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Biography

Angela Morello studied law at the universities of Padua, Innsbruck, and Salzburg. She worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Italian Law (Prof. Esther Happacher, MMag., Dr., LL.M.) and at the Institute for European and International Law (Prof. Dr. iur. Andreas Müller LL.M.), both at the University of Innsbruck, as well as in the Department of International Law, European Law, and Foundations of Law (Prof. Dr. Kirsten Schmalenbach) at the University of Salzburg. She is a legal advisor on asylum and immigration law at the Federal Agency for Care and Support Services (BBU GmbH) and, since February 2026, has returned to work as a university assistant to Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Schroeder, LLM (Berkeley), at the University of Innsbruck

Research Interests

• International Law
• Asylum Law and Immigration Law
• Prohibition of Intervention and Use of Force
• International Humanitarian Law

• New Technologies and Warfare

Recent Publications

• A Morello, “Low-Intensity Cyber Operations as a Litmus Test for the International Regulation of Resort to Force: The Case of the Accumulation of Events Theory” (September 2023). Paper presented at the International Conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction, Rebirth?” Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Website: https://www.force.upol.cz
• Morello, K Schmalenbach, “European RIO’s and the Law of International Responsibility” (October 2023) ILA Study
• A. Morello, K. Schmalenbach, “European RIOs and the Law of International Responsibility” (October 2023) ILA Study Group on the International Law of Regional Organizations https://www.ila-hq.org/en/study-groups/international-law-of-regional-organisations
• MORELLO, “Regulating Military Force Series – Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and Regulation of the Resort to Force” (Articles of War, February 21, 2024) https://lieber.westpoint.edu/low-intensity-cyber-operations-regulation-resort-force/

• A MORELLO, “Reflecting on the Accumulation of Events Theory and Low-Intensity Cyber Operations” (ISMLLW, June 18, 2024) https://www.ismllw-it.org/reflecting-on-the-accumulation-of-events-theory-and-low-intensity-cyber-operations/

• A MORELLO, “Emotions and Credibility in the Asylum Process” (June 2025). Lecture delivered at the 48th Austrian International Law Conference. Website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/rewi/rewi-news/48-osterreichischen-volkerrechtstag /

Languages

• Italian
• German
• English

Teaching

Courses in the Spring Semester of 2026