Alexandra Braun is a Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Law at St. John's
College, Oxford, where she has worked since October 2004 when she was appointed
as Junior Research Fellow in Law. Prior to her appointment as Supernumerary
Teaching Fellow, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Genoa.

She received her BA degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Genoa and
holds a PhD in comparative private law from the University of Trento.  

Her research interests lie in the field of Comparative Law, European Private
Law and Legal History, Succession Law and the Law of Trusts.