Bjørn-Oliver Magsig

Bjørn-Oliver Magsig is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean (International) at the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, where he teaches and researches climate change law and public international law. His work asks how states can move beyond narrow self-interest to share responsibility for the planet's most pressing environmental challenges, exploring pathways towards cooperative sovereignty in a destabilising global order.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Senior Lecturer in Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
  • 2016–2019
    Lecturer in Law, University College Cork (Ireland)
  • 2012–2016
    Research Fellow in International Environmental Law, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig, Germany)

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Dundee, PhD in Law
  • 2008 
    University of Dundee, LLM in International Environmental Law
  • 2006 
    Trier University of Applied Sciences, Diploma in Business- and Environmental Law

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  • Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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