Kauther Alhusainy

Kauther Alhusainy is a decolonial legal scholar specialising in racial hierarchies in German citizenship law and exploring the root causes of statelessness in Germany under the supervision of Dr.Leila Ullrich. She holds an LLB and an LLM in Law & Gender from SOAS University, as well as an MPhil in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Oxford.

In 2024, Kauther was a Research Fellow at Statefree e.V., where she contributed to developing a degital statelessness determination procedure. She also collaborated on the Decolonising EU Law project under the guidance of Professor Iyiola Solanke.

Before beginning her DPhil research at the University of Oxford, Kauther worked as a lawyer addressing issues related to migration and armed conflict. Her professional experience includes roles at the International Organization for Migration, UNICEF, and UN Women.