mwg24@cam.ac.uk
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Room: Law Fellow Office
Tel: +44 1223 33487
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University Associate Professor; former Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS)
J.S.D. (Yale), LL.M. (Yale), Dr jur. (Hamburg), MA (Cantab)
Interests
- Sustainable Development in European and International Law - see https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Sustainable_Development_Law1.html for book suggestions
- European External Relations Law and Policy
- International Trade, Investment and Finance Law and Policy
- European Environmental Law
- Bluesky: @mwgehring.bsky.social
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Dr Markus Gehring, J.S.D. (Yale), MA (Cantab), LLM (Yale), Dr iur (Hamburg), is a Member of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Hughes and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. Before joining the Law Faculty, he served for two years as Tutor in Sustainable Development Law, he was also Fellow in Law at Robinson College 2005-2012. He has been a Visiting Professor in several law faculties around the world, most recently at the Yale Law School (Spring 2023), and held a Jean Monnet Research Chair ad personam in Sustainable Development Law at the University of Ottawa Law Faculty in Canada. In his former department at Cambridge, Politics and International Studies (POLIS), he serves as affiliated Lecturer in European and International Law. He is also an affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Land Economy, a Founding Fellow of the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG). He holds a J.S.D. and LL.M from Yale and a Dr iur from Hamburg. A member of the Frankfurt/Main and Ontario Bars, he practiced European and international trade law with Cleary Gottlieb in their Brussels office. Prior to joining Robinson College, he was a tutor in Public International Law at University College, Oxford. He serves as Lead Counsel for Sustainable Trade, Investment and Finance Law with the Centre of International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), based at McGill University. He serves as an Editor for the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies and co-edits the book series on Implementation of Sustainable Development Treaties with Cambridge University Press and is author of several publications on EU, International and Sustainable Development Law.
Selected publications
Books
Europe's Second Constitution: Crisis, Courts and Community, 2020)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781108487962
Published Sep 2020
The use of force in relation to sovereignty disputes over land territory (with C. Yiallourides & J-P Gauci), 2018)
Published Oct 2018
Transparency in International Investment Arbitration (with Dimitrij Euler and Maxi Scherer) (eds), 2015)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781107077935
Published Aug 2015
Responsibility, Fraternity and Sustainability in Law – In Memory of the Honourable Charles Doherty Gonthier (with Michel Morin, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Fabien Gélinas) (eds), 2012)
ISBN 13:
9780433468141
Published Jun 2012
Sustainable Development in World Investment Law (with Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger & Andrew Newcombe) (eds), 2010)
Publisher:
ISBN:
9041131663
ISBN 13:
9789041131669
Published Nov 2010
World Trade Law in Practice (with Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Jarrod Hepburn), 2007)
Sustainable Development in World Trade Law (with Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger) (eds), 2005)
Publisher:
ISBN:
9041123660
ISBN 13:
9789041123664
Published Oct 2005
Articles
"Climate Justice through International Courts and Tribunals: Advisory Opinions in the ITLOS, the IACtHR and the ICJ" Regional Integration: Politics, Economics, Governance (2025) Vol 18, 41-58
Citation:
Regional Integration: Politics, Economics, Governance (2025) Vol 18, 41-58
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12681/ri.40698
Published: Mar 2025
"Biodiversity as an Essential Element of EU Trade Agreements" European Foreign Affairs Review Volume 30, Issue SI (2025) pp. 115 – 134
Citation:
European Foreign Affairs Review Volume 30, Issue SI (2025) pp. 115 – 134
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2025005
Published: Jan 2025
"EU External Relations Law on Trade and Sustainable Development – the Evolving Nature of EU Law and Policy Constraints" European Foreign Affairs Review Volume 30, Issue SI (2025) pp. 157 – 176
Citation:
European Foreign Affairs Review Volume 30, Issue SI (2025) pp. 157 – 176
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2025008
Published: Jan 2025
"Trade and Sustainability in EU-Americas Trade Relations" (2023), 50, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Issue 3, pp. 227-238
Citation:
(2023), 50, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Issue 3, pp. 227-238
Link:
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54648/leie2023011
Published: Oct 2023
