IES Research - Environment and Sustainable Development
This research cluster conducts high quality and policy-relevant research, education and academic services in the selected focus areas of work, combining in particular political science and law.
The cluster covers a wide range of topics with particular emphasis on climate change, various aspects of sustainable production and consumption, energy, biodiversity and the management of genetic resources, trade and the environment, environmental liability and damage, and maritime and marine issues. In doing so, it analyses relevant developments in EU and international law and relations, compares relevant national law and policy in the EU and beyond, explores governance arrangements and institutions, and addresses environmental rights.
The cluster is lead by Academic Director Sebastian Oberthür and Senior Research Fellow Harri Kalimo and is supported by one Post-doctoral Researcher (Koen Van den Bossche), ten junior researchers ( Armelle Gouritin, Claire Dupont, Justyna Pozarowska, Radostina Primova, Ioannis Spyridakis, Florian Rabitz, Thuy Van Tran, Alexander Daniell, Laura Boone and Lisanne Groen) and two visiting fellows (Thomas Sattich and Katja Biedenkopf).
The Environment and Sustainable Development research team at the IES co-organizes the Environmental Policy Forum with the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), the cluster is also actively involved in the IES Lecture Series and holds Environmental Discussion Groups on a regular basis and open to the public.
The next Environmental Policy Forum will take place on 21 May 2012 and will cover "EU prospects in the Arctic" (more details to follow).
Current projects
| Project | Researcher |
|---|---|
| CORPUS | Harri Kalimo, Olof Soebech, Alexander Daniell |
| Co-ordination and accountability in function of European policy-making: A case study on the EU energy market policy | Radostina Primova |
| Co-ordination and accountability of the EU in international politics | Ioannis Spyridakis |
| Coping with institutional complexity: the European Union's external policy on genetic resources | Florian Rabitz |
| Governance through Regulatory Complexes: The International and European Management of Genetic Resources | Justyna Pozarowska |
| Climate Policy Integration in the EU | Claire Dupont |
| EU Environmental Liability Schemes | Armelle Gouritin |
| Producer Responsibility Related Issues | Harri Kalimo |
| Navigation in the Arctic | Laura Boone |
| Freedom of navigation in the Exclusive Economic Zone: EU approach | Thuy Van Tran |
Previous projects
| Instruments for Sustainable Consumption and Greening of the Market |
Katja Biedenkopf , Harri Kalimo & Òlöf Söebech |
| Redefining the Common European Fisheries Policy | Koen Van den Bossche |
| Policy Recycling? The External Effects of European Union Environmental Policy on the United States | Katja Biedenkopf |
Recent publications
Armelle Gourtin (2012), 'Droit des changements climatiques: légalité du droit de l'Union Européenne au regard du droit international', available at: http://www.sentinelle-droit-international.fr/bulletins/a2012/bulletin_display.php?bull_date=20120122&bull_num=290#113.
Armelle Gouritin (2012), 'Vers la territorialisation des eaux de l'EU?', available at: http://www.sentinelle-droit-international.fr/bulletins/a2012/bulletin_display.php?bull_date=20120129&bull_num=291.
Dupont, Claire. 2012. "Book review. Dankelman, Irene, ed. 2010. Gender and Climate Change: An Introduction." Global Environmental Politics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 128-129.
Armelle Gouritin (2012), 'Droits de l'homme: vers une plus grande coopération entre mécanismes onusiens et africains', available at: http://www.sentinelle-droit-international.fr/bulletins/a2012/20120226_bull_295/bulletin_sentinelle_295.php#146
Sebastian Oberthür and René Lefeber, The Experience of the First Five Years of The Kyoto Protocol's Compliance System, in: ED Couzens and Tuula Honkonen (eds), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2010, Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland 2012, 65-93.
Thomas Sattich, "The EU's Policy to Finalise the Internal Electricity Market: An Initiative of the Commission Based on False Assumptions?", SWP Comments C05, Berlin, February 2012.
E. Franckx and L. Boone "New Developments in the Arctic: Protecting the Marine Environment from Increased Shipping" in M.H. Nordquist et al (eds.) The Law of the Sea Convention US Accession and Globalization (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden/Boston: 2012) 178-205.
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