Dr. Shiran Altman-Battler is a post-doctoral fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa. Shiran’s main research interests include international criminal law, legal history, international criminal tribunals, and the relationship between politics and law. Shiran holds an LL.B in Law (magna cum laude) and an M.A in Diplomatic Studies (International Relations) (summa cum laude), both from Tel Aviv University. Her PhD dissertation, supervised by Prof. Leora Bilsky and Prof. Talia Fisher (Tel Aviv University), explored the legal institution of plea bargaining in international criminal law and in international criminal tribunals.

During her M.A studies Shiran won several academic grants and awards for distinctive academic achievements. In addition, during her doctoral studies Shiran won various grants and scholarships, including the Safra Center for Ethics’ scholarship and the Zvi Meitar Center’s doctoral scholarship. Shiran served as a research fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Tel Aviv University (2020-2021), and as a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California, Berkeley (2018-2019). Alongside research, Shiran serves as a lecturer in various courses, including international criminal law and the analysis of the legal text, and in 2020 Shiran won the Rector’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tel Aviv University).