Dr Johanna Hoekstra

Johanna Hoekstra is a lecturer in commercial law at the University of Edinburgh. Previously, she worked as a lecturer at the University of Essex and the University of Greenwich. She teaches international commercial arbitration, business & human rights, and international commercial law.

Johanna’s research interests are in business & human rights and in international contract law with a focus on the harmonisation of international commercial law and dispute resolution. She has published on the legal authority and the use of non-state rules in international contracts as well as on non-financial reporting, human rights and contract law, and international arbitration.

Johanna is a member of the Global Business & Human Rights Association and a member of the ESRAN Network. She co-organises the ‘interrogating the corporation’ stream for the Socio-Legal Studies Association annual conference.

Johanna holds a PhD from the University of Essex, an MSc in European Public Policy from Birkbeck College and a Master’s in international law from the University of Bordeaux.