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• Thekli Anastasiou, (ACCESS), University of Bologna, EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program Grant Agreement No 101078683, 2023-2028, Country Expert: Greece
• Rosalind Malcolm: ESRC UK/Brazil Global Talent Exchange, 'Providing climate justice for marginalised groups in the implementation of the UN Global Plastics Treaty in Brazil', (£20,317) Co-lead. Grant ref: ES/Z504543/1 (2024-2025).  
• Rethinking Plastics Pollution Post-Pandemic Dr Noreen O'Meara (PI), (2020–22), trilateral project involving the Universities of ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, São Paulo (USP) and Wollongong (UOW).

• IAA (ESRC/¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Impact Acceleration Account: 'STOP Single-Use Plastics: using stories to improve the governance of plastics pollution' (2022-23) (c.£20,000). Prof Rosalind Malcolm, Dr Noreen O'Meara, Dr Itziar Castelló-Molina.
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): 'Circular Economy for Businesses in Ethiopia (CEBAT)' (2021-22) (c.€78,533). Awarded as a consultancy contract to Prof Rosalind Malcolm and Dr Noreen O'Meara. Collaborators - Prof Belay Simane (Addis-Ababa University, Ethiopia) and Dr Francis Oremo (University of Nairobi).
• British Academy: 'Fighting Fake News in Covid Times' (c. £70,000) (2021-22). Awarded to Dr Itziar Castelló-Molina (PI), Dr Noreen O'Meara (CI). Collaborators - Dr Marie Joachim (Essca School of Management - CI) and Dr Elanor Colleoni (Universitá IULM - CI).
• Global Challenges Research Fund / AHRC ‘Wicked problem of Plastic Waste’ (2020–22) (£60,000; and extension funding) (¿Û¿Û´«Ã½: Prof Rosalind Malcolm and Dr Itziar Castello-Molina and University of Nairobi, Kenya: Prof Nicholas Oguge).
• Global Challenges Research Fund (QR): 'Testing Tools: Eliminating Plastics Waste' (c. £15,000). Prof Rosalind Malcolm (PI), Dr Noreen O'Meara (CI) and Dr Itziar Castelló-Molina (CI).
• Global Challenges Research Fund (QR): 'Building Collective Ownership of Single-Use Plastics in Youth Communities: case-studies from Kenya, Jamaica and Malawi' (c. £85,000). Professor Rosalind Malcolm, Dr Noreen O'Meara, Dr Itziar Castelló-Molina.

• Aristova, E., ‘Strategic Business and Human Rights Litigation: It is a Marathon, not a Sprint’ (forthcoming Business and Human Rights Journal, November 2025). 

• Aristova, E., 'In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos' by David Kinley’ (book review, forthcoming 2025, Transnational Legal Theory). 

• Lesniewska, F., ‘Making a case for radical circular economy legal research’ in Josephine van Zeben and Chris Hilson (eds), Research Agenda for Environmental Law, (Edward Elgar, 2025) 

• Lesniewska, F., ‘Turning on the circular construction public procurement tap’ in Megan Bowman and Laura Mai (eds), A Research Agenda for Law, Finance, and the Environment (Edward Elgar, forthcoming) 

• Lesniewska, F., and Kleppa Stærfeldt, L. ‘Article 9 Illegal Traffic’ in Alberto Quintavalla and Leonie Reins (eds) The Basel Convention: A Commentary on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Edward Elgar, forthcoming) 

• Lesniewska, F., , blog post based on a paper for the , 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Turin   

• Malcolm, R. and Pointing, J., Statutory Nuisance: Law and Practice (2025) (3^rd ed, Oxford University Press). 

• Malcolm, R., (2025) ‘Complexity in managing plastics’, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, pp. 1–7. doi:10.1017/plc.2025.10020. (Letter). 

• Malcolm R., ’ 8 July 2025 ((PWC0044) at   

• Lindner, A., Steenmans, K., Scotford, E. and Malcolm, R. (2025), '.' Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (RECIEL).  (Editorial) 

• Malcolm, R., Peacock, M. and Winton, S. (2025) 'Plastics, life cycle approaches and the law', Diálogos Socioambientais, 8(21), pp. 16–25.  doi: 10.36942/dialogossocioambientais.v8i21.1174 

• Peacock, M., Ghilardi-Lopes, N. P., Turra, A., Rech, T. F., Kawabe, L. A., Gatersleben, B., and Wyles, K. J. (2025). 'The future of citizen science for marine litter research: What are the benefits to be realised and the challenges to be overcome?' Marine pollution bulletin, 117914.   

