Advancing just transitions in least developed and developing nations through global diplomacy, research and climate-trade-development solutions
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Lorenzo Cotula
Principal researcher and head of law, economies and justice programme
Lorenzo Cotula, who joined IIED in 2002, leads research and policy work on the place of law in strategies to promote fair, sustainable economies – cutting across land and natural resource governance; international investment and trade; and human rights, sustainability and legal empowerment
Expertise
Land and natural resource governance; critical minerals and just transitions; international economic law, particularly on investment and trade; human rights law; responsible business conduct, particularly in agriculture and the extractive industries; small-scale producers and transnational value chains; legal, socio-legal and cross-disciplinary research methods; legal empowerment approaches; public participation in law reform processes.
Before IIED
- Research consultant to the Legal Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Education
- Postgraduate certificate in sustainable business, University of Cambridge
- PhD in law, University of Edinburgh
- MSc in development studies (distinction), London School of Economics
- Degree in law (cum laude), University "La Sapienza" of Rome
Current work
Lead on law, economies and justice, a collaborative programme on renegotiating the law to promote fair, sustainable economies.
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