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Publications Click here for Publication listing Overview Dr David Leary is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Law and specialises in Public International Law particularly climate change law and policy, international environmental law more broadly, the Law of the Sea and international law and the Polar Regions. His current research focuses specifically on issues relating to climate change, nanotechnology, and renewable energy. Dr Leary is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Arctic Centre (http://www.arcticcentre.org/?Deptid=28699 ), Visiting Research Fellow at the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (http://www.ias.unu.edu/ ), a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cel/ ) and its working group on High Seas Governance, as well as the Working Group on the High Seas and Deep Seabed of the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands ( http://www.globaloceans.org/highseas/index.html) Dr Leary is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Western Australia and the High Court of Australia although he does not currently practice. Prior to entering academia he had extensive experience as a lawyer in private practice and as in house counsel for a multinational corporation. Courses Taught LAWS4086 LAWS2081 Research Interests Climate change, Nanotechnology, International Environmental Law, Renewable energy law and policy, Law of the Sea and Biotechnology Current Research Projects `Nanotechnology as a technological component of a post 2012 climate change regime: How should policy makers shape an appropriate legal and regulatory framework?` `Climate change and renewable energy from the sea: A scoping study of new challenges for international and Australian environmental law and policy` Grants 2008 Faculty Research Grant for project: `Climate change and renewable energy from the sea: A scoping study of new challenges for international and Australian environmental law and policy`. Journal Affiliations
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