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Worcester Polytechnic Institute students join MOBILE

MOBILE welcomes five bachelor students from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute to work on project

Presentation on “Inter-CeBIL’s Biosolution studies & The EC-JRC study on Emerging Biotechnologies in EU: Foresight for Policy”

On March 13th, 2025, Prof. Timo Minssen delivered a webinar titled “Inter-CeBIL’s Biosolution studies & The EC-JRC study on Emerging Biotechnologies in Europe: Foresight for Policy” for the Biosolutions Group of the…

Anouk Lamé and Sarah Scott Ford start as postdoctoral researchers on ANCHOR project

Postdoctoral researchers Anouk Lamé and Sarah Scott Ford have joined the ANCHOR project at MOBILE.

CLIMA Researcher Meng Zhang Awarded the Prestigious EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship in its 2024 Call

Dr. Meng Zhang has received the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship for his project on green trade between the EU and China.

Special issue call for papers: Straits, Canals and Choke Points

Submit your interdisciplinary paper for a special issue on the legal and political geographies of maritime choke points. Contributors will meet for a workshop in Copenhagen September 15-16, 2025.

New student assistent at MOBILE - Kamille Munch

Kamille Munch has joined MOBILE on March 3rd 2025.

EXPRESS2 Workshop: Crafting a New European Social Contract Together

The EXPRESS2 project hosts an inaugural workshop to engage civil society and EU policymakers in shaping a democratic, inclusive, and sustainable European Social Contract.

Petra Kristensen Slotterøy

This thesis examines Norway’s climate obligations in Greenpeace Nordic v Norway compared to the ECtHR’s Klimaseniorinnen ruling.

Tayo Elizabeth Gbemi

Tayo Gbemi researches environmental and participatory governance in wind energy licensing across Africa and Europe.

Karen Alter at iCourts in March 2025

23 - 28 March 2025

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Aleksandra Kustra-Rogatka

6 - 19 March 2025

CeBIL Director Prof. Timo Minssen joins editorial board of JIPLP (Oxford University Press)

CeBIL Director Prof. Timo Minssen joins editorial board of Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP) by Oxford University Press. JIPLP is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to intellectual property law and…

Climate Law Journal

Beatriz Martinez Romera, CLIMA's Head of Centre, is the new Editor-in-Chief of Climate Law, a peer-reviewed journal covering climate change law and its interaction with other legal fields.

Recent Publications and Media Highlights from CeBIL & Inter-CeBIL

In the past three months, the Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL) and the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law (Inter-CeBIL) Programme have made significant contributions…

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2025

Thursdays 8:45 to 9:45

Jennifer Lundin Rydh

Jennifer Lundin Rydh is a doctoral student at Linköping University, focusing on Swedish environmental regulations in public procurement, influenced by EU law.

Jennifer Lundin Rydh

Jennifer Lundin Rydh is a doctoral student at Linköping University, focusing on Swedish environmental regulations in public procurement, influenced by EU law.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Ezgi Ozlu

1 February - 30 April 2025

Aarne Puisto

Aarne Puisto is writing a doctoral dissertation on the effectiveness of legal remedies under Finnish public procurement rules at the University of Lapland under the supervision of Professor Kirsi-Maria Halonen.

New book about Religious Councils and Courts in Denmark

In legislation, administration, courts, media, public debate, and education, the issue of religious law, generally, and religious councils and courts, specifically, is both pertinent, complex, and understudied.

New Scholarship Student at MOBILE - Sophie Klitgaard Walker

Sophie Walker has joined MOBILE on January 15th 2025.

CeBIL Researchers publish a comment on how to overcome data sharing barriers in Nature Medicine

GDPR challenges and fragmented regulations are holding back the potential of personalized medicine. In their comment published in Nature Medicine, Prof. Timo Minssen and Assoc. Prof. Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci explor…

Three Scripts, One Scribe: Ingólfr Dagfinsson and his Lawbook AM 68 4to

Medieval scribes were skilled in multiple script types. A Norwegian legal manuscript from the fourteenth century shows the scribal repertoire of a certain Ingólfr Dagfinsson.

New Postdoctoral Reseacher at MOBILE - Kareem P. A. McDonald

Kareem P. A. McDonald joined MOBILE on 1 January 2025.