Dr. Janina Heaphy

FAU Forschungszentren
FAU Forschungszentrum Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN)

Room: Room 2.213
Andreij-Sacharow-Platz 1
90403 Nürnberg

 

Dr. Janina Heaphy is a board member at FAU CHREN and as of 1 October 2025, serves as Senior Researcher.
Her research focuses on the intersection of human rights, foreign and security policy, the prohibition of torture, and counter-terrorism.
In addition to her research, she teaches in the Master of Human Rights programme as well as in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Political Science.
She also coordinates the publication of the Journal for Human Rights and takes on senior executive responsibilities within the institute.

Dr. Janina Heaphy CV

Monograph

  • Heupel M., Heaphy C., & Heaphy J. (2022). US Counterterrorism and the human rights of foreigners abroad – Putting the Gloves Back on?, Routledge Studies in Human Rights, New York: Taylor& Francis.

Articles (peer-reviewed)

  • Forthcoming: Heaphy, J. (2025) Die Legitimität gezielter Tötungen im Wandel: Der Einfluss der US-Drohnenpolitik auf europäische Menschenrechts- und Sicherheitsdebatten. Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte.
  • Heaphy, J. (2024). When Identity meets Strategy: The development of British and German anti-torture policies since 9/11. Cooperation and Conflicts, 59(1), 66-85.
  • Heaphy, J. (2023) Book Review: American Torture from the Philippines to Iraq: A Recurring Nightmare, by William L. d’Ambruoso. Perspectives on Politics, 21(1), pp. 408-409.
  • Heaphy, J. (2022). British counterterrorism, the international prohibition of torture, and the Multiple Streams Framework, Policy& Politics, 50(2), pp. 225-241.
  • Heupel M., Heaphy C., & Heaphy J. (2021). Seeing Reason or Seeing Costs? The United States, counterterrorism, and the human rights of foreigners, European Journal for International Relations, 28(1), pp.131-157.

Additional Outreach

  • Heaphy, J. (2024). Italy’s cross-border crackdown on surrogacy, and the rising tide of transational repression. ECPR, The Loop; https://theloop.ecpr.eu/italys-cross-border-crackdown-on-surrogacy-and-the-rising-tide-of-transnational-repression/
  • Heaphy, J. (2024). Going against Torture. How to hold powerful states accountable. CHREN Podcast.
  • Heaphy, J. (2023). Menschenrechte: Wichtig gerade auch für schwere Zeiten – Expert Interview. 08. Dezember. Nürnberger Nachrichten
  • Heaphy, J. (2023). Das Zentrum für Menschenrechte in Nürnberg – TV-Interview. 22. September. Franken Fernsehen.
  • Heaphy, J. (2023). Grundlagen der deutschen Außenpolitik – Expert Interview. In: Dettelbacher, S. and Dillig, C., Lehrfilm deutsche Außenpolitk, FWU – Institut für Film und Wissenschaft und Unterricht.
  • Heaphy, J. (2023). The development of extraterritorial human rights safeguards as a strategic tool in foreign policy-making: American, German, and British approaches towards the international prohibition of torture since 9/11. Doctoral Dissertation, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
  • Heaphy, J. (2022). Why refrain from torturing foreigners abroad? Policy & Politics Journal Blog; https://policyandpoliticsblog.com/2022/04/20/why-refrain-from-torturing-foreigners-abroad-british-counterterrorism-and-the-international-prohibition-of-torture/
  • Lang, J. (2016). Dossier EU-Türkei Abkommen. Nürnberg: Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge.