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 the Carlsberg-Foundation funded project: 'Regulating the Environmental Impacts of Arctic Cruise Ship Tourism through the Law-Science Interface (EMBARC)' (1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028). EMBARC addresses a growing and understudied challenge in Arctic law and governance: The environmental and climate impacts of cruise ship tourism in the region. At the heart of the project lies the law-science interface, i.e. how scientific knowledge about Arctic climate risks and can be better integrated into legal and regulatory frameworks. By illuminating the interactions between science and law in shaping regulatory responses to cruise tourism, EMBARC seeks to inform more robust and inclusive science-based legal outcomes. 

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