Notice of Lecture

Topic：Legal Obligations of States in Relation to Climate Change under the Law of the Sea

Speaker：Prof. Volker Roeben (Durham University, U.K.)

Moderator：Prof. Keyuan Zou (Dalian Maritime University)

Discussant：

Professor Hua Zhang (Nanjing University)

Professor Yen-Chiang Chang (Dalian Maritime University)

Time：21 May 2024 (Tuesday), 14:00-16:00 PM

Venue：Meeting Room, 4th Floor, Law School

Language：English

About the speaker：

Volker Roeben is Professor of International Law and Dean at Durham Law School. He is also a visiting professor at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, a docent at the University of Turku, and an associate at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy of the University of Dundee. Formerly, Volker previously was senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative law and Public International Law, and a professor at Swansea University and the University of Dundee. He has held visiting posts at the universities of Chicago, Minnesota and West Virginia, and served as legal adviser at the Energy Charter Secretariat. He holds degrees from the universities of Kiel, Heidelberg, and Berkeley and from the College of Europe Bruges.