Ms Feja Lesniewska
Overview
School of Law
Senior Teaching Fellow
Law, Environment and Development Centre (LEDC)
Co-Director
- Name:
- Ms Feja Lesniewska
- Email address:
- fl7@soas.ac.uk
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 226
Biography
Environmental law, forests, climate change
Currently Research Lead at ClientEarth, an environmental law organisation based in London, Brussels and Warsaw. Feja coordinates research for the Climate and Forest Team’s work in Central and West Africa on natural resources and community rights.
PhD Research
Final year PhD student – International Law and Forests: Norms, Values and Actors – A View From China.
Teaching
Since 2006 Feja has taught on and convened a number of LLM environmental law courses at SOAS, Kings College and Queen Mary University including international environmental law; climate change law and policy; environment, law and development; and law and natural resources.
Research
Natural resources, especially land and forests; climate change; ecosystems and biodiversity; human, community and indigenous peoples rights; international law and the environment; socio-legal theory; and non-state actors and law making.
Locations of Research: International; Europe; Russia; China; Central and West Africa
