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            <title><![CDATA[Abbe Brown, Marcel Jaspars and Michela Massimi co-edit book on local knowledge in ocean governance]]></title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Professor Abbe Brown (Law) and Professor Marcel Jaspars (NCS) together with philosopher of science Professor Michela Massimi of the University of Edinburgh launched their edited collection Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities and Equitable Ocean Governance https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ways-of-world-knowing-9780197815335?cc=gb&amp;lang=en&amp; in Rio de Janeiro on 10 March 2026.
Ways of World Knowing is an output of their interdisciplinary international research Scientific Knowledge Across Jurisdictions (SKAJE) and Ocean and Us projects funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh https://www.skaje.uk/ocean-and-us/. These projects explored challenges confronting scientific knowledge production working with Marine Genetic Resources and Digital Sequence Information which might come from areas beyond&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mediation in Practice: Competing at the UK Student Mediation Competition]]></title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This weekend we had the honour of representing the School of Law at the highly competitive UK Student Mediation Competition. This year&rsquo;s competition being held in Queen&rsquo;s University Belfast&rsquo;s (QUB) Institute of Professional Legal Practice.
As a team, David Thomson, Alessia Cucchi, Daisy Lockhart, and Wyon Sandells, began our learning over the Christmas break with our coach, Patrick Achor, who has significant long-standing expertise in this field. This provided us with significant insights into mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Method, and was followed by a detailed breakdown and analysis of how mediations are conducted, and how we should incorporate&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill: Scope and Definitional Issues*]]></title>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This blog article has been written by Professor Burcu Y&uuml;ksel Ripley and Dr Alisdair MacPherson. As part of a SPICe academic fellowship, they have previously written a briefing on Digital Assets in Scots Law&nbsp;considering the treatment of digital assets in Scotland and with reference to developments in other countries and internationally.&nbsp;&nbsp;
What follows are the views of the authors, not of SPICe, or the Scottish Parliament, or any other organisation or group to which the authors are affiliated.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Background
The Scottish Government introduced the&nbsp;Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill&nbsp;in the Scottish Parliament on 30 September 2025 to clarify the status of &lsquo;digital&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tokenisation and the Transfer of Linked Assets in Scots Law]]></title>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This blog article has been written by Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Professor Burcu Y&uuml;ksel Ripley. As part of a SPICe academic fellowship, they have previously written a briefing on Digital Assets in Scots Law&nbsp;considering the treatment of digital assets in Scotland and with reference to developments in other countries and internationally.&nbsp;&nbsp;
What follows are the views of the authors, not of SPICe, or the Scottish Parliament, or any other organisation or group to which the authors are affiliated.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Tokenisation
Tokenisation is &lsquo;the process of linking physical or intangible assets and digital&nbsp;tokens, which are a type of digital asset recorded on&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Global South Law Research Network Spurs Dialogue on Africa's Energy Transition]]></title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Global South Law Research Network (GSLRN) spurred dialogue on Africa&rsquo;s energy transition at a webinar hosted on 10th October 2025 by the South Africa-based Climate Disasters International Foundation, titled &lsquo;The Energy Quadrilemma and the Role of Law in Solving the Energy-Climate Nexus.&rsquo; Presenting at the event were scholars from the University of Aberdeen&rsquo;s School of Law, including Dr Eddy Wifa, (Senior Lecturer in Energy Law and Co-Convener, GSLRN), as well as Belema Ibim, and Tayo Gbemi, both Doctoral Researchers and Research Associates with the GSLRN. The event attracted youths and energy justice advocates from across Africa, who actively engaged&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Climate law in Scotland - Has the nation lost its Net Zero nerve?]]></title>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Setting our direction &ndash; a fast start
In 2019, I assessed the UK&rsquo;s Climate Change Act 2008 for the publisher Palgrave, just after the framework&rsquo;s 10th anniversary.1&nbsp;Here, I found that this extensive Westminster statute remained nationally important and even internationally pioneering; but I also highlighted that the Scottish Parliament had pushed the envelope of progressive climate governance even further. This was achieved through passage of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
The national Climate Change Act 2008 mandated a 34% reduction in UK greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, measured from 1990 emissions levels. The Scottish Parliament&rsquo;s 2009 Act ramped this&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Campus to Culture: My Study Abroad Journey in Helsinki]]></title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been two months since I moved to Helsinki for my study abroad year, so I thought I&rsquo;d share some of the biggest cultural shocks I&rsquo;ve experienced so far.
