Petra Larsen

Dr Petra Larsen has taught at the University of Manchester since 2018. In 2023/24, she is a Course Director of Law in Global Context and Public International Law, and a main lecturer of Human Rights. She is also the Year Tutor for all Year 1 students. In this administrative role, she is the first point of contact for any general queries.

Prior, Petra has taught Public Law, Jurisprudence, EU Law, Obligations II/Tort Law and Legal System & Skills. Beyond the above subjects, she supervises and marks UG and LLM Dissertations within Intellectual Property Law. She was awarded a HEA Fellow Accreditation in February 2021.

Petra's research focus is within Public International law/Law of the Sea. Her Doctoral Thesis (UoM) focussed on global benefit sharing vs liability aspects of the developing legal framework on commercial exploitation of deep sea minerals. (Title: 'Alternative liability models in deep sea mining and their implications for global benefit sharing under the common heritage of mankind principle'.)

Petra otherwise holds an LLM in Law from the University of Gothenburg, which includes a Master year at Radbound University, the Netherlands within International- and European law. She additionally holds a BA in Global Studies and Languages, and has experience as a Bilateral Relations Generalist as a trainee at the Swedish Embassies to both Riga and the Hague.

As part of the UoM research community, Petra is an active member of the Manchester International Law Centre (MILC) and Women in International Law Network (WILNET). She has worked on several international conferences, and was in 2018 a member of the Organising Committee for the 14th European Society in International Law Annual Conference. 

Main interests for future research: the Law of the Sea, deep sea mining and the transition to a circular economy.

Petra can be contacted via email at petra.larsen@manchester.ac.uk.