Dr. Mara Wendebourg

Environmental Governance

CURRENT POSITION AND FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS

Visiting Researcher, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (present)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2024)

Research FellowEarth System Governance Network (2024-present)

MemberInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL) (2024-present)

 

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, UK (funded by the LISS DTP; Modern Law Review Scholarship) (2024)

Master of Laws (LLM), in Public International Law, specialization in Environmental Law and Law of the Sea, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands (cum laude) 

Master of Science (MSc), in Marine Systems and Policies, School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Edinburgh, UK (Derek and Maureen Moss scholarship) (with merits)

Bachelor of Science (BSc), University College Utrecht, Netherlands (with honours)

 

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Visiting Lecturer, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, UK (2020-2023)

Bluebook Trainee, European Commission, Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries – Unit for Law of the Sea, Ocean Governance and Arctic Policy, Brussels, Belgium 

Intern, International Seabed Authority, Office of Legal Affairs, Kingston, Jamaica