• Peacock, M., Winton, S. and Malcolm, R. (2025). Video presentation:  'Introduction to plastic pollution and climate change nexus – International Perspectives'.  Presented at stakeholder workshop 17 June, 2025 and featured on Governing Plastics Network website

• Peacock, M., Castello Molina, I., Oguge, N., Oremo. F., O’Meara, N. and Malcolm, R.  Plastics a call to action. Online learning module adopted by ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ CIFAL/UNITAR as short course in 2025.   

• Malcolm, R. (2025) '' Published: April 3, 2025, The Conversation, 

• Sarvarian, Arman (2025)  

• Cantor, D., Burson, B., Aycock, B., Tan N.F., Anastasiou, T., Arnld-Fernandez, E., Field, C., Hansen-Lohrey, C., Kälin, W., Kane, G., Miron, S., Rao, M., Sánchez Mojica, B., Scissa, C., Weerasinghe, S. and Wood, T.(2024) 'International Protection, Disasters and Climate Change', International Journal of Refugee Law, 36 (1-2), 176–197. 

• Kourmouli, A., & Lesniewska, F. (2024). 'Losing ground: targeting agricultural land take by enabling a circular economy in construction'. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 4(1), 459-473. 

• Yadav, S. K., O’Meara, N., & Malcolm, R. (2024). ''. Climate Law, 14(2), 165-197.   

• Rosalind Malcolm and Alexandra Mikheeva-Ashe, 2024, Plastics, Products and Life-Cycle Thinking in the European Union in (eds.  Kirk, Popattanachai, Barnes, van der Marel) Research Handbook on Plastics Regulation: Law, Policy and the Environment (Edward Elgar 2024) ISBN: 978 1 80220 151 2 

• Yadav, S. K., and Malcolm, R. (2024). ''. The Conversation.  

• Simane, B., Malcolm, R., O’Meara, N. et al. ''. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 4, 3093–3117 (2024). 

• Sarvarian, A. (2024)  

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• Sarvarian, A. (2024) 'The Impact on 'Diversity' of the UNCITRAL-ICSID Code of Conduct' in Giorgetti and Titi (eds), Ethics in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (Nijhoff, International Dispute Resolution Series, September 2024). 

• Lesniewska. F, Space Assets: The New Frontier for Critical Infrastructure Regulation?, Security, Digital Infrastructure and Fundamental Rights Workshop, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 3-4 June 2025 

• Lesniewska. F, Shifting Regolith: Taxonomies of Sustainability for Lunar Mining - A Critical Techno-legal Perspective, Space Resources as Critical Minerals Conference, Nottingham University, 8-9 July 2025 

• Lesniewska. F, Climate Duties After the ICJ Advisory Opinion: Recasting Disaster Risk Management in Law and Practice, UKADR (UK Alliance for Disaster Research) conference, Durham University, 4-5 September 2025 

• Lesniewska. F, Legal Conflicts between Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Planning and Infrastructure Law in England: Implications for Blue-Green Infrastructure Management – A Case Study of ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ County Council, European Environmental Law Forum (EELF), University of Ghent, 10-12 September 2025 

• Lesniewska. F, Circular Track and Trace: The Rise and Rise of Digital Product Passports as a Gateway to Sustainable Circular Economy- a Legal Analysis, Sustainability is (Still) Possible! Governing Market Actors for a Safe and Just Space, SMART Network Symposium, Turin, Italy, 18 - 19 September 2025 

• Rosalind Malcolm, Roland Clift, George Martin, Simon Mair, 'Living well on a finite planet: A multidimensional systems approach to sustainability leading to climate change adaptation', 12^th European Environmental Law Forum, University of Ghent, September 2025 

• Rosalind Malcolm, Roland Clift, George Martin, Simon Mair,  'LIVING WELL ON A FINITE PLANET: A multidimensional systems approach to sustainability', SMART Network Symposium: 'Sustainability is (still) possible', SMART Network, University of Turin, September 2025 

• Rosalind Malcolm, 'Theorizing Ecocide: Using a Common Treasury approach to ecocide law', Ecocide in Global Politics, University of Bristol, June 2025 

• Rosalind Malcolm, 'Governing Circular Economies on a Finite Planet', Academy of International Business UK and Ireland, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, April 2025 

• Rosalind Malcolm, 'An international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment', PIEL UK’s 19th Annual Conference, City St George’s London University, 22 April 2025 

• Rosalind Malcolm, 'An international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment', Plastics Dialogues Symposium: ‘Material Flows : the hidden afterlives of plastic waste’, Amsterdam 11 March 2025 

