Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer

Kort præsentation

Stella is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. She is interested in international climate change and environmental law, maritime law and law of the sea as well as Arctic governance. Stella holds an LLB in International and European Law (Honour's) from the University of Groningen and an LLM and PhD from the University of Copenhagen.

Stella defended her PhD thesis entitled Regulating Black Carbon Emissions from Arctic Shipping: The Role of Non-State Actors in International Law-Making in December 2024. Supervisor: Associate Prof. Beatriz Martinez Romera.

Current research

Stella is currently working as a Postdoctoral resarcher on a project focusing on the commercial modernisation of international shipping, funded by the Oceankind Foundation in collaboration with the University College London and the University of Rotterdam. The goal of this project is to advance within the decarbonization of the international shipping industry through addressing structural challenges within the commercial side of the maritime transport industry.

Stella is actively participating in CLIMA's recurring research events, such as the Climate Breakfast Seminar Series and the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability. Additionally, Stella is part of several international research networks, such as TRAMEREN (Transatlantic Maritime Emissions Research Network), FALG (Future Arctic Law and Governance), CArGo (Climate Arctic Governance), NeOGov (Nordic Reaserch Network on Climate Change and Ocean Governance) and the Copenhagen Ocean Hub.

Teaching

Stella is teaching in courses related to her area of expertise, such as 'Arctic Climate Change Law and Governance', ‘Climate Change and the Law’, 'International Environmental Law' and ‘Public International Law’. She welcomes bachelor and master theses on the topics of Arctic, climate and environmental law, law of the sea and public international and EU law in general.

Research interests

• International environmental and climate change law
• Arctic and Ocean governance
• Maritime transport
• International law-making
• Empirical legal research

Current research

The regulation of shipping induced climate change in the Arctic: the role of actors (preliminary PhD title)

Stella’s PhD project forms part of the research project 'International Law-Making: Actors in Shipping and Climate Change (InterAct)', which is carried out and supervised by Associate Professor Beatriz Martinez Romera and financed by the Carlsberg Foundation. The project’s main research objective is to understand the role of the different international actors involved in the regulation of shipping induced climate change in the Arctic. The intended research outcome of the project is to contribute to the theory of actors involved in international law-making and elucidate on the barriers and opportunities to advance regulation addressing climate change in the Arctic.

Stella is actively participating in CILG’s recurring research events, such as the Climate Breakfast Seminar Series and the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability.

Additionally, Stella is part of several international research networks, such as TRAMEREN (Transatlantic Maritime Emissions Research Network), CArGo (Climate Arctic Governance), NeOGov (Nordic Reaserch Network on Climate Change and Ocean Governance) and the Copenhagen Ocean Hub.

Teaching

Stella is teaching in courses related to her area of expertise, such as ‘Climate Change and the Law’ and keen to teach in other courses, such as ‘Public International Law’ and ‘EU law’.  She welcomes bachelor and master theses on the topics of climate and environmental law and public international and EU law in general.

Research interests

• International environmental and climate change law
• Arctic and ocean governance
• Maritime transport
• Law-making processes on the international and EU level
• Empirical legal research