Sustainability Law: Comparative, Interdisciplinary,
and Intradisciplinary Perspectives
19 to 21 June 2025
1:00 pm Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Anne Röthel, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
1:15 pm Panel Session I – Global Supply Chains: Comparative and Decolonial Approaches
“Whose domain is just sustainability?”
Debadatta Bose (University of California at Berkeley, School of Law, U.S.)
“From Galli to Paris Fashion Week: Law, Sustainability, and the Hidden Faces of Karegari”
Shuma Talukdar (Mahindra University, India)
“Rethinking sustainability through pluriculturalism: integrating indigenous knowledge into international environmental law”
Isadora Camplà (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
2:45 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm Panel Sessions II – Rethinking Private Law and Company Law
“Towards sustainable consumer law: the remarkable case of France as an example for Chile”
María Elisa Morales (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
“Destabilizing Rights of Property? In Search of an Actionable Agenda for Sustainability Law Drawing on Sustainability Sciences”
Otto Bruun (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
“Nonprofit controlling for profit: The role of 'collective hybrids' in fostering sustainability”
Riccardo Rao (Universities of Udine e Trieste, Italy)
4:45 pm Coffee Break
5:15 pm Panel Sessions III – Sustainable Development Goals, Natural Resources and Public International Law
“Examining the Role of Regional Economic Communities in Ensuring Corporate Water Accountability through ESG Frameworks”
Jebby Gonza (University of Dodoma, Tanzania; University of Bayreuth, Germany)
“Ensuring sustainable water governance in Europe: A human rights-based approach”
Olga Hałub-Kowalczyk (University of Wrocław, Poland)
“The Ambivalent Promise of the Abyss: Deep Seabed Mining and the Contentious Path to Sustainable Development”
Sanjeet Ruhal (IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta)
7:00 pm Reception and Light Dinner at Max Planck Institute
8:00 pm Discussion-Tables
9:00 am Keynote Speech on “Intradisciplinary Perspectives”
Dr. Marta Santos Silva (University of Minho, Portugal)
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am Panel Sessions IV – Law and Economics Perspectives on Sustainability Regulation
“Sustainability through Incentives: Unravelling the Effects and Hidden Deficiencies of the European ‘Right to Repair’ “
Marlon Dreisewerd (Bielefeld University, Germany), Melina Schleef (Bielefeld University, Germany)
“Attitudes Toward the Mechanisms of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D)”
Roee Sarel (University of Hamburg, Germany)
“Neuro-Legal Nudging and Sustainable Economics: A Behavioural Approach to Sustainability Law”
Maha Balbaa (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Keynote Speech on “Comparative Perspectives”
Prof. Dr. Damilola S. Olawuyi (Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria / Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar)
2:00 pm Coffee Break
2:30 pm Panel Sessions V – Investment Law, Banking Law and Natural Disaster Insurance Systems
“Sustainable Investment Treaties: A Comparative Perspective on Balancing Investor Rights and Sustainable Development”
Anita Grigoryan (University of Saarland, Germany)
“Climate Stress Tests in Banking: Navigating Risk and Climate Finance”
Bahar Ferahköse (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
“Bridging the Natural Disaster Insurance Gap: Between Market Failure and Legal Obligation. A Comparative Approach”
Aneta Paleczna (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Oskar Zgonina (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland)
4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:30 pm Panel Sessions VI – Criminal Law Approaches to Sustainability
“Crimes Against Future Generations: The Case for Environmental Criminal Law“ Vítor de Souza Ishikawa (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
“Bridging Legal Gaps in Ecocide Prosecution: A Hybrid Enforcement Model”
Jamal Hajiyev (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
“Illegal Online Trafficking of Felines: Legal Challenges and Sustainable Solutions in a Globalized World”
Rafael Elmer Cancho Alarcón (Criminal Collegiate Court, Ayacucho, Peru)
6:00 pm Break – Change of venue to Bucerius Law School
7:00 pm Panel Discussion: The Role of Private Actors for Sustainable Development
(at Bucerius Law School)
Prof. Dr. Frank Adloff, Department of Socioeconomics, University of Hamburg
Larisa Alwin, Appellate Judge in the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (tbc)
Prof. Dr. Hajer Gueldich, Legal Counsel of the African Union/Carthage University
Prof. Dr. Remo Klinger, Partner at Geulen & Klinger/Eberswalde University.
Benjamin Köhler, Head of Sustainability Management, OTTO GmbH & Co. KG
8:30 pm Reception at Bucerius Law School
9:00 am Panel Sessions VII – Rethinking Public Law Sustainability Regulation
“Which direction to take? On (in)direct Obligations to Climate Proof Buildings in Dutch Public and Private Law”
Yassine Hasnaoui (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Nora Bouzoraa (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
“Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: a game-changer for sustainable urban mobility? – A German and Spanish comparative legal analysis“
Vincent-Carlos Barduhn (University of Bremen, Germany)
“Power and Law in the Clean Energy Transition: Diagnosing the Contradictions of Sustainability Law"
Kate O'Reilly (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
“The Role of Legal Systems in Reinforcing Growth Dependence: Analysing the EU Founding Treaties”
Myele Rouxel (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
11:00 am Coffee Break
11:30 am Keynote Speech on “Interdisciplinary Perspectives”
Prof. Dr. André Nollkaemper (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
12:30 – Conclusion
12:45 pm
2:30 pm Social Programme
Optional Hamburg Harbour Boat Trip
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