Philippe Cullet

Dr Philippe Cullet is Professor of International and Environmental Law. He came to teach at SOAS with qualifications in law and development studies from Geneva University, London (King’s College and SOAS) and Stanford University.

Philippe’s main areas of interest are environmental and natural resources law, policy and governance. He focuses in particular on water and sanitation; environmental human rights; rights of nature; the climate crisis; equity and inequality in environmental law; biodiversity; environmental/climate/water justice; and sustainable development. He works on these at the international level and in India.

His monographs include Water Law, Poverty and Development – Water Law Reforms in India (Oxford University Press, 2009), Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development (Butterworths, 2005) and Differential Treatment in International Environmental Law (Ashgate, 2003).