Antoinette Scherz Lecturer

Antoinette Scherz is Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and Senior Researcher in the ENROL Project — "Enforcing the Rule of Law: What can the European Union do to prevent rule-of-law deterioration from within?" — at ARENA, University of Oslo. She also serves as a research committee member for the Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG), where she leads the theme “Enhancing Global Governance.”

Her research lies at the intersection of political philosophy, international legal theory, and international relations. She focuses on two main areas: the legitimacy of international institutions and transnational democracy. Her current interests include legitimacy and authority, the concept of the people, political autonomy, migration, human rights, and democratic backsliding in the European Union.

Scherz obtained her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Zurich in 2014. While completing her doctorate, she was a Research Fellow at the Swiss National Competence Centre for Excellence in Research Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. She was then a Research Fellow and Permanent Member of the Board of Directors at the Centre for Advanced Studies Justitia Amplificataat Goethe University Frankfurt (2014–2017). Thereafter, she held postdoctoral positions at PluriCourts, University of Oslo (2017–2020), and at the University of Graz (2021–2023). She has also been a visiting researcher at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, USA, and at McGill University, Canada.