Global Academy (Hybrid) on NATURAL RESOURCE LAW & GOVERNANCETurin, Italy | 14-24 April 2026

EXPERTS & FACULTY MEMBERS

Country Name, Designation, Affiliation & Contact

Austria

PROF. DR. OLIVER C. RUPPEL

Director

Research Center for Climate Law [ClimLaw: Graz]

Faculty of Law

University of Graz

Full Profile

Austria

LARISSA-JANE H. HOUSTON

Researcher and Project Manager

Research Center for Climate Law (ClimLaw: Graz)

Institute of Public Law and Political Science

Faculty of Law

University of Graz

Full Profile

Australia

PROF. DR. DONALD ROTHWELL FAAL

Professor of International Law

College of Law

Australian National University

Full Profile

Australia

PROF. DR. PENNY CROFTS

Professor

Faculty of Law

UTS - University of Technology Sydney

Full Profile

Bangladesh

PROF. DR. MD ABDUL AWAL KHAN

Professor of Environmental Law

Department of Law

Independent University

Full Profile

Bangladesh

DR. A. Z. M. MANZOOR RASHID

Professor

Department of Forestry and Environmental Science

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

& Chairperson, Board of Directors

Arannayk Foundation

Full Profile

Brazil

PROF. DR. CRISTIANE DERANI

Professor of International Economics & Environmental Law

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

& Fellow

Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG)

University of Cambridge

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Brazil

PROF. DR. CARINA OLIVEIRA

Associate Professor of International and Environmental Law

Faculdade de Direito (Faculty of Law)

Universidade de Brasília (University of Brasília)

Full Profile

Bulgaria

DR. ANNA KAROVA

Associate Professor

Department of Agroecology and Environmental Protection

Faculty of Agroecology and Plant Protection

Agricultural University

Full Profile

Cameroon

DR. MUKETE TAHLE ITOE

Member Board of Directors

The Grassroots Institute

& Judge, High Court of Cameroon

& Secretary General

Global Network for Good Governance (GNGG)

Full Profile

Cameroon

DR. MUKETE BECKLINE

Senior Research Fellow

Center for Forests and Climate Change

Agrosystems Group

& Project Director

Takamanda-Mone Landscape Project

Full Profile

Canada

PROF. DR. KONSTANTIA KOUTOUKI

Full Professor

Faculté de droit

Université de Montréal

Pavillon Maximilien-Caron

& Senior Director

Nomomente Institute

Full Profile

Canada

DR. HASRAT ARJJUMEND

President & CEO

The Grassroots Institute

Full Profile

Canada

LUISA CASTANEDA-QUINTANA

Faculty of Law

McGill University

Full Profile

Canada

GIUSTO AMEDEO BOCCHENI

Faculty of Law

McGill University

Full Profile

Canada

MS. CAECILIA ALEXANDRE

Lecturer

Faculty of Law

Université Laval

Full Profile

China

DR. LIU GUANGHUA

Professor & Director

Lanzhou University Centre for Italy Studies

& Institute of Economic Law

Lanzhou University Law School

Full Profile

China

DR. FOZIA NAZIR LONE

Associate Professor & Associate Director

Centre for Public Law and Human Rights Forum (CPLR)

School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Full Profile

Croatia

PROF. DR. MAJA SERŠIĆ

Professor of International Law & Head

International Law Department

Faculty of Law

University of Zagreb

Full Profile

Czech Republic

PROF. ULRICH STEGE

Clinical Legal Coordinator

International University College of Turin

& Executive Secretary

European Network for Clinical Legal Education

Full Profile

Czech Republic

DR. RITA SIMON, LLM

Department of Public Law

Institute of State and Law

Czech Academy of Sciences

Full Profile

Finland

DR. TIMO KOIVURORA

Research Professor & Director

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

Rovaniemi, Finland

Full Profile

Finland

PROF. DR. ANNALISA SAVARESI

Professor of International Environmental Law

& Director, Joint Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Law (NOMPEL)

Law School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies

University of East Finland

&

Professor of Law

Law & Philosophy Division

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

University of Stirling

Full Profile

France

PROF. MAURIZIO MARIANI

Faculty

International University College of Turin

& Director

Eating City

Full Profile

France

PROF. DR. RAPHAEL J. HEFFRON

Professor of Energy Justice & The Social Contract

Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour

& Jean Monnet Professor in Energy and Natural Resources Law and Policy

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)

Full Profile

India

DR. STELLINA JOLLY

Senior Associate Professor

Faculty of Legal Studies

South Asian University

Full Profile

India

DR. NIVEDITA CHAUDHARY

Assistant Professor of Law

Amity Law School

Amity University

Full Profile

Indonesia

MS. NUKILA EVANTY

Executive Director

Women Working Group

Full Profile

Italy

PROF. UGO MATTEI

Academic Coordinator

International University College of Turin

& Alfred and Hanna Fromm Professor of International and Comparative Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

