Simela Papatheophilou

[Translate to Englisch:] Portrait von Simela Papatheophilou, Foto: Nikolaos Papatheophilou

Mag.a iur. Simela Papatheophilou, MSc
Junior Researcher
phone: +43 1 317 40 10 – 116 
 s.papatheophilou@oefse.at 
Sensengasse 3, 1090 Vienna

Simela Papatheophilou is a jurist and development researcher. She researches how (international) legal instruments influence development and how development politics are reflected and implemented in legal instruments. Since October 2024, she is a junior researcher at ÖFSE.

Research Areas:

  • Legal aspects of global agrarian commodity value chains
  • Legal aspects of international development
  • Global economy and human rights

Resume:

Career:

  • Since 2024: Junior Researcher Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE)
  • 2024: Intern, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Amman, Jordan
  • 2024: Intern, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE)
  • 2022–2023: Judicial Clerk, Higher Regional Court of Vienna
  • 2021: Legal intern, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • 2020–2022: Student Assistant, Department for Labour and Social Security Law, University of Vienna
  • 2019–2022: Student Assistant, Department for Legal and Constitutional History, University of Vienna

Education:

  • 2022–2024: MSc in Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
  • 2017–2022: Magister in Law, University of Vienna, Austria, specialization: law in international relations