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

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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

FINLAND

&

Professor of Law

Law & Philosophy Division

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

University of Stirling

Stirling, UK

Expertise Areas

Climate Change Law and Policy; Forestry and Land Uses; Environmental Liability; Renewable Energy and the Interplay between Environmental and Human Rights Law

Brief Bio

Prof. Annalisa Savaresi is an Environmental Law expert with a 20-year track record of working alongside international and non-governmental organizations. She obtained her PhD from the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen in 2013 and has since worked and taught at the universities of Edinburgh (2012-2016) and Stirling (UK), where she continues to maintain a part-time role.

Dr. Annalisa’s academic portfolio includes over 50 peer-reviewed articles and contributions to well-regarded collections, which have been widely cited, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She has held visiting posts at the University of Bologna, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy), and the University of La Sabina (Colombia). At UEF, she directs the Joint Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Law and oversees CCEEL’s contributions to the Horizon Europe project RETOOL and the Jean Monnet network Green Deal Net.

Dr. Annalisa has provided evidence to legislative bodies, including the UK, EU, and Scottish Parliaments. She also sits on the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland, a body established under the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, which oversees the compliance of Scottish public authorities with environmental law.

In addition, she also works as Professor of Law at Stirling University, UK. Dr. Annalisa joined Stirling University in 2016 and was promoted to Professor in 2023. She has a part-time role only at Stirling University, while serving also as Professor at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland. She currently is Director for Europe of the Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment, associate editor of the Review of European, Comparative and International Law and member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. She has given evidence to the UK, the EU and Scottish Parliaments and sits on the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland, the body scrutinising Scottish public authorities’ compliance with environmental law established by the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021.

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