Stephanie Laulhe Shaelou

Professor of European Law and Reform, Head of School of Law and Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for the Rule of Law and European Values, UCLan Cyprus

UCLan Cyprus, Cyprus

Prof. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou is Professor of European Law and Reform, Head of the School of Law and University Chair for Research and Innovation at the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus). In 2021, she received from the European Parliament the European Citizen 2020 Prize on behalf of the non-profit research organisation she co-founded in 2017, ICLAIM, for its Social Mediation in Practice project, which she presented at the EU, UN and Council of Europe levels. Visiting Professor on the Rule of Law at the United Nations Institute on Training and Research (UNITAR), she is also the Director of the EU funded Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for the Rule of Law and European Values (CRoLEV) at UCLan Cyprus, measuring/monitoring/reporting on rule of law, values and democratic indicators in Cyprus and Europe https://crolev.eu/
(2022-25). She is a registered Mediator in commercial disputes with the Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus since 2018. In 2022, she was selected by the European Commission as an Arbitrator and Trade & Sustainable Development Expert for bilateral disputes between the EU and third countries in the fields of trade, investment and sustainable development (pool of candidates).
She specialises in ‘Fundamental Rights in Context’ at the national/European/international level. She analyses, applies, reforms European/international law principles, values and instruments on fundamental human rights in troubled societies at national/supranational level (emergency, crisis, reform of legal systems). She is a Rule of Law expert on the sustainability of rights and systemic challenges to Justice (e.g. independence, transparency, accountability, digitisation) in Europe. She also promotes actively social justice and advocates active citizenship via the non-profit research organisation ICLAIM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods), from where she leads impactful research on wider societal issues (see www.iclaimcentre.org).