"European Union Trade Measures and the Highest Priority Challenge Related to Climate Change in EU-Americas Relations" (2023), 50, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Issue 3, pp. 339-362
Citation:
(2023), 50, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Issue 3, pp. 339-362
Link:
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54648/leie2023015
Published: Oct 2023
"The Climate Regime and Other Areas of Law" Climate Law, 13(3-4), 151-161
Citation:
Climate Law, 13(3-4), 151-161
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18786561-bja10046
Published: Oct 2023
"Synergies and Approaches to Climate Change in Investment Agreements" 2022 The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 23(5-6), 778-812
Citation:
2022 The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 23(5-6), 778-812
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340270
Published: Dec 2022
"Sustainability Impact Assessments as Inputs and as Interpretative Aids in International Investment Law" 2017 The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 18 (1), 163-199
Citation:
2017 The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 18 (1), 163-199
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340034
Published: Jan 2017
"Legal Transition to a Green Economy" McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy / Revue Internationale de Droit et Politique Du Développement Durable de McGill, vol. 12, no. 2, 2016, pp. 139–73
Citation:
McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy / Revue Internationale de Droit et Politique Du Développement Durable de McGill, vol. 12, no. 2, 2016, pp. 139–73
Published: Oct 2016
Book Chapters
"Investment Treaties and SDG 13 (Climate Action)" (with MC Cordonier Segger, M. Tokas, J. Caceres & M. Paes ) in MC Cordonier Segger, T. Gleason & S Stephenson (ed(s)), Investment Law and Sustainable Development , 2025)
"Impact Assessment of Investment Agreements for Sustainable Development" (with Christoph U. Priess) in Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Ted Gleason & Sean Stephenson (ed(s)), Investment Law and Sustainable Development , 2025)
"Advancing Climate Action in Trade, Investment and Financial Agreements" (with Emily Morison ) in C Voigt and MC Cordonier Segger (ed(s)), Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance - Courage, Contributions and Compliance , 2025), pp. 57-70
Publisher:
Pages:
57-70
Published Jan 2025
"Legal Contributions to Incentivising Investment for Paris Agreement Adaptation and Resilience in Ukraine" (with O. Diachuk, M. Stolbova & G. Boone) in MC Cordonier Segger & C. Voigt (ed(s)), Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance Courage, Contributions and Compliance, 2025)
"Analysing CITES Trade Measures" (with B. Ajayi, MC Cordonier Segger & A Wardell ) in MC Cordonier Segger, A Wardell & A Harrington (ed(s)), CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development, 2023)
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Published Jul 2023
"Editorial", 2022 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 2022)
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Published Jun 2022
"Intergenerational Equity and the European Constitution" (with A Harrington) in MC Cordonier Segger, M Szabó, & A Harrington (ed(s)), Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation: Advancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions , 2021), pp. 281-293
Publisher:
Pages:
281-293
Published Oct 2021
"Investment Law and the Environment - Evolving international practice and norms" (with A Kent ) in E Techera, J Lindley, KN Scott, & A Telesetsky (ed(s)), Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law , 2021), pp. 386-402
"The European Union" (with E Lees & FK Philips ) in E Lees & JE Viñuales (ed(s)), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law, 2019), pp. 149-169
Publisher:
Pages:
149-169
Published May 2019
"What Role for TDIs Between the EU and the UK After Brexit: A Trade or Competition Solution to a Future Problem?" (with A Khalfaoui ) in M Bungenberg, M Hahn, C Herrmann & T Müller-Ibold (ed(s)), European Yearbook of International Economic Law - The Future of Trade Defence Instruments , 2018), pp. 159-189
"Introduction to ‘Sustainable Development in World Investment Law’", Sustainable Development in World Investment Law, 2010)
Published Nov 2010
Blog Posts
Reports
Evidence on the EU-UK Relationship on Environment and Climate Change Matters
Body / Institution:
House of Lords
Published: Nov 2022
Ratcheting up Environmental Protection Standards European Union Trade Agreement Negotiations with Latin American States: Next Steps in the Climate, Sustainable Development and Trade Agenda
Body / Institution:
CISDL
Link to report
Published: Sep 2022
Effects of the Elections in Chile on trade and climate policy and law
Body / Institution:
CISDL
Link to report
Published: Sep 2022
Environment and Climate Change in the Draft EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
Body / Institution:
CISDL
Link to report
Published: Oct 2021
Environment and level playing field provisions in the EU-UK FTA
Body / Institution:
House of Lords
Link to report
Published: May 2021
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