff. (Link)
Teaching
- Spring semester 2023: Exercises in public international law and European law (Information and course materials provided by the Chair Oesch / Course catalogue / Moodle)
Public speaking
- 3.11.2022: 'Fake news in the run-up to elections and referendums: Need for action in Switzerland?', International Commission of Jurists – Swiss Section / UZH Centre for Human Rights Studies (Recording/ Slides/ Lecture series 'Social Media and Human Rights')