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Celebrating 15 Years of Energy Law Partnership at Aberdeen's School of Law
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Advanced LLM in Energy Law, a dynamic part-time, fully-accredited Master's programme offered jointly by four prestigious European universities: the University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom), the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), the University of Oslo (Norway) and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). Thie...
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School of Law's Professor Abbe Brown Participates in Historic Breakthrough at WIPO Conference
In a landmark development today, WIPO member states approved a groundbreaking new Treaty related to intellectual property (IP), genetic resources, and associated traditional knowledge. This historic breakthrough marks the culmination of decades of negotiations, setting a new precedent in the field of international IP law. Last week, the School of Law’s...
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Law Academic Participates in Policy, Rights and Net Zero Event at University of St. Andrews
On Friday 10th May, 2024, Dr Daria Shapovalova participated in the event “Acting on Climate Change: Policy, Rights, and Net Zero” at the University of St. Andrews. The event, organised by the Centre for Energy Ethics, featured engaging discussion, debate, and candid reflections from key stakeholders – including MSPs, industry leaders,...
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Dr Shapovalova contributes to BBC Radio 4 programme on Rosebank oil field
Last week Dr Daria Shapovalova, Director of AUCEL, contributed to BBC Radio 4 programme - How to Build an Oil Field, focusing on myth-busting of the Government's claims around the Rosebank oil and gas field. The programme is now out on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. Daria's contribution focused...
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AUCEL hosts a delegation of Nigeria's petroleum industry leaders
Last week the AUCEL hosted delegation of Nigeria's petroleum industry leaders who are exploring the range of offerings and collaborations that the Law School has available to support trasntitions. The AUCEL has longstanding collaborations with colleagues and partners in Nigeria and has developed expertise in Nigergian regulatory framework in the energy...
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AUCEL hosts Professor Elisa Morgera
At the end of January, Prof Elisa Morgera visited the AUCEL to present on her work on the 'One Ocean Hub' project. Elisa Morgera is Professor of Global Environmental Law at the University of Strathclyde Law School and Director of the GCRF One Ocean Hub programme. She specializes in international, European and...
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Prof Abbe Brown Building Bridges between Science and Law in the UN
Prof Abbe Brown (Law) and Prof Marcel Jaspars (Chemistry) have been contributing to international policy-making in three UN institutions to bring about a fair, science-informed and legally consistent approach to policy-making. Their collaboration focused on the use which is made of genetic resources to gain new knowledge and build new products. Approaches to...
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AUCEL and COP28
COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, started on 30 November in Dubai (UAE), and brings together over 70,000 delegates from around the world. For two weeks, member states of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, business leaders, young people, climate scientists, Indigenous Peoples, journalists, and other stakeholders, will work to agree...
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AUCEL and ACCPIL host Professor Clive Schofield
At the end of November, Prof Clive Schofield visited the University of Aberdeen. Clive is Head of Research at the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden and Senior Professor with the Australian Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. During his...
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Dr Mitchell Lennan Invited as Expert to United Nations Fisheries and Climate Change Workshop
Dr Mitchell Lennan (AUCEL, ACCPIL, One Ocean Hub) was invited as an expert speaker at the “Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Change into International Fishers Governance – the Case of Regional Fisheries Bodies in the Indo-Pacific Region” co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Fisheries...