& Full Professor of Civil Law

University of Turin

Full Profile

Lithuania

PROF. DR. Edita Gruodytė

Professor

Department of Public Law

& Vice Dean for Research

Faculty of Law

Vytautas Magnus University

Full Profile

Luxembourg

PROF. DR. MAHULENA HOFMANN

Full Professor

SES Chair in Satellite Communication and Media Law

Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance

University of Luxembourg

Full Profile

Mexico

PROF. DR. IVETT MONTELONGO BUENAVISTA

Professor of Environmental Law

Department of Energy

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco

(Metropolitan Autonomous University-Azcapotzalco)

& Escuela de Estudios Ambientales

(School of Environmental Studies)

Full Profile

Netherlands

DR. GABRIELA CUADRADO QUESADA

Senior Lecturer in Water Rights and Justice

Department of Water Governance

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Full Profile

Nigeria

PROF. DR. NGOZI FINETTE UNUIGBE

Professor of Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics

Faculty of Law

University of Benin

Full Profile

Nigeria

PROF. THERESA AKPOGHOME

Full Professor of Public and International Law

Benson Idahosa University

& University of Delta

Full Profile

Norway

PROF. DR. CATHERINE BANET

Professor & Head

Department for Energy and Resources Law

Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law

University of Oslo

Full Profile

Norway

PROF. DR. VITO DE LUCIA

Full Professor & Director

Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS)

Faculty of Law

The Arctic University of Norway

Full Profile

Serbia

PROF. DR. MIRJANA DRENOVAK IVANOVIC

Full Professor & Jean Monnet Chair in European Environmental and Climate Change Law

Faculty of Law

University of Belgrade

Full Profile

Spain

PROF. DRA. ROSA M. FERNÁNDEZ EGEA

Professor

Área de Derecho internacional público

Facultad de Derecho

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Full Profile

Spain

DR. GABRIELA ALEXANDRA OANTA

Associate Professor of Public International Law

Jean Monnet Chair “European Union law of the sea” (SEALAW Chair)

& Director

“Salvador de Madariaga” University Institute for European Studies

Law Faculty

University of A Coruña

Campus de Elviña

Full Profile

Spain

PROF. DR. TERESA FAJARDO DEL CASTILLO

Professor of Public International Law

Department of Public International Law &

International Relations

Faculty of Law

University of Granada

Plaza de la Universidad s/n

Full Profile

Spain

PROF. DR. MAR CAMPINS ERITJA

Professor of Public International Law

Department of Criminal Law and Criminology and

Public International Law and International Relations

Faculty of Law, Universitat de Barcelona

Full Profile

Sri Lanka

Prof. Dr. Naazima Kamardeen

Professor and Chair of Commercial Law

Department of Commercial Law

Faculty of Law

University of Colombo

Full Profile

Ukraine

DR. OLGA DONETS

Associate Professor

Environmental Law Department

Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

& Founder Director

The Grassroots Institute | Ukraine

Full Profile

Ukraine

DR. IEVGENIIA KOPYTSIA

Associate Professor

Department of Environmental Law

Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Full Profile

Ukraine

PROF. DR. YAROSLAV LAZUR

Dean of the Faculty of Law

Uzhhorod National University

Full Profile

Ukraine

DR. NATALIIA PETRETSKA

Deputy Dean for International Affairs

Associate Professor in Law

Department of Constitutional Law and Comparative Law

Faculty of Law

Uzhhorod National University

Full Profile

Ukraine

PROF. DR. NATALIIA MALYSHEVA

Professor & Head

Department of Environmental and Space Law

Volodymyr Koretskyj Institute of State and Law

Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences

&

Deputy Director

International Space Law Center of the

Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences

Full Profile

UK

DR. ALEXANDRA R. HARRINGYON

Lecturer in Law (Environment)

Law School, Lancaster University

& Chair,

IUCN WCEL Plastic Pollution Task Force

Full Profile

UK

DR. EMILY BARRITT

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law

& Co-Director

Transnational Law Institute

The Dickson Poon School of Law

King’s College London

Somerset House East Wing

Full Profile

UK

PROF. BENOÎT MAYER

School of Law

University of Reading

&

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Full Profile

UK

Prof Dr. Gitanjali Nain Gill

Professor of Environmental Law

Northumbria Law School

Northumbria University

Full Profile

UK

PROF. DR. ALISTAIR RIEU-CLARKE

Professor

Northumbria Law School

Northumbria University

Full Profile

USA

PROF. DR. REED LODER

Professor of Law

Environmental Law Center

Vermont Law School

Full Profile

USA

PROF. DR. SRIVIDHYA RAGAVAN

Professor of Law & Director of India Program

Texas A & M School of Law

Texan A & M University

Full Profile
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