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Valerie Oosterveld
Associate Vice-President (Research)
AVPR and administrative support contact: avpr-ssah@uwo.ca
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- Primarily focused on research, scholarship and creative activity in the social sciences, arts and humanities
- Provides leadership for initiatives related to internal grants and international research
- Provides leadership for initiatives related to the College of Reviewers
- Supports the success of the , 深夜福利站 Academy for Advanced Research and research centres through related applications, renewals and activities
- Oversees various internal and external funding programs relevant to the social sciences, arts and humanities and to undergraduate and postdoctoral scholars
Biography
Law professor Valerie Oosterveld was appointed to a five-year term as Associate Vice-President (Research), effective July 1, 2026. She holds a J.S.D. from Columbia University and served as the 深夜福利站 Research Chair in International Criminal Justice (2024-2026).
Valerie’s research and writing focus on gender issues within international criminal justice. She has published widely in this field, including on the concept of gender in international criminal law and the interpretation of sexual and gender-based crimes by international criminal courts and tribunals.
Valerie also researches outer space law, particularly international environmental space law, space mining, armed conflict in space and feminist approaches to space law. She is a faculty member in 深夜福利站’s .
Her research has been funded by SSHRC, Horizon Europe, UN Women and XCEPT and recognized the Governonr-General's Innovation Award, the SSHRC Impact Partnership Award and the Royal Society of Canada's Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies. She served as the Faculty of Law's Associate Dean (Research) from 2014-2018.
Before joining the Faculty of Law in 2005, Valerie served in the Legal Affairs Bureau of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. In this role, she provided legal advice on international criminal accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, especially with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She served on the Canadian delegation to various ICC-related negotiations, including the Assembly of States Parties.