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University of Aberdeen's Centre for Energy Law Public Policy Engagement
In the summer, researchers at the Aberdeen University’s Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) responded to the call for evidence of the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Commission. You can read their responses on the Scottish Government’s website. In their responses, the AUCEL researchers focused on the challenges and opportunities of achieving net...
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Dr MacPherson presented at the Scottish Legal History Group Conference
Our Dr Alisdair MacPherson presented a paper at the annual Scottish Legal History Group Conference on 3 October, which was held online for the first time. Alisdair's paper focused on "The 'Pre-History' of Floating Charges in Scots Law" and the material in this paper is due to be published in...
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Dr Alisdair MacPherson's book on floating charges published
The Floating Charge, a monograph by our Dr Alisdair MacPherson, has now been published in the Studies in Scots Law series. The book focuses on aspects of the floating charge security interest in Scots law and will be of interest to students, academic lawyers and practitioners. Congratulations to Alisdair on his new...
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Dr Daria Shapovalova has a new publication the Energy Policy journal
Our Daria Shapovalova has co-authored a new paper on the effects of Western sanctions on Russian Arctic petroleum production. Following the conflict in Ukraine, the European Union and the United States adopted sanctions limiting the cooperation between Russian and western companies for Arctic offshore petroleum development. The paper analyses the...
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Improving standards of expert witness evidence in Scotland
The first Scottish university-certificated training programme for expert witnesses is to be launched by Bond Solon and the University of Aberdeen.
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Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley wrote a blog on Covid-19 and illegal wildlife trade
Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley, who is a NERC Constructing a Digital Environment (CDE) Fellow of the Digital Environment Expert Network, wrote a blog post on Covid-19 and illegal wildlife trade for the NERC CDE Programme blog. The blog post is aiming to shed light on what the options are for technological...
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Abbe Brown and Marcel Jaspars lead discussions on 'Saving Oceans with Law and Science' at the RSE
Our Prof Abbe Brown and Prof Marcel Jaspars (Chemistry) have been working together for years in their interdisciplinary engagement with negotiations at the United Nations towards an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological...
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University's first female law professor retiring after 28 years
Professor Margaret Ross will retire from the University at the end of this month, after 28 years of service.
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The School of Law Research Seminar Series - 2019/2020 In retrospect
Each academic year the School of Law organises and hosts a series of research seminars presented by prominent external researchers. The Research Seminar Series aims to foster and sustain the School’s excellent research environment. It provides an opportunity for the guest speakers to share, engage with, and build upon a...
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The Centre for Private International Law hosted the third POAM project management meeting
On 28 July 2020, our Dr Katarina Trimmings and Dr Onyoja Momoh hosted the POAM project management and co-ordination meeting, the third of its kind as the project marked 18 months. In keeping with the current times, the Aberdeen team employed the use of the University online platform Collaborate to...
