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Knowledge Platform: Sustainability, Legal Geographies and the Environment
About our research
Sustainability, legal geographies and the environment are rapidly developing and diverse areas of our research.
Our specialisms include:
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new ways to solve transnational border disputes and spatial considerations
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the legality of quasi-autonomous zones within existing municipal and state jurisdictions
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using commercial property transactions to shape urban and suburban regeneration
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urban regeneration
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urban squats
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the overall relationship between place and law
Using legal geography as a methodology underpins our research, and is emerging as a distinguishing feature of our work.
The Institute of Place Management
Our researchers have very close relationships with the world-renowned Institute of Place Management (IPM). We contribute to the IPM through our interdisciplinary work on:
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legal geography
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international border disputes
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commercial property law
Our reputation
Our research is practical, professional, evidence-based and driven by activism. It contributes to and leads the research agenda.
We’ve collaborated with a wide range of bodies, including:
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the Institute of Place Management, UK.
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the Institute of Spatial Policies, Slovenia.
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the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Our teaching
Our research enlightens the courses we teach. It feeds into units, such as these on the LLM (Master of Laws) degree:
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Intellectual Property in a Global Context
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Equality and Human Rights
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Principles of Corporate Law and Governance
Contact information
Contact us
You can contact individual members of the team through their staff profiles.