Let&rsquo;s start with the academic side (mostly so that the university is happy I&rsquo;ve written something educational first!). In Helsinki, I only have one or two lectures per class a week, and attendance is very strict; some of my classes fail you if you miss more than one lecture, and most require at least 75% attendance to pass. Despite having fewer lectures, the workload feels heavier thanks to the extensive readings&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doing IP Law at the University of Aberdeen: A Visiting Fellow's Perspective - Simone Driusso (Visiting Fellow)]]></title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[First, let me introduce myself. I am Simone, a law student at the University of Trento, located in the North-East of Italy and very close to the Dolomites. During my studies, I became increasingly passionate about Intellectual Property (IP), and in the summer of 2024 I planned to spend a research period of three months abroad the following autumn (between October and December) to write part of my final dissertation. Thanks to my Italian supervisor, Prof. Roberto Caso, I got in contact with Dr. Rossana Ducato, whose interesting papers and articles I previously had the opportunity to read, and she&#8230;]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This blog article is based on a paper I presented at the Digital Assets Project (DAP) Annual Conference 2025 at the University of Oxford on 4 July 2025. I would like to thank the organisers, Professor Louise Gullifer, Professor Jennifer Payne and Javier Paz Valbuena, for the opportunity to present at this conference, and the commentator of this presentation, Professor Andrew Dickinson, for his valuable and helpful comments. I also would like to thank the conference participants for their feedback at the conference. The opinions expressed in this article are of mine and may not represent the views of any&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dr Titilayo Adebola Delivers Keynote Address at the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications]]></title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr Titilayo Adebola, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Commercial Law, delivered the Keynote Address at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)&rsquo;s Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications 2025. The Symposium was jointly organised by WIPO and the Companies and Intellectual Property Office of Zimbabwe, with the support of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO).
In her Keynote, while acknowledging the complexities and contestations around geographical indications, she emphasised their potential to contribute meaningfully to endogenous socio-economic development. In her Manifesto on Geographical Indications, she highlighted the crucial role that national governments play in identifying, supporting and scaling&#8230;]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[
To celebrate this year&rsquo;s LGBTQ+ History Month, the School of Law&rsquo;s Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee are highlighting useful resources online and around campus. As part of our commitment to increasing the visibility of LGBTQ+ people in law and the impact of law on LGBTQ+ people we are proud to present a reading list that showcases Queer perspective in the discipline of Law.
Queer Perspectives in Law Reading List:  &nbsp;


Brems, Eva, Pieter Cannoot, and Toon Moonen. Protecting Trans Rights in the Age of Gender Self-Determination. Ed. Eva Brems, Pieter Cannoot, and Toon Moonen. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2020. Print.&nbsp;


Raj, Senthorun&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Renewable Energy Development Policy 2013]]></title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In this post, I will be sharing notable highlights from my paper &lsquo;Transplanting the EU Directives on Renewable Energy to the ECOWAS Supplementary Act: A Catalyst for Positive Change?&rsquo; which was published by the OGEL Journal earlier this year. In said paper, I investigated the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Supplementary Act on Renewable Energy Development (ESAREP) 2013 and whether this framework has fostered growth in the region&rsquo;s renewable energy sector. I further examine the effectiveness of this framework and its progress in attaining its objective within the ECOWAS context, with my findings shared below.
Level of Electricity&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fintech, Law and Africa's Digital Tomorrow]]></title>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The intersection of technology and finance in Africa is not just evolving; it is rewriting the rules of financial inclusion. This reality came into sharp focus during two compelling sessions at the University of Aberdeen's Centre for Commercial Law and Global South Law Research Network events where the conversation went beyond typical tech discourse to examine the very foundation of financial innovation in Africa.
The "Shaping the Future" Roundtable, expertly moderated by Dr. Titilayo Adebola and Dr Eddy Wifa, dove deep into the complexities of fintech and digital markets in Africa. Dr. Ify Ogo, Regional Specialist on the African Continental&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Drafting Workshop with Mr Davidson Oturu]]></title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Introduction
The Legislative Drafting Workshop with Mr Davidson Oturu (the Managing Partner of Nubia Capital) held on 31 October 2024 at the University of Aberdeen. It was the second event of the two day series &lsquo;Shaping the Future: Roundtable on Fintech and Digital Markets in Africa&rsquo; organised by the University of Aberdeen&rsquo;s Centre for Commercial Law and the Global South Law Research Network. The first day of this event covered thoroughly engaging and intellectually stimulating sessions on the fintech and digital trade ecosystems in Africa, the ongoing changes in those industries and how they are rapidly contributing to the growth&#8230;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[2024 Roundtable on FinTech and Digital Markets in Africa]]></title>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This blog post centres on the Roundtable co-organised by the University of Aberdeen&rsquo;s Centre for Commercial Law and Global South Law Research Network to critically discuss cutting-edge complexities in Africa's evolving digital economy vis-&agrave;-vis contemporary developments such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Roundtable held at the University of Aberdeen on 30 October 2024. The speakers were Dr Ify Ogo (Regional Specialist on the AfCFTA at the United Nations Development Programme UNDP) and Mr Davidson Oturu (Managing Partner of Nubia Capital and author, &lsquo;FinTech Law and Practice in Nigeria&rsquo;). The Roundtable was moderated by Dr Titilayo Adebola&#8230;]]></description>
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