Sustainability Law

We are committed to producing both theoretical and practice-oriented scientific knowledge on the interconnections between law and sustainability, with the aim of safeguarding the Earth’s ecological boundaries.

Our research advances the realisation of legally established global-to-local objectives in areas such as climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity protection and restoration, and pollution prevention and environmental quality.

Our approach is grounded in systems thinking. We explore how law and legal systems shape, enable, or constrain sustainability transformations within dynamic social-ecological-technological systems. We examine how legal frameworks interact with broader policy mixes and, and how law can contribute to more just, resilient, and effective transformations.