Dr Nicole Scicluna is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include the EU’s legal and constitutional system, and the relationship between international law and international politics. Dr Scicluna is the author of two books: The Politics of International Law (OUP, 2021) and European Union Constitutionalism in Crisis (Routledge, 2015). Her work has been published widely, including in International Affairs, the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, West European Politics and the European Law Journal. Dr Scicluna has a PhD in International Relations from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 

Research Project: 

• PI, Framing European Union enlargement, 2004-2028: The EU between geopolitics, idealism and proceduralism, 1 January 2027 – 31 December 2029 

• PI, Law without enforcement? Explaining European Commission responses to non-compliance in the Schengen area, 01 January 2025 – 31 December 2026 

Book: 

• Nicole Scicluna (2021) The Politics of International Law (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198843154.001.0001 

• Nicole Scicluna (2014) European Union Constitutionalism in Crisis (1st ed.). Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315754543 

Journal Article: 

• Nicole Scicluna (2025) 'International Order and European Enlargement since 1989: Is the Journey the Destination?', European Review of International Studies, 12:3, pp. 317-341. 

• Nicole Scicluna (2025) 'Can Third Country Nationals Be Banned From Schengen? Assessing Member State Unilateral Measures Against Russian Citizens and the Commission's Response', Journal of Common Market Studies, 63:6, 1726-1742. 

• Nicole Scicluna (2025) 'Framing enlargement after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Between geopolitical drivers and procedural roadblocks', Journal of European Public Policy, 32:12, 3034-3058. 

• Nicole Scicluna and Stefan Auer (2023) 'Europe’s constitutional unsettlement: Testing the political limits of legal integration', International Affairs, 99:2, 769–785. 

• Nicole Scicluna and Stefan Auer (2023) 'Pushing the EU's Boundaries: Enlargement and Foreign Policy Actorness after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine', Journal of Common Market Studies, 61:S1, 45-56. 

• Nicole Scicluna (2021) 'Wilful Non-Compliance and the Threat of Disintegration in the EU’s Legal Order', Swiss Political Science Review, 27:3, 654-671. 

• Nicole Scicluna and Stefan Auer (2019) 'From the rule of law to the rule of rules: Technocracy and the crisis of EU governance', West European Politics, 42:7, 1420-1442. 

• Nicole Scicluna (2018) 'Integration through the disintegration of law? The ECB and EU constitutionalism in the crisis', Journal of European Public Policy, 25:12, 1874-189