• Lesniewska. F, Sustainably Managing the Triple Planetary Crisis from Space: Disentangling the Astropolitical, (Geo)ecological and Legal Conflicts on Earth, Earth Space Systems Sustainable Governance and Futures, Utrecht University, 12-13 November 2024  

• Rosalind Malcolm, Eco-Designing the Future: Navigating Legal Frontiers in the EU's Sustainable Products Regulation, University of Lisbon, November 2024 

• Rosalind Malcolm, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, ‘Global Plastic Waste Workshop’, 19 April 2024 (2 invited talks: Global Focus workshop: ‘Lifecycle thinking and law for a Global Plastics Treaty’ and public forum: ‘The Wicked Problem of Plastic and the Discourse surrounding its Governance’).  

• Rosalind Malcolm, Academy of European Law (ERA), Annual Conference on EU Environmental Law 2024, Roundtable: 'How to handle chemical toxicity through environmental law: Impacts on nature and human health and the role of law', Trier, 14-15 March 2024 (invited speaker) 

• UKELA's annual Garner Lecture 2025, free live streaming of lecture, featuring Baroness Young of Old Scone and chaired by Tom Burke CBE, 25 November, Institute for Sustainability, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½
• Conserving Forests After COP30, 3 December, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½
• E. Aristova, ‘’, panellist at the global Right Here Right Now Climate Change Summit, 5 June 2025, University of Oxford, Oxford.
• E. Aristova, ‘’, organiser and moderator of the panel discussion, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, 4 June 2025, Oxford.
• E. Aristova, ‘’, moderator of the report launch, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, 13 May 2025, Oxford.
• E. Aristova, ‘Enterprise Jurisdiction & Business and Human Rights Litigation’ presenter at the webinar, 6 May 2025, organised by University of Bologna.
• Lesniewska. F, co-organiser and lecturer on Summer School on Satellite Broadband, International Law, and Internet Governance: Connectivity in Disaster Zones, University of Lodz.
• Lesniewska, F, ', ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Space Centre, 21 May 2025.
• Lesniewska. F, AI, Access to Environmental Justice and Governance panel as part of AI, Law and Access to Justice Festival, 1 July 2025, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Law School.
• Lesniewska. F, Roundtable on 'Designing Sustainable AI for a Sustainable Future: The Role of Law, Regulation and Governance', 1 July 2025, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Law School.
• Peacock, M., 'Views and perspectives on plastic pollution in Brazil', 17 June 2025, Brasília, Distrito Federal
• Peacock, M., 'Providing climate justice for marginalised groups in the implementation of the UN Global Plastics Treaty in Brazil', UK workshop, 16 September 2025, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.

E. Aristova, ‘Enforcement of Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation’, in-person presentation at the workshop organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 12 December 2024, London. 

E. Aristova, 'Corporate Climate Litigation: Global Trends and Lessons for the Asia-Pacific Region’, in-person talk at the Seoul National University Asia-Pacific Institute, 22 October 2024, Seoul.  

E. Aristova, ‘Human Rights Due Diligence and the Future of Tort Litigation Against Corporations’, panellist at the 2024 HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence and the Future of Corporate Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 9 October 2024, London.  

E. Aristova, ‘Constitutions and Climate Change’, in-person presentation at a workshop ‘Constitutionalizing Rights in the 21st Century – A Comparative Workshop for Constitution Makers’ organised by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and International Idea, 20 June 2024, Oxford.  

E. Aristova, , Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, 5 June 2024, Oxford.   

E. Aristova, ‘Civil Remedies, Human Rights and Corporate Liability: Comparative Lessons’, presenter at a workshop ‘The Research, Practice, and Lived Experience of Remedy within Business and Human Rights’ organised by the Queen’s University Belfast, 23 May 2024.  

E. Aristova, book launch: Torts in UK Foreign Relations by Dr UgljeÅ¡a GruÅ¡ić, organiser and moderator of the book launch, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, 14 February 2024, Oxford.  

Lesniewska. F, 'Eco-Designing the Future: Navigating Legal Frontiers in the EU's Sustainable Products Regulation', online one-day workshop, 21 November 2024 – co-organised with Kleoniki Pouikli (Utrecht University) and Heloísa Oliveira (Lisbon Public Law)  

Rosalind Malcolm, Royal Academy of Engineering, National Engineering Policy Centre: Report: ‘Critical Materials for Net Zero: demand-side resource efficiency measures for critical materials. Review Group Net Zero Workshop. 15 April 2024 (invited member).