I am an Assistant Professor in Law at Northumbria Law School. Before joining Northumbria, I was a Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London.
I hold a PhD in Law from Queen Mary, University of London and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.
I am the co-founder and co-chair of the Human Trafficking Research Network and a Research Affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative.
My research focuses on the intersection of refugee law and irregular migration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling. My wider research interests include the scope and boundaries of the refugee definition, nationality discrimination in the context of migration, migrant agency, and vulnerability.
- Irregular Migration, Refugee Status and the Law: Protection from Dangerous Migratory Journeys , Grundler, M. 29 Aug 2025
- Who is the ‘Vulnerable’ Victim? Trafficked and Smuggled Persons as Victims of Crime under EU Law, Grundler, M. 9 Sep 2025, Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU, London, United Kingdom, Routledge
- Trafficked Persons as Convention Refugees: Opportunities and Obstacles in Asylum Claims based on a Risk of (Re-)Trafficking, Grundler, M. 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law
- The Locus of Persecution Reconsidered: Risk of Re-Trafficking, Cumulative Harm and Failure of State Protection, Grundler, M. 15 May 2024, In: International Journal of Refugee Law
- ‘Route Causes’ and Consequences of Irregular (Re-)Migration: Vulnerability as an Indicator of Future Risk in Refugee Law, Grundler, M. Mar 2024, In: International Journal of Law in Context
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