Our Visiting Scholars

Tayo Gbemi researches environmental and participatory governance in wind energy licensing across Africa and Europe.

Jennifer Lundin Rydh is a doctoral student at Linköping University, focusing on Swedish environmental regulations in public procurement, influenced by EU law.

Aarne Puisto is writing a doctoral dissertation on the effectiveness of legal remedies under Finnish public procurement rules at the University of Lapland under the supervision of Professor Kirsi-Maria Halonen.

Adam D. Orford teaches at the University of Georgia, specializing in environmental law and decarbonization, and leads Georgia’s National Zoning Atlas work.

Serena Fabbozzo is a PhD candidate at the University of Turin, researching the EU’s "Do No Significant Harm" principle and industrial symbiosis.

Jacques Hartmann holds a PhD from Cambridge, has taught international law, and worked as a Legal Officer at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Andrea Tronci is a PhD fellow in Legal Sciences at the University of Cagliari. The doctoral dissertation investigates the role of administrative discretion in the new Italian public contracts code (d. lgs. 36/2023).

Emanuele Guarna Assanti is a postdoctoral researcher in Environmental Law at the University of Calabria in Italy.

Romain Chuffart is the Nansen Professor in Arctic Studies (2024 and 2025) at the University of Akureyri in Iceland where he specializes in the rights of Indigenous peoples, international human rights law, international environmental law, and the law of the sea as applied to the Arctic.

Ingi is an Icelandic attorney with over 15 years of experience in litigation, focusing on environmental law and human rights law.

Daniel M. Bodansky is a preeminent authority on global climate change whose teaching and research focus on international environmental law and public international law. He teaches courses in international law and sustainability and is a key player in the College of Law’s new Program on Law and Sustainability. 

Baine Kerr, a PhD candidate at Utrecht University, researches the legal responsibilities to prevent and control climate pollution caused by international shipping under international law.

Joel Ong is a researcher at NUS Centre for International Law. Joel specialises in Ocean law Conducting research on issues of Ocean Law and Policy.

Pranav Ganesan is a research assistant at the University of Zurich, working on the "Climate Change and Remedies" project, which explores how human rights law can address systemic human rights violations caused by global climate change.

Alessandro Galli, an LLM candidate at the University of Milan, researches the role of State aid in supporting environmental protection, renewable energy development, and climate change.

Eiriks research is related to a comparative assessment of national licensing procedures for offshore wind in the North Sea Basin. Currently entitled `A Comparative Legal Analysis of North Sea Offshore Wind Licensing Procedures`

Filippo Garelli is a PhD candidate in Public, Comparative and International Law at Sapienza University of Rome (Department of Political Science), curriculum International Order and Human Rights.

Catherine Hall is a PhD candidate at the Center for Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Law (CCEEL) at the University of Eastern Finland. Prior to joining CCEEL, Catherine graduated with a Master’s degree in Global Environmental Law and Governance from the University of Strathclyde. During and after her time at Strathclyde, Catherine also contributed as a researcher to several projects for the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance (SCELG).

Nikolaos Karampatzos is a PhD candidate at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. 

Elena Cima is a Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Geneva, where she teaches courses on international environmental law, energy law, and investment law.

Lauge Poulsen is Professor of International Relations & Law at University College London.

Margherita Paola Poto is a Research Professor at the Faculty of Law, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway and has taught  Administrative Law for more than 20 years at the University of Turin, Italy. 

Daniel M. Bodansky is a preeminent authority on global climate change whose teaching and research focus on international environmental law and public international law. 

María Carro Pitarch is a PhD Candidate at the International Law Department at the University of Valencia (Spain) and Lecturer in EU Law. 

Dr Dawoon Jung is a Research Fellow in the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of International law.

Barbara is a Ph.D. Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen.