Philipp Kastner is a Senior Lecturer in International Law at the University of Western Australia Law School, where he has been appointed since 2014. He obtained his Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from McGill University in Canada. Additionally, he holds a Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) and a Master of Law (Mag. iur.) from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Kastner's research specializations cover the resolution of armed conflicts, transitional justice, international criminal law, public international law, law of the sea, and legal pluralism. His work examines interactions between peace agreements and international law, domestic war crimes trials, and critical perspectives on teaching international law.

Kastner has produced significant scholarly output, including monographs such as Legal Normativity in the Resolution of Internal Armed Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and International Criminal Justice in bello? (Martinus Nijhoff, 2012). He is the editor of International Criminal Law in Context (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of The Politics of International Criminal Law (Brill Nijhoff, 2021). A forthcoming book, Law and Peace: A Critical Introduction, is scheduled for publication by Anthem Press. His contributions to edited volumes and journals include chapters like 'Peace Agreements Between Rupture and Continuity: Mediating Time in International Law,' 'Domestic War Crimes Trials: Only for "Others"? Bridging National and International Criminal Law,' 'Interactions between Peace Agreements and International Law,' and 'Teaching International Criminal Law from a Critical Perspective: Decentering the Law and the Teacher' (2024). Recent articles feature 'Teaching Law of the Sea from a Critical Perspective' (2023) and 'The International Prosecutor: Reconsidering an Almighty Saviour? on International Criminal Law's Obsession with Individuals' (2023). Kastner contributes to public discourse on peace processes, analyzing agreements in the DRC-Rwanda context and Sudan conflicts through pieces in UWA news and The Conversation. He serves as a reviewer for Bloomsbury Academic (2023).

Professional Email: philipp.kastner@uwa.edu.au