Elisabeth holds a Master (LL.M.) in international law, a graduate diploma in journalism with a focus on human rights issues as well as a B.A. in political science, human rights and the environment. She recently completed an interdisciplinary PhD in the Humanities Program at Concordia University. 

Her doctoral research interrogates the role of the senses in the field of international human rights, and in particular the dominance of vision. It was supervised by Amy Swiffen and David Howes. Elisabeth’s latest article, “The unfulfilled promise of the universality of human rights in a world dominated by vision”, came out in  International Law and Universality (Oxford University Press). She has developed an artistic practice to apply her theoretical work in a personal context and to explore the role of the senses in regard to her own subjectivity. 

Elisabeth has taught in the field of human rights at Concordia University and at the University of Western Australia, where she was a visiting researcher and honorary fellow at the Law School from 2015 to 2018. Previously, she worked for the United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire and was a consultant researching human rights violations at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.