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Dr Daria Shapovalova published two blog entries on Arctic governance
Dr Daria Shapovalova provided commentary on the current events in the Arctic in two blog posts which were published this week. The first post is for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discusses the Scottish Arctic Policy presented last year. The publication originated from an international symposium held in...
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Dr Muinzer of AUCEL provided a legal brief to the Legal Services Agency, Glasgow
On 4/6/2020 Dr Thomas L Muinzer of AUCEL provided in written form and presented verbally (over Zoom, online) a legal brief to the Legal Services Agency, Glasgow. The brief sets out his view that the Secretary of State’s failure to amend certain sections of the UK’s Climate Change Act 2008...
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Prof Soliman-Hunter and Dr Gloria Alvarez recently published Routledge Handbook of Energy Law
Our School of Law academics Professor Tina Soliman-Hunter and Dr Gloria Alvarez have recently published Routledge Handbook of Energy Law, in collaboration with their co-editors Dr Herrera Anchustegui (Bergen) and Dr Crossley (Sydney) The book provides for a definitive global survey of the discipline of Energy Law, capturing the essential and relevant...
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Dr Muinzer in a podcast conversation with David Hart QC on recent developments in climate law
The latest episode of Law Pod UK featured a conversation between our Dr Thomas Muinzer and David Hart QC on recent developments in climate law, hosted by barrister Rosalind English. They discussed the Climate Change Act, February's Heathrow Runway Court of Appeal ruling, and last month's application for an emergency injunction against HS2...
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University of Aberdeen delivers Local Content Professional Development training
A team of professionals from Mozambique's Petroleum Regulatory Authority - INP Instituto Nacional de Petroleo have completed a two-week "Advanced Local Content Frameworks' short course training at the University.
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Dr Eddy Wifa awarded the Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance Staff Mobility 2020
We are pleased to announce that our Dr Eddy Wifa’s application for the Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance Staff Mobility 2020 award has been successful. He will use the grant to visit the Curtin University in Australia some time this year to participate in a series of joint research events on the regulation...
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Dr Shapovalova's special issue on Guyana oil development regulation and paper on indigenous rights
A special issues on regulating oil development in Guyana, edited by our Dr Daria Shapovalova, has been published in the Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Journal. Dr Shapovalova has co-edited the special issue with Aaron Cooper from Coventry University following the conference they organised in May 2019. In 2015, ExxonMobil announced...
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Dr Alvarez and Dr Shapovalova participate in 'Energy Transitions' conference in Joensuu, Finland
On 27-28 February, our Dr Gloria Alvarez and Dr Daria Shapovalova represented the Law School at the annual 'Energy Transitions' conference in Joensuu, Finland. The conference brought together energy law academics and practitioners from around the world and the theme this year was ‘Achieving Just Energy Transitions through Law and Policy: Challenges...
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Professor Soliman Hunter's work on dangers of drilling in the Great Australian Bight in the news
This week Equinor announced its decision to abandon plans drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. Our professor Tina Soliman Hunter has been continuously involved in providing advice on the dangers of operating in that area. In May last year, she was part of the group of multi-disciplinary experts,...
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Dr Eddy Wifa awarded The SPIRE 2020 research grant
Our Dr Eddy Wifa was awarded a research grant to facilitate cooperation with researchers at the University of Bergen. The SPIRE 2020 grant will enable Dr Wifa to visit Bergen for 6 weeks to conduct joint research in the regulation of offshore wind energy as part of the GOV-WIND research...