Richard Collins is Lecturer in International Law, University College Dublin (UCD). His teaching and research covers both public international law (general and theoretical, international organisations, and the the law of the sea) and legal theory/philosophy of law. Prior to joining UCD, Richard was a lecturer at the University of Sheffield (2009-2014). He has held visiting research positions at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Helsinki (2008), the Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam (2013), and most recently at Osgoode Hall Law School (York, Toronto), the Sydney Centre for International Law, Monash University, Melbourne, and iCourts, University of Copenhagen (all 2018).