Kauther Alhusainy

Kauther Alhusainy's DPhil research investigates the implementation of the German Citizenship Modernisation Act in administrative courts, with a particular methodological emphasis on court ethnography. Supervised by Professor Ullrich, her research examines the legal interpretation and application of the principle of the free democratic basic order(freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung) in German nationality law, particularly in the context of administrative discretion and judicial oversight.

Alongside her DPhil research, Kauther has taught undergraduate and postgraduate modules on Advanced Comparative Administrative Law, Constitutional Law and Gender Theory of Asia, Africa & the Middle East at SOAS University. She served as a research assitant on the 'Decolonising EU Law' research project under the guidance of Professor Iyiola Solanke. 

Before commencing her DPhil, Kauther worked on legal and policy issues relating to displacement, armed conflict and gender-based violence at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), UNICEF and UN Women. She has also worked in cross-border litigation, particularly on mass claims and disputes involving courts in the United Kingdom and Germany.

She holds an LLB, an LLM (Law and Gender), and an MPhil in Socio-Legal Studies.