The research of Dr. Daphina Misiedjan, assistant professor and researcher in human rights, at Utrecht University, forms an important part of this project.
Alex Oude Elferink gave a presentation on The legal regime of artificial islands – An analysis in the light of recent developments in the North Sea at UNCLOS.
It focussed, among other things, on an agreement on the deployment of systems designed to clean up plastic floating in the upper surface layer of the high seas.