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Dr Mitchell Lennan

Dr Mitchell Lennan
Dr Mitchell Lennan
Dr Mitchell Lennan

BSc (Hons), MSc, LLM, PhD

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Accepting PhDs

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mitchell.lennan@abdn.ac.uk
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Biography

Dr Mitchell Lennan joined the Law School as a Lecturer in December 2022.

He primarily teaches Public International Law, with a focus on the Law of the Sea and Environmental Law. His research and publications centres on the international regulation of fisheries and marine biodiversity in the context of global environmental change. He has also contributed to several consultancies in International Environmental Law for the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the World Trade Organization, national governments, and non-governmental organisations.

Dr Lennan holds a BSc (Hons) in Marine & Freshwater Biology from the University of Glasgow, an MSc in Marine Science, Policy & Law from the University of Southampton, and an LLM in Global Environment & Climate Change Law from the University of Edinburgh. His PhD focused on the international legal issues arising from climate-driven shifts in the distribution of fish stocks, and the resulting obligations on States to adapt fisheries conservation and management measures. He is currently preparing his thesis for publication as a monograph.

He has participated in international dispute settlement, serving as Assistant to Counsel for the Republic of Maldives in the Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius/Maldives) before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in 2020. He also interned in the ITLOS Legal Office in 2018.

Dr Lennan was previously a Researcher with the UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub, where he worked on a range of inter- and transdisciplinary projects on inclusive ocean governance. He is Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law and regularly represents the University at United Nations climate meetings.

He welcomes enquiries regarding potential PhD projects related to his areas of research.

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Marine and Freshwater Biology 
    2013 - University of Glasgow 
  • MSc Marine Science, Policy & Law 
    2014 - University of Southampton 
  • LLM Global Environment and Climate Change Law 
    2017 - University of Edinburgh 
  • PGCert Researcher Professional Development 
    2022 - University of Strathclyde 
  • PhD International Environmental Law 
    2022 - University of Strathclyde 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Member, Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law

Member and Associate Director of Operations, Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law

External Memberships

Member, Cross-Party Group on Fisheries and Coastal Communities 

Member, UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub

Member (non-solicitor), The Law Society of Scotland's Marine Law Sub-Committee

Affiliate Member, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Member, European Society of International Law 

Latest Publications

  • The World Trade Organization and Its Contribution to the Evolution of the Law of the Sea

    Lennan, M., Switzer, S.
    The Presence of International Organizations in the Evolution of the International Law of the Sea: Thirty Years since the Entry into Force of UNCLOS. Oanta, G. (ed.). Brill | Nijhoff, pp. 85-118, 33 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Climate Change and the Limits of International Fisheries Law

    Lennan, M.
    Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law. Caddell, R., McCormack, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 114-138, 25 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Ensuring mutual supportiveness of the Paris Agreement with other multilateral environmental agreements: A focus on ocean-based climate action

    Morgera, E., Lennan, M.
    Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 362-380, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Strengthening intergenerational equity at the ocean-climate nexus: Reflections on the uncrc general comment no. 26

    Morgera, E., Lennan, M.
    Regulating Global Climate Change: From Common Concern to Planetary Concern. Desai, B. H. (ed.). IOS Press, pp. 121-135, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Ocean-based Climate Action and Human Rights Implications under the International Climate Change Regime

    Morgera, E., Lennan, M., Kulovesi, K., La Bianca, G., Niner, H. J., Harrould-Kolieb, E., Recio Piva, E., Hills, J., Ntona, M., Lancaster, A. M. S., Strand, M., Snow, B., Erwin, K., Shannon, L., Rees, S., Hyder, K., Engelhard, G., Howell, K.
    International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 411-446
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Prizes and Awards

Winner, Aldo Leucci and Ortensio Degli Atti Award (2nd edition) for the article ‘Leveraging International Fisheries Law for Maritime Security in the Anthropocene: Addressing Conflicts in Fisheries' together with Julia Nakamura and Kyle Fawkes in ACSOMARE Yearbook on the Law of the Sea (2023).

Research

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Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Law.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Research Specialisms

  • Public International Law
  • European Union Law
  • Law

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

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