2024
Sustainable future of the global commons: Equity in governing the Antarctic, the deep seabed, the high seas, and the atmosphere (panelist), 19 April 2024
Fung Global Fellows Sustainable Futures Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
Beyond national jurisdiction: What's new with the 'High Seas Treay' and the deep-sea mineral exploitation regulations? (moderator and co-organizer), 16 April 2024
Panel discussion 'Negotiating and litigation ocean sustainability: challenges and opportunities', Sustainable Ocean Community, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
What is the BBNJ Agreement’s impact on deep-sea mining? (panelist), 5 April 2024
Annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), Washington D.C., USA
International Legal Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining (guest lecture), 12 March 2024
Subsea Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Imagining the International Seabed Authority as a Planetary Institution for the Seabed as a Commons (invited participant), 27-28 February 2024
The New Institute, Hamburg, Germany
2023
International Legal Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining (guest lecture), 1 December 2023
Sustainable Ocean Law and Governance, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
Passing the hot potato: Where to mine minerals for an energy transition? (panelist, online), 16 November 2023
Commons in Space Virtual Conference
Meeting of the Task Force on Earth System Law (meeting organizer), 27 October 2023
Task Force & Meeting Day, Nijmegen Conference on Earth System Governance
International Legal Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining (guest lecture, online), 25 October 2023
Engineering Course on Deep-Sea Mining, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Introduction to ocean governance (guest lecture), 24 October 2023
Global Governance of the Earth System, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
International Legal Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining (guest lecture, online), 19 October 2023
Field-based research course on hydrothermal systems and the potential impacts of mineral mining, co-hosted by the Center for Deep Sea Research of the University of Bergen and the University of Athens, Milos, Greece
The Regulation of Deep-Sea Mineral Activities: What Role for Fairness? (speaker), 1 September 2023
18th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, Aix en Provence, France
Current Developments on Deep Seabed Mining and the Use of Area-Based Management Tools to Protect Hydrothermal Vents (event organizer), 10 May 2023
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Non-use measures for global goods and commons in international law (workshop organizer), 8-9 May 2023
Utrecht, The Netherlands
The new ‘Ocean Treaty’: Set to ensure ocean sustainability? (panelist), 11 April 2023
Sustainable Ocean Science Café, Pathways to Sustainability, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
The Environment and the Law - How international law addresses the Oceans in the era of climate change (invited speaker, online), 14 January 2023
Deerfield Progressive Forum, USA
2022
Biodiversity: BBNJ Negotiations (guest lecture, online), 2 December 2022
Sustainable Ocean Law and Governance, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
The Convention as the framework for ocean governance: As good as it gets or back to the drawing board? (moderator), 17 November 2022
Workshop Filling the legal toolbox for working towards ocean sustainability: UNCLOS, UNCLOS 2.0 and/or what else?, co-hosted by the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea and the Centre for International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mineral Exploitation of The Deep Seabed: Solidarity, Commonalities and Self-Interests as Drivers of a New Regulatory Framework (invited speaker and panel organizer), 28 October 2022
51st Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, Canada
Protecting deep seabed hydrothermal vent fields through area-based management tools: When international law and environmental sciences work together (invited speaker, online), 5 October 2022
IUCN International Environmental Law Conference The Transformative Power of Law: Addressing Global Environmental Challenges, Oslo, Norway
Protecting deep seabed hydrothermal vent fields through area-based management tools: When international law and environmental sciences work together (invited speaker), 27 September 2022
Conference Women in the Law of the Sea, hosted by the International Seabed Authority, New York, USA
Regulating and governing seabed mining (guest lecture, online), 22 September 2022
Online Course on Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Ecosystems, co-hosted by the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and the German Development Institute (DIE), Germany
An impression of déjà vu? The common heritage principle in the BBNJ negotiations (invited speaker), 7 September 2022
Conference Equity Perspectives on Global Ocean Law and Governance, Hamburg, Germany
Deep-seabed mining governance and the protection of the marine environment (guest lecture), 27 June 2022
NIOZ Colloquium and Scientists4Future, Texel, The Netherlands
Consultant, Embedding a Rights of Nature approach into deep-seab mining governance, March-June 2022
University of Essex, UK
UU-NIOZ Early Career Scientists Symposium (UNECSS) (symposium organizer), 16-17 May 2022
Utrecht University (UU) and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
2021
Protecting deep seabed ecosystems under the future Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of BBNJ and by the ISA – Perspectives of Government, Civil Society, Stakeholders, and Law and Science (workshop organizer, online), 13-15 December 2021
Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL) of Utrecht University, and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Protecting Deep Seabed Hydrothermal Vent Fields through Area-Based Management Tools (invited speaker, with Lise Klunder, online), 14 December 2021
Workshop Protecting deep seabed ecosystems under the future Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of BBNJ and by the ISA – Perspectives of Government, Civil Society, Stakeholders, and Law and Science, Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Law of the Sea (guest lecture), 1 November 2021
Student Association Tilia, Utrecht Law College, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Meeting of the Task Force on Earth System Law (meeting organizer, online), 10 September 2021
Task Force & Meeting Day, Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance
Earth System Law: Transformation and law futures (panel chair, online), 8 September 2021
Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance
Experiences in strengthening the science-policy interface (moderator, online), 8 April 2021
Pilot Series on Science for Ocean Sustainability, 2021 UNNF/DOALOS Virtual Activities: Implementing Practical Solutions in Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
La réglementation environnementale des pêcheries: Quel rôle pour une approche de gouvernance des océans? (guest lecture, online), 1 April 2021
Droit et gouvernance, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
High Seas Resources, Ocean Security, and the Great Powers (panelist, online), 24 March 2021
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), Washington D.C., USA
The environmental regulation of high seas fisheries - A role for an ocean governance approach (invited speaker, online), 18 March 2021
Environmental Law Association Virtual Lecture Series, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
The role of law for the sustainable use of the oceans & The environmental regulation of fisheries (guest lecture, online), 21 January 2021
International and European Environmental Law, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2020
The elusive search for sustainable high seas fisheries: Combining Values, Regulation and Behaviour (invited speaker, online), 17 November 2020
Workshop Behavioural Approaches in International Law, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
The elusive search for sustainable high seas fisheries (invited speaker, online), 28 October 2020
ITLOS Alumni Series, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg, Germany
The elusive search for sustainable high seas fisheries: What role for an oceans governance approach? (invited speaker, online), 19 October 2020
ESG Seminar Series, Copernicus Institute on Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Virtual Meeting of the Task Force on Earth System Law (meeting organizer, online), 18 September 2020
Task Force & Meeting Day, Virtual Forum on Earth System Governance
Governance of Biological Diversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (invited speaker), 12 February 2020
Workshop Negotiating an Agreement on the Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Utrecht informal meeting on rights and obligations of coastal States (including issues relating to adjacent or subjacent maritime areas) and other States in the BBNJ Implementing Agreement - exploring scenarios and approaches (meeting organizer), 10-11 February 2020
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2019
The elusive search for sustainable high seas fisheries: Exploring alternative regulatory and governance mechanisms (invited speaker), 5 November 2019
Conference The Rule of Law for Oceans, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
The elusive search for sustainable high seas fisheries: Exploring alternative regulatory and governance mechanisms (invited speaker), 25 October 2019
48th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, Canada
Institutional Design at the crossroads of Law, Governance and Fairness: What Institutional Architecture for an Instrument on Marine Biological Diversity beyond National Jurisdiction? (workshop organizer), 27-28 June 2019
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2018
Workshop of the Task Force on Earth System Law (workshop organizer), 8 November 2018
Taskforce & Meeting Day, Annual Conference on Earth System Governance, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Three Structural Pillars of the Future Internationally Legally Binding Instrument for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in ABNJ (invited speaker, with Otto Spijkers and Wen Duan), 21 September 2018
7th Colloquium of the International Association of the Law of the Sea (AssIDMer), Lisbon, Portugal
Fisheries, Capacity Building and Transfer of Marine Technology (invited speaker), 17 May 2018
Workshop High seas governance and fisheries management, Co-hosted by the Nereus Programme Predicting Future Oceans and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), Paris, France
2017
When "not undermining" undermines the BBNJ process: Possible effects of the "not undermining" clause on the outcome of the PrepCom and the upcoming legally binding instrument (invited speaker), 6 September 2017
Interest Group on Law of the Sea, 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, Naples, Italy
2016
The Elusive Search for Sustainable High Seas Fisheries: The role of the Future Regime for Global Oceans Governance (invited speaker), 23 September 2016
Symposium Innovating for Change in Global Fisheries Governance, K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway